Napoli have delivered well so far this season, sitting at 3rd spot in the table. Empoli can look both direction in the table from their 11th position.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Napoli have less rest than Empoli in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Europa League game only three days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Leicester City, was also a home game here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. The away team is better rested.
Napoli form and stats
Napoli have performed here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this season with 6 wins from 8 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 1 game and lost 1.
A nice win for Napoli last time playing, versus Leicester City. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Elmas (2) and Ounas scoring for the victors. Midfield player Eljif Elmas got a match rating of 8.02 in that game, the max score being 10. Elmas scored two goals.
Before that game, the home loss against Atalanta with the scoreline 2-3.Napoli are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found twelve matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won seven, drew two and lost three.
The Napoli manager Spalletti has got the team scoring with 17 from 8 home games in the league. Napoli are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 8 matches. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Empoli form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
Empoli had fun at their own home (Stadio Diego Armando Maradona) last time out, beating Udinese 3-1. Pinamonti, Stojanović and Bajrami scored. Empoli goalie Vicario was high and low in the Udinese game, contributing six saves towards the victory. Nedim Bajrami got a match rating of 9.03 in that game, top player of the team. Bajrami scored one goal, served one assist, hit six key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 7 times.
Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Torino.You'll want to know how Empoli managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found one similar match resulting in zero away wins, zero draws and one home win.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Empoli manager Andreazzoli as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hellas Verona.
The travelling fans enjoy Empoli's attacking play in away games, having scored 12 goals in 7 league matches away. As opposed to that, Empoli have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Previous ten meetings involving these sides: Napoli won five, Empoli were winners in three and we saw two draws. nine games with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Pinamonti 6 goals |   F. Ruiz Peña 5 goals |  D. Mertens 5 goals |
Napoli missing players
Empoli missing players
| Napoli | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 4 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 16 |
| 11 | 6 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| 34 | 17 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 12 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 29 |
| 94% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 81% | 88% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 86% | 94% |
| 62% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 75% |
| 38% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 29% | 44% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 44% | 38% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 57% | 69% |
| 56% | 62% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 29% | 12% |
| 6% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 19% |
| 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 9 | 5.6 | 5.8 |
| 4 | 3.1 | 2.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 8 | 4.7 | 5.1 |
| 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.6 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14.4 | 15.9 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5 | 13.1 | 14.8 |
| 5.2 | 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.7 | 4.6 |
| 40% | 42% | 47% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | 36% |
| 10.4 | 9.5 | 9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18 | 15.4 | 16.1 |
| 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.6 | 5.9 |
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Napoli have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (12) in Serie A
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals (5) at home in Serie A
- Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (6) in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (5) at home in Serie A
- Napoli have the most clean sheets (9) in Serie A
- Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 35 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 17 | 38 |
| 2 | Inter | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Juventus | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 27 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 16 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 27 |
| 7 | Roma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Lazio | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Bologna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Empoli | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Torino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | Udinese | 16 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 16 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -10 | 15 |
| 16 | Venezia | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 15 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 15 |
| 17 | Spezia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | Genoa | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -14 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -22 | 8 |