Empoli 2-3 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 19 March 2017
Result
Empoli 2-3 Napoli
Serie A · Sunday 19 March 2017, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-3
Empoli 2-3 Napoli: match report
Empoli were beaten by Napoli 2-3 in Serie A on Sunday 19 March 2017. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Empoli's goals came from Omar El Kaddouri (70') and Massimo Maccarone (82', penalty). Napoli scored through Lorenzo Insigne (19'), Dries Mertens (24') and Lorenzo Insigne (38', penalty).
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 22 points from 28 and Napoli 3rd on 60 points from 28. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Napoli 3rd with 86.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (8.6), ahead of Juanmi Callejón (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 3 for Napoli.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · Andrea Costa
- 7'Missed penalty · Dries Mertens
- 19'Goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 24'Goal · Dries Mertens
- 32'Yellow card · Jorginho
- 38'Penalty goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 64'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
- 69'Yellow card · José Callejón
- 70'Goal · Omar El Kaddouri
- 75'Yellow card · José Mauri
- 79'Yellow card · Elseid Hysaj
- 82'Penalty goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 83'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, Omar El Kaddouri, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Manuel Pucciarelli, Mame Thiam
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Vlad Chiricheș, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne