Napoli vs Empoli

2 November 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Luca Pairetto

Full time 5 – 1

Half-time: 2–0

Lorenzo Insigne 9’
Dries Mertens 38’, 64’, 90+3’
Arkadiusz Milik 90’

Francesco Caputo 58’

Match summary

Napoli won comfortably, 5-1 at home to Empoli. Napoli led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Lorenzo Insigne put Napoli ahead in the 9th minute, set up by Kalidou Koulibaly and Dries Mertens made it 2-0 in the 38th minute, set up by Lorenzo Insigne. In the second half, Francesco Caputo pulled one back to make it 2-1 in the 58th minute, set up by Rade Krunic, Mertens made it 3-1 in the 64th minute, set up by José Callejón, Arkadiusz Milik made it 4-1 in the 90th minute, set up by Dries Mertens, and Mertens made it 5-1 in stoppage time, set up by Lorenzo Insigne.

The chances backed that up: Napoli created 2.45 expected goals (xG) from 20 shots to Empoli's 0.77 from 11.

Match stats

19 Shots 8

13 Shots on Target 4

0 Corners 7

0 Yellow Cards 2

0 Red Cards 0

2.45 xG 0.77

2.45 Non-penalty xG 0.77

8 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Napoli Empoli

Kick-off

Lorenzo Insigne
Assist: Kalidou Koulibaly

1-0

9’

Dries Mertens
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

2-0

38’

Half-time2-0

58’

Francesco Caputo
Assist: Rade Krunic2-1

Dries Mertens
Assist: José Callejón

3-1

64’

Arkadiusz Milik
Assist: Dries Mertens

4-1

90’

Dries Mertens
Assist: Lorenzo Insigne

5-1

90+3’

Full-time5-1

Bookings

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

Empoli

Giovanni Di Lorenzo
Ismael Bennacer

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.

Napoli 2.45 xGEmpoli 0.77 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Empoli attacking Napoli attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Orestis Karnezis	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kevin Malcuit	DEF	90			1	0.09	0.00	0
Kalidou Koulibaly	DEF	90		1	0	0.00	0.10	2
Nikola Maksimovic	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Elseid Hysaj	DEF	90			1	0.13	0.00	0
Fabián	MID	63			3	0.37	0.08	1
Amadou Diawara	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marko Rog	MID	63			1	0.02	0.00	0
Piotr Zielinski	MID	83			2	0.07	0.35	2
Dries Mertens	FWD	90	3	1	5	0.66	1.31	10
Lorenzo Insigne	FWD	90	1	2	5	0.22	0.57	4
Allan	Sub	27			0	0.00	0.00	0
José Callejón	Sub	27		1	1	0.40	0.03	1
Arkadiusz Milik	Sub	7	1		1	0.50	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivan Provedel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.06	1
Matías Silvestre	DEF	90			2	0.25	0.00	0
Domenico Maietta	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Luca Antonelli	DEF	90			1	0.01	0.02	1
Ismael Bennacer	MID	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Hamed Junior Traore	MID	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Afriyie Acquah	MID	67			0	0.00	0.00	0
Salih Ucan	MID	79			3	0.12	0.00	0
Rade Krunic	MID	68		1	1	0.03	0.29	1
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	1		1	0.29	0.00	0
Miha Zajc	Sub	23			1	0.02	0.02	1
Manuel Pasqual	Sub	22			0	0.00	0.25	2
Antonio La Gumina	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Napoli win 80% Bet365 odds 1.20

Draw 14% Bet365 odds 7.00

Empoli win 6% Bet365 odds 15.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Napoli W L W W D

Empoli D L L D L

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Previous and next meeting

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