Empoli vs Napoli

20 April 2024 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Alberto Cerri 4’

Match summary

Empoli beat Napoli 1-0. Empoli led 1-0 at half-time.

Alberto Cerri put Empoli ahead with a header in the 4th minute, set up by Emmanuel Gyasi.

The chances backed that up: Empoli created 1.25 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Napoli's 0.89 from 9.

Match stats

Empoli Napoli
7 Shots 9
1 Shots on Target 1
2 Corners 8
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
1.25 xG 0.89
1.25 Non-penalty xG 0.89
2 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Empoli Napoli
Kick-off
Alberto Cerri
Assist: Emmanuel Gyasi1-0 (Empoli)
4’
Half-time1-0
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Bartosz Bereszynski
  • Giuseppe Pezzella
Napoli
  • Juan Jesus
  • Cyril Ngonge

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 1.25 0.89 4’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), 1-0 4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 0.89 4’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), 1-0 Cerri 4’
Empoli 1.25 xGNapoli 0.89 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Napoli attacking Empoli attacking 
35’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 50’ Juan Jesus (Napoli), from a corner, 0.47 xG, blocked 4’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 29’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 68’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 50’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Cyril Ngonge (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.60 xG, off target 50’ Juan Jesus (Napoli), from a corner, 0.47 xG, blocked 4’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 29’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 68’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, blocked 66’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 67’ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 8’ Alberto Cerri (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 31’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 47’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 50’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 39’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 90+2’ Cyril Ngonge (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 48’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 49’ Matteo Politano (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 17’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Elia Caprile GK900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastian Walukiewicz DEF900 0.000.000
Bartosz Bereszynski DEF900 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi MID9010 0.000.371
Giuseppe Pezzella MID830 0.000.101
Youssef Maleh MID900 0.000.000
Alberto Grassi MID830 0.000.000
Nicolò Cambiaghi MID712 0.650.000
Jacopo Fazzini MID713 0.180.112
Alberto Cerri FWD1912 0.430.000
M'Baye Niang Sub710 0.000.061
Matteo Cancellieri Sub190 0.000.000
Szymon Zurkowski Sub190 0.000.000
Simone Bastoni Sub70 0.000.000
Liberato Cacace Sub70 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 19% Avg odds 5.07
Draw 24% Avg odds 4.04
Napoli win 57% Avg odds 1.67

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

Form going into the game

Empoli LLLWL
Napoli DDLWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Napoli 0-1 Empoli, 12 Nov 23 Next meeting: Empoli 0-1 Napoli, 20 Oct 24  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.