Italian Serie A

FT Friday, November 2, 2018
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Napoli WWWDD 5
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Match Report

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Dries Mertens' hat trick helps Napoli get past Empoli

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Team Stats

8
Fouls
8
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
0
8
Saves
3
52.2
Possession
47.8
11
SHOTS
20
4
ON GOAL
13
0.4
On Target %
0.7
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
511
Accurate Passes
494
586
Passes
560
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
1
27
Crosses
4
0.1
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
62
36
Accurate Long Balls
40
0.7
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
0
4
Effective Tackles
5
6
Tackles
13
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
11
Interceptions
19
9
Effective Clearances
30
9
Clearances
30

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-1-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-4-2

  1. 27Orestis KarnezisG
  2. 26Kalidou KoulibalyCD-L
  3. 19Nikola MaksimovicCD-R
  4. 23Elseid HysajLB
  5. 2Kévin MalcuitRB
  6. 42Amadou DiawaraCM-L
  7. 30Marko RogCM-R
  8. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  9. 8Fabián RuizRM
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneCF-L
  11. 14Dries MertensCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7José CallejónSUB
  2. 6Mário RuiSUB
  3. 25David OspinaSUB
  4. 11Adam OunasSUB
  5. 33Raúl AlbiolSUB
  6. 17Marek HamsikSUB
  7. 22Alessandro D'AndreaSUB
  8. 5AllanSUB
  9. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  10. 99Arkadiusz MilikSUB

EMP · 4-3-2-1

  1. 1Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 22Domenico MaiettaCD-L
  3. 26Matías SilvestreCD-R
  4. 13Luca AntonelliLB
  5. 2Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 10Ismaël BennacerCM
  7. 8Hamed TraoréCM-L
  8. 18Afriyie AcquahCM-R
  9. 11Francesco CaputoF
  10. 48Salih UcanCF-L
  11. 33Rade KrunicCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 21Pietro TerraccianoSUB
  2. 32Jacob RasmussenSUB
  3. 99Andrea FulignatiSUB
  4. 29Michal MarcjanikSUB
  5. 5Frederic VeseliSUB
  6. 66Samuel MrázSUB
  7. 6Miha ZajcSUB
  8. 20Antonio La GuminaSUB
  9. 28Leonardo CapezziSUB
  10. 4Matteo BrighiSUB
  11. 27Joel UnterseeSUB
  12. 23Manuel PasqualSUB

Timeline

  1. 9' Goal! Napoli 1, Empoli 0. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Kalidou Koulibaly following a fast break.
  2. 38' Goal! Napoli 2, Empoli 0. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne.
  3. 42' Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 58' Goal! Napoli 2, Empoli 1. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rade Krunic with a through ball.
  5. 63' Substitution, Napoli. José Callejón replaces Fabián Ruiz.
  6. 63' Substitution, Napoli. Allan replaces Marko Rog.
  7. 64' Goal! Napoli 3, Empoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by José Callejón.
  8. 67' Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Afriyie Acquah.
  9. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Manuel Pasqual replaces Rade Krunic.
  10. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Antonino La Gumina replaces Salih Ucan.
  11. 83' Substitution, Napoli. Arkadiusz Milik replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  12. 86' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 90' Goal! Napoli 4, Empoli 1. Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Dries Mertens.
  14. 90'+3' Goal! Napoli 5, Empoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Insigne with a through ball following a fast break.

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