Italian Serie A

FT Wednesday, April 3, 2019
Napoli WDLWW 1
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Empoli LDLWL 2
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NAP101
EMP112
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 10,911 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Empoli boost survival hopes with shock win over Napoli

Empoli stunned Napoli with a 2-1 home win on Wednesday to boost their survival hopes and leave the visitors 18 points adrift of Juventus.

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Team Stats

6
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
4
62.5
Possession
37.5
14
SHOTS
15
5
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.5
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
581
Accurate Passes
311
652
Passes
383
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
6
Accurate Crosses
7
28
Crosses
21
0.2
Cross %
0.3
39
Long Balls
59
22
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
13
Effective Tackles
11
18
Tackles
19
0.7
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
10
15
Effective Clearances
23
15
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

EMP · 5-3-2

  1. 1Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 26Matías SilvestreCD
  3. 5Frederic VeseliCD-L
  4. 22Domenico MaiettaCD-R
  5. 6Marko PajacLB
  6. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  7. 10Ismaël BennacerCM
  8. 33Rade KrunicCM-L
  9. 8Hamed TraoréCM-R
  10. 11Francesco CaputoCF-L
  11. 17Diego FariasCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Matteo BrighiSUB
  2. 43Dimitris NikolaouSUB
  3. 21Filippo PerucchiniSUB
  4. 40Gianluca SaroSUB
  5. 46Luca BelardinelliSUB
  6. 28Leonardo CapezziSUB
  7. 42Samuele RicciSUB
  8. 13Luca AntonelliSUB
  9. 37Dimitri OberlinSUB
  10. 23Manuel PasqualSUB

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 13Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 11Adam OunasAM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 5AllanRM
  9. 99Arkadiusz MilikF
  10. 34Amin YounesAM-L
  11. 7José CallejónAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 3Karim ZedadkaSUB
  2. 22Alessandro D'AndreaSUB
  3. 23Elseid HysajSUB
  4. 9Simone VerdiSUB
  5. 18Gianluca GaetanoSUB
  6. 14Dries MertensSUB
  7. 27Orestis KarnezisSUB
  8. 8Fabián RuizSUB
  9. 19Nikola MaksimovicSUB

Timeline

  1. 28' Goal! Empoli 1, Napoli 0. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer.
  2. 33' Kalidou Koulibaly (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Rade Krunic because of an injury.
  4. 44' Goal! Empoli 1, Napoli 1. Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Arkadiusz Milik.
  5. 47' Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 50' Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 52' Goal! Empoli 2, Napoli 1. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer with a cross following a corner.
  8. 57' Substitution, Napoli. Dries Mertens replaces Adam Ounas.
  9. 58' Substitution, Napoli. Fabián Ruiz replaces Amin Younes.
  10. 60' Marko Pajac (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  11. 76' Substitution, Napoli. Simone Verdi replaces Kevin Malcuit.
  12. 90'+2' Substitution, Empoli. Luca Antonelli replaces Marko Pajac because of an injury.

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