Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, February 25, 2023
Napoli WWWWW 2
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Empoli WDLDD 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 12,624 att.

Match Report

Osimhen helps Napoli avoid another letdown at Empoli

— For Napoli coach Luciano Spalletti, a 2-0 win at Empoli on Saturday meant just as much as recent wins over Juventus, Roma and other big Serie A clubs.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
1
Yellow Cards
2
1
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
0
13
Corner Kicks
4
2
Saves
5
54.1
Possession
45.9
19
SHOTS
9
6
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
418
Accurate Passes
339
474
Passes
408
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
4
Accurate Crosses
1
25
Crosses
12
0.2
Cross %
0.1
54
Long Balls
34
38
Accurate Long Balls
14
0.7
Long Balls %
0.4
5
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
13
15
Tackles
18
0.5
Tackle %
0.7
7
Interceptions
3
12
Effective Clearances
24
12
Clearances
24

Head to Head

EMP leads series 3-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 91Roberto PiccoliM
  7. 8Liam HendersonCM
  8. 35Tommaso BaldanziAM
  9. 18Razvan MarinLM
  10. 32Nicolas HaasRM
  11. 9Martín SatrianoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 26Lorenzo Tonelli
  2. 55Emanuel Vignato
  3. 14Marko Pjaca
  4. 30Petar Stojanovic
  5. 21Jacopo Fazzini
  6. 4Sebastian Walukiewicz
  7. 1Samuele Perisan
  8. 5Alberto Grassi
  9. 19Francesco Caputo
  10. 3Liberato Cacace
  11. 20Duccio Degli Innocenti
  12. 6Koni De Winter
  13. 22Samir Ujkani

NAP · 4-3-3

  1. 1Alex MeretG
  2. 3Kim Min-JaeCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 6Mário RuiLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 68Stanislav LobotkaCM
  7. 20Piotr ZielinskiLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 9Victor OsimhenF
  10. 77Khvicha KvaratskheliaLF
  11. 11Hirving LozanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 19Bartosz BereszynskiSUB
  2. 91Tanguy NdombeleSUB
  3. 18Giovanni SimeoneSUB
  4. 5Juan JesusSUB
  5. 31Karim ZedadkaSUB
  6. 55Leo ØstigardSUB
  7. 70Gianluca GaetanoSUB
  8. 23Alessio ZerbinSUB
  9. 4Diego DemmeSUB
  10. 17Mathías OliveraSUB
  11. 7Eljif ElmasSUB
  12. 95Pierluigi GolliniSUB
  13. 12Davide MarfellaSUB
  14. 21Matteo PolitanoSUB

Timeline

  1. 17' Own Goal by Ardian Ismajli, Empoli. Empoli 0, Napoli 1.
  2. 25' Liam Henderson (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 28' Goal! Empoli 0, Napoli 2. Victor Osimhen (Napoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
  4. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Francesco Caputo replaces Roberto Piccoli.
  5. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Liam Henderson.
  6. 62' Alberto Grassi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 63' Hirving Lozano (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 67' Mário Rui (Napoli) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
  9. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Petar Stojanovic replaces Tyronne Ebuehi.
  10. 70' Substitution, Napoli. Mathías Olivera replaces Hirving Lozano.
  11. 71' Substitution, Napoli. Eljif Elmas replaces Khvicha Kvaratskhelia.
  12. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Pjaca replaces Nicolas Haas.
  13. 77' Substitution, Empoli. Emanuel Vignato replaces Martín Satriano.
  14. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Giovanni Simeone replaces Victor Osimhen.
  15. 90'+3' Substitution, Napoli. Tanguy Ndombélé replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  16. 90'+3' Substitution, Napoli. Gianluca Gaetano replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.

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