Empoli vs Napoli

20 October 2024 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Rosario Abisso

Full time 0 – 1

Half-time: 0–0

  • Khvicha Kvaratskhelia 63’ (pen)

Match summary

Napoli beat Empoli 1-0 on the road. It was goalless at half-time.

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia put Napoli ahead from the penalty spot in the 63rd minute.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.32 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Empoli's 1.00 from 11.

Match stats

Empoli Napoli
11 Shots 9
4 Shots on Target 1
7 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.00 xG 1.32
1.00 Non-penalty xG 0.56
8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Empoli Napoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
63’
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia
Penalty0-1 (Napoli)
Full-time0-1

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Empoli
  • Alberto Grassi
  • Nicolas Haas
Napoli
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo
  • Franck Zambo

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 1.32 63’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), 0-1 63’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.00 1.32 63’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), 0-1 Kvaratskhelia 63’
Empoli 1.00 xGNapoli 1.32 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking Empoli attacking 
63’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 39’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+4’ David Neres (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 68’ Scott McTominay (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 26’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 21’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 45’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Billy Gilmour (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 63’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 35’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.58 xG, off target 39’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 60’ Giovanni Simeone (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 90+4’ David Neres (Napoli), open play, 0.12 xG, blocked 68’ Scott McTominay (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 26’ Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), from a corner, 0.09 xG, off target 21’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), from a corner, 0.07 xG, off target 45’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 18’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 54’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 11’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 13’ Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Mattia Viti (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 26’ Alessandro Buongiorno (Napoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 70’ Billy Gilmour (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 19’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 30’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 59’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Devis Vásquez GK900 0.000.000
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Viti DEF902 0.080.000
Saba Goglichidze DEF790 0.000.021
Alberto Grassi MID720 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi MID900 0.000.031
Faustino Anjorin MID791 0.010.581
Jacopo Fazzini MID782 0.170.000
Giuseppe Pezzella MID901 0.030.011
Sebastiano Esposito FWD904 0.140.121
Lorenzo Colombo FWD861 0.580.184
Ola Solbakken Sub180 0.000.000
Emmanuel Ekong Sub120 0.000.000
Nicolas Haas Sub110 0.000.000
Liam Henderson Sub110 0.000.000
Ismael Konaté Sub40 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 17% Avg odds 5.55
Draw 26% Avg odds 3.65
Napoli win 57% Avg odds 1.70

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Empoli DDWDL
Napoli WWDWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 1-0 Napoli, 20 Apr 24 Next meeting: Napoli 3-0 Empoli, 14 Apr 25  All Empoli vs Napoli meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.