Napoli 2-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 7 December 2014
Result
Napoli 2-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 7 December 2014, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Napoli 2-1 Empoli: match report
Napoli beat Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 7 December 2014. The half-time score was 0-1.
Simone Verdi opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Napoli's goals came from Duván Zapata (67') and Jonathan de Guzmán (72'). Empoli scored through Simone Verdi (19') and Daniele Rugani (53').
Discipline: Napoli received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 23 points from 13 and Empoli 15th on 14 points from 13. Napoli went on to finish that season 4th with 64 points, and Empoli 16th with 41.
Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Napoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Empoli.
Going into the match Napoli's last five read D-D-W-W-D and Empoli's D-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Simone Verdi
- 53'Goal · Daniele Rugani
- 63'Yellow card · Diego Laxalt
- 63'Yellow card · Christian Maggio
- 67'Goal · Duván Zapata
- 69'Yellow card · Raúl Albiol
- 72'Goal · Jonathan de Guzmán
- 73'Yellow card · Mário Rui
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Rafael Cabral, Henrique, Christian Maggio, David López, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Jorginho, Dries Mertens, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Duván Zapata
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Lorenzo Tonelli, Nova Arianto, Daniele Croce, Matías Vecino, Massimo Maccarone, Francesco Tavano, Mike van Dijk