Empoli 4-2 Napoli: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 30 April 2015
Result
Empoli 4-2 Napoli
Serie A · Thursday 30 April 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0
Empoli 4-2 Napoli: match report
Empoli won against Napoli 4-2 in Serie A on Thursday 30 April 2015. It was 3-0 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Empoli's goals came from Massimo Maccarone (8'), an own goal by Miguel Britos (43'), Riccardo Saponara (45+1') and an own goal by Raúl Albiol (81'). Napoli scored through an own goal by Vincent Laurini (64') and Marek Hamsik (90+1').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Napoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 34 points from 32 and Napoli 4th on 56 points from 32. Empoli went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Napoli 4th with 64.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-D-L-L-W and Napoli's W-W-W-L-D.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 15'Yellow card · Vincent Laurini
- 24'Yellow card · Faouzi Ghoulam
- 43'Own goal · Miguel Britos
- 45+1'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 64'Own goal · Vincent Laurini
- 71'Yellow card · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 79'Yellow card · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 81'Own goal · Raúl Albiol
- 90+1'Yellow card · Simone Verdi
- 90+1'Goal · Marek Hamsik
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Lorenzo Tonelli, Nova Arianto, Matías Vecino, Daniele Croce, Massimo Maccarone, R. Saponara, Manuel Pucciarelli
Napoli expected line-up (4-2-3-1)
Mariano Andújar, David López, Raúl Albiol, Miguel Britos, Faouzi Ghoulam, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Manolo Gabbiadini, Christian Maggio