EMPOLI. Napoli had a surprising win over Empoli with a 2-0 win with an own goal from A. Ismajli (17′) and a goal from V. Osimhen (28′).
Napoli remained in players after Mário Rui received a red card in the 67′. Notwithstanding, Napoli still succeeded in win this match playing only in players.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Saturday and it started at 6:00 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi who was helped by Giuseppe Perrotti and Davide Moro. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 12.1 degrees Celsius or 53.82 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 92%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Empoli was in possession of the ball for 46% of the time vs. Napoli that controlled the ball for 54% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Napoli was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Napoli won the match.
Empoli shot 9 times, 2 on target, 6 off target. On the other side, Napoli shot 20 times, 7 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (Liam Henderson and Alberto Grassi). On the other side, Napoli received 1 yellow card (Hirving Lozano).
Also, Napoli didn’t end the match with 11 players after Mário Rui (Napoli) was sent off after receiving a straight red card in the (67′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Empoli will stay with 28 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Napoli will have 65 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away with Atalanta on the 17th of March with a 7-5 head to head statistic in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Napoli will play away agasint Torino on the 19th of March with a 15-4 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (6 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
68'
25'
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Tyronne Ebuehi , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Nicolas Haas , Liam Henderson , Răzvan Marin , Tommaso Baldanzi , Martín Satriano and Roberto Piccoli .
The home team had on the bench: Samuele Perisan, Samir Ujkani, Liberato Cacace, Lorenzo Tonelli, Petar Stojanović , Koni De Winter, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Jacopo Fazzini, Duccio Degli Innocenti, Emanuel Vignato , Alberto Grassi , Marko Pjaca and Francesco Caputo .
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Roberto Piccoli for Francesco Caputo (57′), Liam Henderson for Alberto Grassi (57′), Tyronne Ebuehi for Petar Stojanović (68′), Nicolas Haas for Marko Pjaca (76′) and Martín Satriano for Emanuel Vignato (77′).
Best player: Marko Pjaca
The most impressive player for Empoli was Marko Pjaca.
His rating is with 10 passes (80% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 7.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 76′.
Napoli – Formation
Napoli
67'
28'
Napoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Luciano Spalletti played with: Alex Meret , Giovanni Di Lorenzo , Amir Rrahmani , Min-jae Kim , Mário Rui , Frank Anguissa , Stanislav Lobotka , Piotr Zieliński , Hirving Lozano , Victor Osimhen and Khvicha Kvaratskhelia .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Pierluigi Gollini, Davide Marfella, Mathías Olivera , Bartosz Bereszyński, Leo Østigård, Juan Jesus, Gianluca Gaetano, Diego Demme, Karim Zedadka, Eljif Elmas , Tanguy Ndombélé, Giovanni Simeone , Alessio Zerbin and Matteo Politano.
Substitutions
Napoli made 5 changes: Hirving Lozano for Mathias Olivera (70′), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia for Eljif Elmas (71′), Victor Osimhen for Giovanni Simeone (84′), Piotr Zielinski for Tanguy Ndombélé (90′) and Frank Anguissa for Gianluca Gaetano (90′).
Best player: Piotr Zieliński
The most impressive player for Napoli was Piotr Zieliński even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 50 passes (84% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6. He performed 5 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
