Napoli 0-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 12 December 2021

Result

Napoli 0-1 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 12 December 2021, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Napoli 0-1 Empoli: match report

Napoli lost to Empoli 0-1 in Serie A on Sunday 12 December 2021. The half-time score was 0-0.

The only goal came from Patrick Cutrone of Empoli in the 70th minute.

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

Going into the game Napoli were 4th on 36 points from 16 and Empoli 11th on 23 points from 16. Napoli went on to finish that season 3rd with 79 points, and Empoli 14th with 41.

Napoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Guglielmo Vicario of Empoli (9.0), ahead of Adam Ounas (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Napoli wins, 2 draws and 3 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 60'Yellow card · Szymon ZurkowskiEmpoli
  • 70'Goal · Patrick CutroneEmpoli · 0-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Napoli 5, draws 2, Empoli 3.

Team news

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

David Ospina, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Amir Rrahmani, Juan Jesus, Mário Rui, Diego Demme, Piotr Zielinski, Hirving Lozano, Adam Ounas, Eljif Elmas, Dries Mertens

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Liam Henderson, Leo Stulac, Szymon Żurkowski, Nedim Bajrami, Andrea Pinamonti, Patrick Cutrone