Result EMPOLI 0 – 1 NAPOLI, Sunday 20 October 2024, Serie A Week 8

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Result Empoli 0 – 1 Napoli, Sunday 20 October 2024, Serie A Week 8


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  Empoli 0 – 1 Napoli
.                                                       63′ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (pen)
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Napoli, 1st position with 16 points and a positive goal difference of +9
Empoli, 10th position with 10 points and a positive goal difference of +2

Napoli celebrated a Serie A victory on Sunday, October 20, 2024, after overcoming Empoli at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. This important win guarantees Napoli’s continued dominance at the top of the league. The match hero was Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who netted the only goal from a penalty, resulting in a final score of Empoli 0 – 1 Napoli.  Empoli experienced a tough setback, falling to their second consecutive defeat.

Mission accomplished!  Antonio Conte secure a win against Empoli. In their previouos four past encounters—two with Bari and two with Siena—he experienced two goalless draws at home and two losses in Empoli. This marks Conte’s return to Empoli after a long absence of 14 years, with the last match being in October 2010, where Siena fell to Empoli 3-0.

Napoli gained the upper hand in the 63rd minute when Khvicha Kvaratskhelia scored from the penalty spot with a right-footed shot. The penalty was awarded after Tino Anjorin fouled Matteo Politano inside the box.

Stats before the game

Empoli has secured victory in eight out of their 22 Serie A encounters with Napoli (D5 L9), marking the highest number of wins they have achieved against any team in the league, alongside Turin and Cagliari, who also have eight. Additionally, Napoli is the team against which Empoli has netted the most goals in the top division, totaling 30. In their last seven Serie A matches against Napoli, Empoli has triumphed five times (L2), including both encounters from the previous season, which ended 1-0, following a streak of four consecutive losses to the Campanians.

Napoli have won only two of their 11 away games against Empoli in Serie A (D4 L5): 2-0 on 25 February 2023 and 3-2 on 19 March 2017.

Empoli have drawn their first three home games of this campaign 0-0 (against Monza, Juventus and Fiorentina) and could become the first team to draw their first four home games goalless in a single Serie A season.  Empoli are unbeaten in their last seven home league games (W3 D4) and have not had a longer unbeaten run at home in Serie A since December 2006 to May 2007, under Luigi Cagni (11 in that case).

Napoli have won six of their last seven games between Serie A and Coppa Italia (D1), including the three most recent – ​​the Partenopei have not achieved at least four consecutive wins in all competitions since January and February 2023 (seven in that case).
Napoli are the Serie A team that have had more different players on the scoresheet (11) in all competitions in 2024/25; among the teams in the top five European leagues, only Bayern Munich and Brighton have more scorers (both 12).

Empoli lineup against Napoli

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Serie A tickets2024 – 2025 Italian Serie A Week 8

Empoli 0 – 1 Napoli
Sunday 20 October 2024
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy

12:30

Referee: ABISSO
Assistants: MASTRODONATO – SCARPA M.
Fourth Official: SOZZA
VAR: PATERNA
AVAR: MARIANI

⚽️ Goals:  63′ Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (pen)(N)

🟨 Booked: 33′ Alberto Grassi (E), 37′ Frank Anguissa (N), 76′ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (N)

✅ Official Lineups – Formations – Tabellino:

👉Lineup EMPOLI (3-5-2): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Anjorin, Grassi, Fazzini, Pezzella; Esposito, Colombo.

Subs: Seghetti, Brancolini, Henderson, Sambia, Pellegri, Cacace, Solbakken, Ekong, De Sciglio, Tosto, Haas, Marianucci, Konate

Coach: Roberto D’Aversa

👉Lineup NAPOLI (4-3-3): Caprile; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Buongiorno, Spinazzola; Anguissa, Gilmour, McTominay; Politano, Lukaku, Kvaratskhelia.

Subs: Turi, Contini, Juan Jesus, Rafa Marin, Olivera, Simeone, Zerbin, Ngonge, Mazzocchi, Raspadori, Folorunsho

Coach: Antonio Conte.