Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 12, 2023
Empoli LDWLL 1
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Napoli WWDWD 0
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Diego Armando Maradona · 50,500 att.

Match Report

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Injury time goal sees Napoli lose 1-0 at home to Empoli

A last-gasp goal by Empoli midfielder Viktor Kovalenko condemned champions Napoli to a 1-0 home loss in Serie A on Sunday as they squandered the chance to move up to third in the standings.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
8
7
Saves
2
34.5
Possession
65.5
8
SHOTS
18
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
226
Accurate Passes
498
301
Passes
573
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
2
Accurate Crosses
3
15
Crosses
30
0.1
Cross %
0.1
52
Long Balls
62
18
Accurate Long Balls
36
0.3
Long Balls %
0.6
3
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
8
23
Tackles
18
0.7
Tackle %
0.4
14
Interceptions
10
26
Effective Clearances
9
26
Clearances
9

Head to Head

NAP leads series 3-2

Lineups

NAP · 4-2-3-1

  1. 95Pierluigi GolliniG
  2. 55Leo ØstigardCD-L
  3. 13Amir RrahmaniCD-R
  4. 17Mathías OliveraLB
  5. 22Giovanni Di LorenzoRB
  6. 81Giacomo RaspadoriAM
  7. 68Stanislav LobotkaLM
  8. 99Frank AnguissaRM
  9. 18Giovanni SimeoneF
  10. 7Eljif ElmasAM-L
  11. 21Matteo PolitanoAM-R

EMP · 4-3-3

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 19Bartosz BereszynskiRB
  6. 22Filippo RanocchiaCM
  7. 29Youssef MalehLM
  8. 21Jacopo FazziniRM
  9. 9Francesco CaputoF
  10. 20Matteo CancellieriLF
  11. 28Nicolò CambiaghiRF

Timeline

  1. 54' Substitution, Napoli. Khvicha Kvaratskhelia replaces Eljif Elmas.
  2. 54' Substitution, Napoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Giovanni Simeone.
  3. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Gyasi replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.
  4. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Tyronne Ebuehi replaces Bartosz Bereszynski.
  5. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  6. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Jesper Lindstrøm replaces Matteo Politano.
  7. 72' Substitution, Napoli. Jens Cajuste replaces André-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
  8. 78' Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  9. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Filippo Ranocchia.
  10. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Daniel Maldini replaces Matteo Cancellieri.
  11. 84' Substitution, Napoli. Mário Rui replaces Mathías Olivera.
  12. 90'+1' Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 1. Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Tyronne Ebuehi.
  13. 90'+3' Jens Cajuste (Napoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Serie A News

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