Serie A

Empoli 2-2 Napoli

Empoli vs Napoli finished 2-2 in Serie A. Key event: 2' Riccardo Saponara (assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 46.2%). Head to head: H2H last 6: 3-2-1. Home form: L L L D L; Away form: D L L L W. Forecast and odds: Home / Draw / Away: 4.40 / 3.70 / 1.80; Bookmaker samples: 7. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

EMP 2 - 2 Finished

NAP

Competition Serie A Season 2015/2016 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 13 Sep 2015, 17:00 Venue time 13 Sep 2015, 19:00 CEST

Match preview 2 facts

Home form L L L D L 1 pts, goals 7-12, 1.40 scored/match, 2.40 conceded/match

Away form D L L L W 4 pts, goals 9-13, 1.80 scored/match, 2.60 conceded/match

Shot map 33 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Empoli 16 shots · 1.29 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch shown to keep both teams on the same scale.

Napoli 17 shots · 1.03 xG · 2 goals

Full pitch retained for 1 location outside the attacking half.

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Pass map directional passes

Solid arrows are completed passes; dashed arrows are incomplete.

Napoli160 plotted of 314 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Empoli160 plotted of 282 coordinate passes

Focused view: 48 of 160 plotted passes Show all passesShow focused passes

CompletedIncompleteArrow = direction

Passing networkexact player links onlyfull match

Node position is the player's full-match average pass location. Thicker connections represent more completed passes.

Napoli130 exact passer-recipient links

VAL HYS HAM GAB MAG INS

VALMirko Valdifiori20 passes
HYSElseid Hysaj33 passes
HAMMarek Hamšík39 passes
GABManolo Gabbiadini6 passes
MAGChristian Maggio11 passes
INSLorenzo Insigne21 passes

Empoli147 exact passer-recipient links

ZIE LAU CRO SAP MAC PUC BAR ZAM TON LIV

ZIEPiotr Zieliński31 passes
LAUVincent Laurini1 passes
CRODaniele Croce15 passes
SAPRiccardo Saponara20 passes
MACMassimo Maccarone12 passes
PUCManuel Pucciarelli11 passes
BARFederico Barba13 passes
ZAMMarco Zambelli24 passes
TONLorenzo Tonelli15 passes
LIVMarko Livaja5 passes

Pass-location heatmapevent density, not tracking datafull match

Density is calculated from pass start locations in the accepted event feed.

Napoli314 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Empoli282 coordinate passes

Fewer pass startsMore pass starts

Possession flow 28 recorded possessions

Share of recorded possession time in each five-minute interval. Official full-match possession is shown above.

EmpoliNapoli

0–5′100–0
5–10′13–87
10–15′48–52
15–20′42–58
20–25′0–100
25–30′11–89
30–35′89–11
35–40′0–100
40–45′87–13
45–50′88–12
50–55′100–0
55–60′100–0
60–65′100–0
65–70′100–0
70–75′100–0
75–80′98–2
80–85′0–100
85–90′0–100
90–95′1–99

Timeline 63 events

2' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.38 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 87.8%, 46.2%

5' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 80.1%, 31.5%

6' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Daniele Croce · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 80.2%

6' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.4%, 29.4%

7' Goal Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini

10' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Lorenzo Tonelli · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 71.7%, 35.3%

14' shot Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín NAP Open Play · Off T · xG 0.03

14' shot Gonzalo Higuaín NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.3%, 55.5%

17' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.41 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 57.7%

18' Goal Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara

21' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 89.5%, 69.9%

21' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 68.4%, 63.1%

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23' shot Marek Hamsik NAP xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.6%, 66.1%

24' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

24' shot Mário Rui EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 74.5%, 53.7%

25' shot Manuel Pucciarelli EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.3%, 59.4%

29' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Elseid Hysaj · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 94.8%, 67.4%

31' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.4%, 64.1%

31' shot Christian Maggio NAP assist Marek Hamsik · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 73.2%, 43.1%

32' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Massimo Maccarone · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 73.1%, 68.8%

33' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP Open Play · Off T · xG 0.01

36' shot Manolo Gabbiadini NAP assist Gonzalo Higuaín · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 69.3%, 39.4%

39' Yellow Allan Marques Loureiro NAP Yellow Card

39' shot Manolo Gabbiadini NAP xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 71.4%, 38.5%

40' shot Lorenzo Insigne NAP assist Allan · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 45.3%, 25%

42' shot Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín NAP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.02

42' shot Gonzalo Higuaín NAP assist Mirko Valdifiori · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 25.2%

43' shot Elseid Hysaj NAP Open Play · Wayward · xG 0.02

44' Yellow Daniele Croce EMP Yellow Card

45+1' Yellow Daniele Croce EMP

49' Goal Allan Marques Loureiro NAP Open Play · Goal

49' shot Allan NAP assist Manolo Gabbiadini · xG 0.46 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.6%, 55.3%

52' shot Massimo Maccarone EMP assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 67.5%

55' shot Piotr Zielinski EMP xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 81.8%, 34.8%

