Napoli 2-0 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 26 October 2016

Result

Napoli 2-0 Empoli

Serie A · Wednesday 26 October 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Napoli 2-0 Empoli: match report

Napoli won against Empoli 2-0 in Serie A on Wednesday 26 October 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Dries Mertens opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Napoli's goals came from Dries Mertens (51') and Vlad Chiriches (81'). Empoli did not score.

Discipline: Napoli received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 17 points from 9 and Empoli 17th on 6 points from 9. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 86 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (8.5), ahead of Dries Mertens (8.3).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Giuseppe BellusciEmpoli
  • 51'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · Dries MertensNapoli
  • 81'Goal · Vlad ChirichesNapoli · 2-0
  • 83'Yellow card · Andrés TelloEmpoli

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Napoli 2, draws 2, Empoli 2.

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-3-3)

Pepe Reina, Christian Maggio, Vlad Chiricheș, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Allan, Jorginho, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Federico Dimarco, Giuseppe Bellusci, Frédéric Veseli, Andrea Costa, Assane Dioussé, R. Saponara, Rade Krunic, Marcel Büchel, Levan Mchedlidze, Manuel Pucciarelli