Napoli vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Napoli

FT
0 - 1

Empoli

70': Patrick Cutrone

Napoli suffer shock home defeat to Empoli to drop to fourth

Napoli slipped to a surprise 1-0 defeat at home to Empoli in Serie A on Sunday, their third loss from their last five league games.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
22': Substitution, Napoli. Lorenzo Insigne replaces Piotr Zielinski because of an injury.
60': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, Napoli. André-Frank Zambo Anguissa replaces Diego Demme.
63': Substitution, Napoli. Andrea Petagna replaces Dries Mertens.
63': Substitution, Napoli. Matteo Politano replaces Hirving Lozano.
63': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Liam Henderson.
64': Substitution, Empoli. Samuele Ricci replaces Leo Stulac.
64': Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami.
70': Goal! Napoli 0, Empoli 1. Patrick Cutrone (Empoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal following a corner.
78': Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Szymon Zurkowski because of an injury.
81': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Viti replaces Sebastiano Luperto.
87': Substitution, Napoli. Kevin Malcuit replaces Eljif Elmas because of an injury.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Diego Armando Maradona
Location: Napoli, Italy
Attendance: 24,000

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+33	Internazionale	23	55	4
+18	AC Milan	22	47	1
+12	Napoli	23	46	5
+21	Juventus	23	45	4

Full Table

Statistics

EMP		NAP
11	Fouls	8
1	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
5	Offsides	1
3	Corner Kicks	10
6	Saves	4
39.8	Possession	60.2
12	SHOTS	30
5	ON GOAL	6
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
304	Accurate Passes	473
373	Passes	548
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
3	Accurate Crosses	5
9	Crosses	27
0.3	Cross %	0.2
48	Long Balls	51
19	Accurate Long Balls	32
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	11
11	Effective Tackles	7
17	Tackles	12
0.6	Tackle %	0.6
8	Interceptions	3
42	Effective Clearances	5
42	Clearances	5

Line-Ups

Napoli (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
25	David Ospina (GK)
5	Juan Jesus
13	Amir Rrahmani
6	Mário Rui
22	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
33	Adam Ounas
20	Piotr Zielinski
4	Diego Demme
14	Dries Mertens
7	Eljif Elmas
11	Hirving Lozano

Substitutes:

Frank Anguissa, Alex Meret, Faouzi Ghoulam, Lorenzo Insigne, Matteo Politano, Davide Marfella, Kévin Malcuit, Kostas Manolas, Andrea Petagna.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
13	Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33	Sebastiano Luperto
34	Adrian Ismajli
65	Fabiano Parisi
30	Petar Stojanovic
9	Patrick Cutrone
5	Leo Stulac
10	Nedim Bajrami
27	Szymon Zurkowski
8	Liam Henderson
99	Andrea Pinamonti

Substitutes:

Samir Ujkani, Samuele Ricci, Filippo Bandinelli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Lorenzo Tonelli, Andrea La Mantia, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Leonardo Mancuso, Federico Di Francesco, Nicolas Haas, Simone Romagnoli.