57' Yellow Mirko Valdifiori NAP Yellow Card

58' Sub Jorge Luiz Frello Filho NAP on for Mirko Valdifiori · Tactical

58' Yellow Mirko Valdifiori NAP

59' shot Riccardo Saponara EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 73.9%, 29.6%

60' shot Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín NAP Open Play · Off T · xG 0.12

60' shot Gonzalo Higuaín NAP assist Lorenzo Insigne · xG 0.08 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.2%, 66.4%

61' shot Marek Hamsik NAP assist Lorenzo Insigne · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 56.9%

64' Sub Dries Mertens NAP on for Manolo Gabbiadini · Tactical

64' shot Daniele Croce EMP assist Piotr Zielinski · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 72.8%, 34.5%

67' Sub Marko Livaja EMP on for Massimo Maccarone · Tactical

67' shot Elseid Hysaj NAP assist Dries Mertens · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 80.2%, 75.8%

70' Yellow Marko Livaja EMP Yellow Card

71' Sub Leandro Daniel Paredes EMP on for Piotr Zieliński · Tactical

71' Sub José María Callejón Bueno NAP on for Lorenzo Insigne · Tactical

71' Yellow Marko Livaja EMP

78' Yellow Jorge Luiz Frello Filho NAP Yellow Card

79' Sub Vincent Laurini EMP on for Marco Zambelli · Tactical

79' Yellow Jorginho NAP

83' shot Marko Livaja EMP assist Daniele Croce · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.4%, 60.2%

86' Yellow Elseid Hysaj NAP Yellow Card

87' shot Mário Rui Silva Duarte EMP Free Kick · Off T · xG 0.01

87' shot Mário Rui EMP xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 77.5%, 22.3%

87' Yellow Elseid Hysaj NAP

90' shot José María Callejón Bueno NAP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.06

90' shot José Callejón NAP assist Marek Hamsik · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.6%, 50.1%

90+3' shot Dries Mertens NAP Open Play · Blocked · xG 0.04

90+5' shot Marek Hamšík NAP Open Play · Saved · xG 0.03

93' shot Dries Mertens NAP assist Gonzalo Higuaín · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.4%, 49.4%

95' shot Marek Hamsik NAP assist Jorginho · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 82.5%, 29.9%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 5-7-0

Napoli leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 7 wins, 5 losses, 0 draws. Latest meeting: 14 Apr 2025 · Napoli vs Empoli · 3 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

14 Apr 2025

Napoli 3 - 0 Empoli

20 Oct 2024

Empoli 0 - 1 Napoli

20 Apr 2024

Empoli 1 - 0 Napoli

12 Nov 2023

Napoli 0 - 1 Empoli

25 Feb 2023

Empoli 0 - 2 Napoli

08 Nov 2022

Napoli 2 - 0 Empoli

24 Apr 2022

Empoli 3 - 2 Napoli

12 Dec 2021

Napoli 0 - 1 Empoli

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03 Apr 2019

Empoli 2 - 1 Napoli

02 Nov 2018

Napoli 5 - 1 Empoli

19 Mar 2017

Empoli 2 - 3 Napoli

26 Oct 2016

Napoli 2 - 0 Empoli

Team statistics 8 metrics

1.29 Expected Goals 1.03

55% 44%

16 Total Shots 17

48% 51%

42% Ball Possession 58%

42% 58%

5 Shots on Goal 7

41% 58%

12 Fouls 14

46% 53%

5 Corner Kicks 5

50% 50%

Possession over time 4 recorded checkpoints · Exact checkpoints

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9 Shots off target 12

16 Crosses 17

Lineups

Empoli

14 A Assane Dioussé El Hadji CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

17 P Piotr Zieliński RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

20 M Manuel Pucciarelli RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

5 R Riccardo Saponara CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

21 M Mário Rui Silva Duarte LEFT BACK

26 L Lorenzo Tonelli RIGHT CENTER BACK

28 Ł Łukasz Skorupski GK

19 F Federico Barba LEFT CENTER BACK

3 M Marco Zambelli RIGHT BACK

11 D Daniele Croce LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

7 M Massimo Maccarone LEFT CENTER FORWARD

Napoli

23 M Manolo Gabbiadini RIGHT CENTER FORWARD

9 G Gonzalo Gerardo Higuaín LEFT CENTER FORWARD

17 M Marek Hamšík LEFT CENTER MIDFIELD

11 C Christian Maggio RIGHT BACK

25 J José Manuel Reina Páez GK

33 R Raúl Albiol i Tortajada RIGHT CENTER BACK

2 E Elseid Hysaj LEFT BACK

5 A Allan Marques Loureiro RIGHT CENTER MIDFIELD

24 L Lorenzo Insigne CENTER ATTACKING MIDFIELD

6 M Mirko Valdifiori CENTER DEFENSIVE MIDFIELD

21 V Vlad Iulian Chiricheș LEFT CENTER BACK

Historical 1X2 odds

Home / Draw / Away4.40 / 3.70 / 1.80

Bookmaker samples7