Napoli 5-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Friday 2 November 2018

Result

Napoli 5-1 Empoli

Serie A · Friday 2 November 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Napoli 5-1 Empoli: match report

Napoli defeated Empoli 5-1 in Serie A on Friday 2 November 2018. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lorenzo Insigne opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Napoli's goals came from Lorenzo Insigne (9'), Dries Mertens (38'), Dries Mertens (64'), Arkadiusz Milik (90') and Dries Mertens (90+3'). Empoli scored through Francesco Caputo (58').

Discipline: Napoli received no yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Napoli were 3rd on 22 points from 10 and Empoli 18th on 6 points from 10. Napoli went on to finish that season 2nd with 79 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Napoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Dries Mertens of Napoli (10.0), ahead of Lorenzo Insigne (9.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 9'Goal · Lorenzo InsigneNapoli · 1-0
  • 38'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 2-0
  • 42'Yellow card · Ismaël BennacerEmpoli
  • 58'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-1
  • 64'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 3-1
  • 86'Yellow card · Giovanni Di LorenzoEmpoli
  • 90'Goal · Arkadiusz MilikNapoli · 4-1
  • 90+3'Goal · Dries MertensNapoli · 5-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

Napoli line-up (4-4-2)

Orestis Karnezis, Kévin Malcuit, Nikola Maksimović, Kalidou Koulibaly, Elseid Hysaj, Fabián Ruiz, Marko Rog, Amadou Diawara, Piotr Zielinski, Dries Mertens, Lorenzo Insigne

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

Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Luca Antonelli, Afriyie Acquah, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Rade Krunic, Salih Uçan, Francesco Caputo