NAPOLI. Empoli snatched a late win Napoli 1-0 after V. Kovalenko scored just 1 goal (90′). Napoli was much superior in terms of ball possession (65%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona stadium in Napoli on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera who was helped by Mauro Vivenzi and Dario Garzelli. The 4th official was Francesco Cosso. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was pleasant at 17.29 degrees Celsius or 63.12 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 71%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Napoli was in firm control of the ball 65% while Empoli was struggling with a 35% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Napoli was more pushing with 93 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Empoli found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Napoli shot 18 times, 7 on target, 8 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 8 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Napoli received 1 yellow card (Jens Cajuste). Regarding the opposition, Empoli received 1 yellow card (Matteo Cancellieri).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Napoli will stay with 21 points to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Empoli will have 10 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Napoli will host Genoa on the 18th of February with a 17-7 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (9 draws).

Empoli will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 14th of January with a 4-3 head to head record in favor of Hellas Verona (7 draws).

Napoli – Formation

Napoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Rudi Garcia decided to play with the following team: Alex Meret, Pierluigi Gollini  (7.3), Giovanni Di Lorenzo (6.8), Amir Rrahmani  (7.0), Leo Østigård (7.0), Mathías Olivera (7.5), Frank Anguissa (8.1), Stanislav Lobotka (7.7), Matteo Politano (7.3), Giacomo Raspadori (7.0), Eljif Elmas (7.0) and Giovanni Simeone (6.7).

The home team had on the bench: Natan, Piotr Zielinski (6.6), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (7.1), Juan Jesus , Mário Rui (6.6), Nikita Contini, Alessio Zerbin, Jens Cajuste (6.6), Jesper Lindstrøm (7.0), Alessandro Zanoli and Gianluca Gaetano.

Substitutions

Napoli made 5 changes: Eljif Elmas for Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (54′), Giovanni Simeone for Piotr Zielinski (54′), Mathías Olivera for Mário Rui (84′), Frank Anguissa for Jens Cajuste (72′) and Matteo Politano for Jesper Lindstrøm (72′).

Best player: Frank Anguissa​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Napoli was Frank Anguissa.

His rating is (8.1) with 38 passes (89% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Empoli – Formation

Also Empoli adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Etrit Berisha (9.1), Bartosz Bereszyński (6.7), Ardian Ismajli (7.3), Sebastiano Luperto (7.5), Liberato Cacace (7.0), Jacopo Fazzini (7.5), Filippo Ranocchia (6.7), Youssef Maleh (7.5), Nicolò Cambiaghi (6.7), Francesco Caputo (6.4), Matteo Cancellieri (7.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Alberto Grassi (7.1), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.6), Razvan Marin, Simone Bastoni, Samuele Perisan, Stiven Shpendi, Viktor Kovalenko (7.5), Gabriele Guarino, Mattia Destro, Tyronne Ebuehi (7.0), Elia Caprile and Daniel Maldini (6.8).

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: Bartosz Bereszyński for Tyronne Ebuehi (63′), Nicolò Cambiaghi for Emmanuel Gyasi (63′), Filippo Ranocchia for Alberto Grassi (80′), Matteo Cancellieri for Daniel Maldini (80′) and Jacopo Fazzini for Viktor Kovalenko (71′).

Best player: Etrit Berisha​

The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Etrit Berisha. His rating is 9.08. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Inter – Frosinone – 2-0
• Udinese – Atalanta – 1-1
• Napoli – Empoli – 0-1
• Lazio – Roma – 0-0
• Fiorentina – Bologna – 2-1