Napoli 5-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 31 January 2016
Result
Napoli 5-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 31 January 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Napoli 5-1 Empoli: match report
Napoli defeated Empoli 5-1 in Serie A on Sunday 31 January 2016. It was 2-1 at half-time.
L. Paredes opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Napoli's goals came from Gonzalo Higuaín (33'), Lorenzo Insigne (37'), an own goal by Michele Camporese (51'), José Callejón (83') and José Callejón (88'). Empoli scored through L. Paredes (28').
Discipline: Napoli received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Napoli were 2nd on 47 points from 21 and Empoli 8th on 32 points from 21. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Napoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Insigne of Napoli (9.0), ahead of Juanmi Callejón (8.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Napoli win, 2 draws and 2 for Empoli.
Key events
- 28'Goal · L. Paredes
- 33'Goal · Gonzalo Higuaín
- 34'Yellow card · Pepe Reina
- 36'Yellow card · Piotr Zielinski
- 37'Goal · Lorenzo Insigne
- 39'Yellow card · Elseid Hysaj
- 45'Yellow card · Allan
- 50'Yellow card · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 51'Own goal · Michele Camporese
- 79'Yellow card · Marcel Büchel
- 83'Goal · José Callejón
- 88'Goal · José Callejón
Head-to-head
Team news
Napoli line-up (4-3-3)
Pepe Reina, Elseid Hysaj, Kalidou Koulibaly, Faouzi Ghoulam, Raúl Albiol, Allan, Jorginho, Marek Hamšík, Juanmi Callejón, Gonzalo Higuaín, Lorenzo Insigne
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Michele Camporese, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli