Empoli 2-2 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2015

Result

Empoli 2-2 Napoli

Serie A · Sunday 13 September 2015, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

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Empoli 2-2 Napoli: match report

Empoli drew with Napoli 2-2 in Serie A on Sunday 13 September 2015. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Empoli's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (3') and M. Pucciarelli (18'). Napoli scored through Lorenzo Insigne (7') and Allan (50').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Napoli received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 0 points from 2 and Napoli 15th on 1 point from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Napoli 2nd with 82.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Napoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Saponara of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Napoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli · 1-0
  • 7'Goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 1-1
  • 18'Goal · M. PucciarelliEmpoli · 2-1
  • 40'Yellow card · AllanNapoli
  • 45'Yellow card · Daniele CroceEmpoli
  • 50'Goal · AllanNapoli · 2-2
  • 58'Yellow card · M. ValdifioriNapoli
  • 71'Yellow card · Marko LivajaEmpoli
  • 79'Yellow card · JorginhoNapoli
  • 87'Yellow card · Elseid HysajNapoli

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 1, Napoli 1.

Team news

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

Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

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

Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Christian Maggio, Vlad Chiricheș, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Nova Arianto, Marek Hamšík, Lorenzo Insigne, Gonzalo Higuaín, Manolo Gabbiadini