Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, April 24, 2022
Napoli WWWLD 2
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Empoli LDLDL 3
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EMP033
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 10,245 att.

Match Report

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Napoli title hopes suffer huge blow after Empoli earn stunning comeback win

Napoli's hopes of winning the Serie A title this season suffered a huge blow as they surrendered a two-goal lead to lose at Empoli.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
4
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
7
Corner Kicks
10
5
Saves
0
59.7
Possession
40.3
16
SHOTS
17
2
ON GOAL
7
0.1
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
424
Accurate Passes
263
518
Passes
342
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
4
21
Crosses
19
0.2
Cross %
0.2
73
Long Balls
42
48
Accurate Long Balls
19
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
6
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
9
21
Tackles
10
0.6
Tackle %
0.9
21
Interceptions
15
13
Effective Clearances
23
13
Clearances
23

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 42Mattia VitiCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 99Andrea PinamontiM
  7. 23Kristjan AsllaniCM
  8. 7Valerio VerreAM
  9. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  10. 27Szymon ZurkowskiRM
  11. 9Patrick CutroneCF-R

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 59Alessandro ZanoliRB
  6. 14Dries MertensAM
  7. 8Fabián RuizLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 24Lorenzo InsigneAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 22' Alessandro Zanoli (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 44' Goal! Empoli 0, Napoli 1. Dries Mertens (Napoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Hirving Lozano with a cross.
  4. 45' Substitution, Napoli. Kevin Malcuit replaces Alessandro Zanoli.
  5. 53' Goal! Empoli 0, Napoli 2. Lorenzo Insigne (Napoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  6. 61' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  7. 61' Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Fabiano Parisi.
  8. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Nedim Bajrami replaces Valerio Verre.
  9. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  10. 68' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Hirving Lozano.
  11. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Kristjan Asllani because of an injury.
  12. 72' Mattia Viti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 77' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Dries Mertens.
  14. 80' Goal! Empoli 1, Napoli 2. Liam Henderson (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
  15. 81' Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  16. 83' Goal! Empoli 2, Napoli 2. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  17. 85' Substitution, Napoli. Adam Ounas replaces Lorenzo Insigne.
  18. 87' Goal! Empoli 3, Napoli 2. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a cross following a fast break.
  19. 89' Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

Serie A News

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