Empoli 2-2 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2015
Result
Empoli 2-2 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2015, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Empoli 2-2 Napoli: match report
Empoli drew with Napoli 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 13 September 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Empoli's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (3') and M. Pucciarelli (18'). Napoli scored through Lorenzo Insigne (7') and Allan (50').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 0 points from 2 and Napoli 15th on 1 point from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Napoli 2nd with 82.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Saponara of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 7'Goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 18'Goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 40'Yellow card · Allan
- 45'Yellow card · Daniele Croce
- 50'Goal · Allan
- 58'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 71'Yellow card · Marko Livaja
- 79'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 87'Yellow card · Elseid Hysaj
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Napoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Christian Maggio, Vlad Chiricheș, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Nova Arianto, Marek Hamšík, Lorenzo Insigne, Gonzalo Higuaín, Manolo Gabbiadini