Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 12, 2021
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Napoli LWDLW 0
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Napoli suffer shock home defeat to Empoli to drop to fourth

Napoli slipped to a surprise 1-0 defeat at home to Empoli in Serie A on Sunday, their third loss from their last five league games.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
8
1
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
10
6
Saves
4
39.8
Possession
60.2
12
SHOTS
30
5
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
304
Accurate Passes
473
373
Passes
548
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
5
9
Crosses
27
0.3
Cross %
0.2
48
Long Balls
51
19
Accurate Long Balls
32
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
2
Blocked Shots
11
11
Effective Tackles
7
17
Tackles
12
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
8
Interceptions
3
42
Effective Clearances
5
42
Clearances
5

Head to Head

NAP leads series 4-1

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 25David OspinaG
  2. 5Juan JesusCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 33Adam OunasAM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 4Diego DemmeRM
  9. 14Dries MertensF
  10. 7Eljif ElmasAM-L
  11. 11Hirving LozanoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 99Frank AnguissaSUB
  2. 1Alex MeretSUB
  3. 31Faouzi GhoulamSUB
  4. 24Lorenzo InsigneSUB
  5. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB
  6. 12Davide MarfellaSUB
  7. 2Kévin MalcuitSUB
  8. 44Kostas ManolasSUB
  9. 37Andrea PetagnaSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 30Petar StojanovicRB
  6. 9Patrick CutroneM
  7. 5Leo StulacCM
  8. 10Nedim BajramiAM
  9. 27Szymon ZurkowskiLM
  10. 8Liam HendersonRM
  11. 99Andrea PinamontiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 1Samir Ujkani
  2. 28Samuele Ricci
  3. 25Filippo Bandinelli
  4. 20Riccardo Fiamozzi
  5. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  6. 19Andrea La Mantia
  7. 42Mattia Viti
  8. 3Riccardo Marchizza
  9. 7Leonardo Mancuso
  10. 11Federico Di Francesco
  11. 32Nicolas Haas
  12. 6Simone Romagnoli

Timeline

  1. 22' Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
  2. 60' Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 62' Substitution, Napoli. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Diego Demme.
  4. 63' Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
  5. 63' Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
  6. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Liam Henderson.
  7. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Samuele Ricci replaces Leo Stulac.
  8. 64' Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  9. 70' Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 1. Patrick Cutrone (Empoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
  10. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Szymon Zurkowski because of an injury.
  11. 81' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Viti replaces Sebastiano Luperto.
  12. 87' Substitution, Napoli. Kevin Malcuit replaces Eljif Elmas because of an injury.

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