Napoli 1-3 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 17 February 2008

Result

Napoli 1-3 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 17 February 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Napoli 1-3 Empoli: match report

Napoli lost to Empoli 1-3 in Serie A on Sunday 17 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-1.

Nicola Pozzi opened the scoring in the 21st minute. Napoli's goal came from Daniele Mannini (37'). Empoli scored through Nicola Pozzi (21'), Nicola Pozzi (65') and Alessandro Budel (81').

Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards and 2 red cards; Empoli received no yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Napoli were 11th on 27 points from 22 and Empoli 18th on 19 points from 22. Napoli went on to finish that season 8th with 50 points, and Empoli 18th with 36.

Napoli lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Empoli in a 4-4-1-1.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 21'Goal · Nicola PozziEmpoli · 0-1
  • 37'Goal · Daniele ManniniNapoli · 1-1
  • 45'Red card · Felice PiccoloEmpoli
  • 45'Red card · Marcelo ZalayetaNapoli
  • 65'Goal · Nicola PozziEmpoli · 1-2
  • 74'Red card · Maurizio DomizziNapoli
  • 81'Goal · Alessandro BudelEmpoli · 1-3

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Napoli 0, draws 1, Empoli 0.

Team news

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

Matteo Gianello, Gianluca Grava, Mirko Savini, Maurizio Domizzi, Paolo Cannavaro, Marek Hamšík, Daniele Mannini, Ezequiel Lavezzi, Marcelo Zalayeta, Michele Pazienza, Manuele Blasi

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

Davide Bassi, Felice Piccolo, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Luca Antonini, Francesco Marianini, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Nicola Pozzi, Sebastian Giovinco