Napoli vs Empoli

8 November 2022 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Hirving Lozano 69’ (pen)
  • Piotr Zielinski 88’

Match summary

Napoli won 2-0 at home to Empoli. It was goalless at half-time.

Hirving Lozano put Napoli ahead from the penalty spot in the 69th minute and Piotr Zielinski made it 2-0 in the 88th minute, set up by Hirving Lozano.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Empoli's 0.21 from 6. Empoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

Napoli Empoli
18 Shots 6
4 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 6
0 Red Cards 1
1.90 xG 0.21
1.13 Non-penalty xG 0.21
11 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Napoli Empoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Hirving Lozano
Penalty1-0 (Napoli)
69’
Piotr Zielinski
Assist: Hirving Lozano2-0 (Napoli)
88’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Napoli
  • Leo Østigard
Empoli
  • Sebastiano Luperto
  • Fabiano Parisi
  • Filippo Bandinelli
  • Martín Satriano
  • Liam Henderson

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 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.90 0.21 69’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), 1-0 69’ 88’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), 2-0 88’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.90 0.21 69’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), 1-0 Lozano 69’ 88’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), 2-0 Zielinski 88’
Napoli 1.90 xGEmpoli 0.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Napoli attacking 
69’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 76’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 45’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 87’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 90+2’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 52’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 86’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 88’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 33’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 39’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 9’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 58’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 89’ Emmanuel Ekong (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 9’ Mário Rui (Napoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Leo Østigard (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 69’ Hirving Lozano (Napoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 76’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.15 xG, blocked 45’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 90+2’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 87’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 52’ Franck Zambo (Napoli), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 88’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, goal 86’ Eljif Elmas (Napoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 39’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 33’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 9’ Giacomo Raspadori (Napoli), direct free kick, 0.06 xG, blocked 46’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 81’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Victor Osimhen (Napoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 72’ Mário Rui (Napoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 53’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Piotr Zielinski (Napoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 60’ Tanguy NDombele Alvaro (Napoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Emmanuel Ekong (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 58’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Mário Rui (Napoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 47’ Nedim Bajrami (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 90+4’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 50’ Leo Østigard (Napoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Alex Meret GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF900 0.000.142
Leo Østigard DEF901 0.010.000
Kim Min-Jae DEF900 0.000.000
Mário Rui DEF902 0.050.254
Franck Zambo MID901 0.100.031
Stanislav Lobotka MID900 0.000.000
Tanguy NDombele Alvaro MID642 0.090.111
Matteo Politano FWD640 0.000.000
Victor Osimhen FWD904 0.340.000
Giacomo Raspadori FWD643 0.240.152
Eljif Elmas Sub261 0.090.041
Hirving Lozano Sub26111 0.760.192
Piotr Zielinski Sub2613 0.220.091
Giovanni Simeone Sub10 0.000.000
Diego Demme Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 75% Avg odds 1.28
Draw 15% Avg odds 6.17
Empoli win 10% Avg odds 10.04

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 3-2 Napoli, 24 Apr 22 Next meeting: Empoli 0-2 Napoli, 25 Feb 23  All Napoli vs Empoli 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.