Napoli 5-1 Empoli: result and report

Napoli 5-1 Empoli

Serie A · Friday 2 November 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

Napoli · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Napoli defeated Empoli 5-1 in Serie A on Friday 2 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Napoli's goals came from Lorenzo Insigne (9'), Dries Mertens (38'), Dries Mertens (64'), Arkadiusz Milik (90') and Dries Mertens (90+3'). Empoli scored through Francesco Caputo (58').

Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 22 points from 10 and Empoli 18th on 6 points from 10. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Napoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (10.0), ahead of Lorenzo Insigne (9.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Empoli.

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