Empoli 2-1 Napoli: result and report

Empoli 2-1 Napoli

Serie A · Wednesday 3 April 2019, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Empoli · Napoli · Serie A predictions

Empoli defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 3 April 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Diego Farias opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Empoli's goals came from Diego Farias (28') and Giovanni Di Lorenzo (52'). Napoli scored through Piotr Zielinski (44').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 25 points from 29 and Napoli 2nd on 63 points from 29. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Napoli 2nd with 79.

Empoli lined up in a 5-3-2 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaël Bennacer of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Napoli.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Napoli's W-W-D-L-W.