Empoli 2-1 Napoli: result and report

Serie A · Wednesday 3 April 2019

Result

Empoli 2-1 Napoli

Serie A · Wednesday 3 April 2019, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Empoli 2-1 Napoli: match report

Empoli defeated Napoli 2-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 3 April 2019. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Diego Farias opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Empoli's goals came from Diego Farias (28') and Giovanni Di Lorenzo (52'). Napoli scored through Piotr Zielinski (44').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 25 points from 29 and Napoli 2nd on 63 points from 29. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Napoli 2nd with 79.

Empoli lined up in a 5-3-2 and Napoli in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Ismaël Bennacer of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Napoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Diego FariasEmpoli · 1-0
  • 33'Yellow card · Kalidou KoulibalyNapoli
  • 44'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiNapoli · 1-1
  • 47'Yellow card · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli
  • 50'Yellow card · Hamed Junior TraorèEmpoli
  • 52'Goal · Giovanni Di LorenzoEmpoli · 2-1
  • 60'Yellow card · M. PajačEmpoli

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 2, Napoli 5.

Team news

Empoli line-up (5-3-2)

Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Domenico Maietta, Matías Silvestre, Frédéric Veseli, Marko Pajac, Hamed Traoré, Ismaël Bennacer, Rade Krunic, Diego Farias, Francesco Caputo

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

Alex Meret, Kévin Malcuit, Kalidou Koulibaly, Sebastiano Luperto, Mário Rui, Allan, Piotr Zielinski, Juanmi Callejón, Adam Ounas, Ahmad Nurosadi, Arkadiusz Milik