Summary
End of game
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Vittoria GIGANTE dell'@EmpoliFC! 🧱 #EmpoliNapoli pic.twitter.com/qCIWsGSt4h
— Lega Serie A (@SerieA) April 20, 2024
90+4'
The match is over! Empoli defeats Napoli and moves away from relegation.
90+2'
They want it to be over already! Empoli lock themselves in their own half with eight players.
90'
The referee adds 4 minutes to the close of play.
88' Change! 🔁
Napoli substitution! Frank Anguisa is replaced by Giovanni Simeone.
87'
The stadium is crazy! Empoli fans start singing at the top of their lungs.
84'
Victor Osimhen continues to fight, but the Empoli defense closes its lines well and prevents the Nigerian from having chances to score.
81' Changes! 🔁
Two new players at Empoli! Alberto Grassi and Giuseppe Pezzella are out; Liberto Cacace and Simone Bastoni are in.
79'
Too many mistakes! Napoli's players are unable to finish their moves.
77'
Sebastiano Luperto is left lying on the field after being elbowed by Leo Ostigard.
75'
Playing with fire! Sebastiano Luperto almost lost the ball to Victor Osimhen.
72' Changes! 🔁
Double substitution for Empoli! Matteo Napolitano and Kvaratskhelia leave; Giacomo Raspadori and Cyril Ngonge come on.
70' Changes! 🔁
Double substitution for Empoli! Nicolo Cambiaghi and Jacopo Fazzino come off; Matteo Cancellieri and Szymon Zurkowski come on.
67'
Empoli are saved! Kvaratskhelia is encouraged to take a shot from outside the box that goes just over the goal.
66'
Matteo Politano takes charge and shoots from the edge of the area, but the ball is deflected in the path of an opponent.
63'
Matteo Politano sends the ball through the air to Victor Osimhen who fails to make contact with the ball.
60'
Napoli controls the ball possession, however they are unable to reach Empoli's area in a good way.
57' Yellow card! 🟨
Another foul! Bartosz Bereszinski is cautioned for a mistimed sweep on Victor Osimhen.
54' Yellow card! 🟨
Foul! Giuseppe Pezzella is yellow carded for a kick from behind on Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
52'
Giovanni Di Lorenzo searches through the air and Bartosz Bereszynski appears to spit the ball out of his area.
49'
Kvaratskhelia attempts a three-fingered through ball to Frank Anguisa, but Sebastiano Luperto crosses to cut the ball off.
47'
Jacopo Fazzini shoots from outside the area and the ball hits an opponent.
45'
The second half begins!
HALF-TIME
𝐇𝐀𝐋𝐅 𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄 1-0 #EmpoliNapoli
Il primo tempo si chiude con gli azzurri avanti 1-0 grazie al gol in avvio di Cerri pic.twitter.com/0mPzxFlRCL — Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) April 20, 2024
45+2'
The first half is over! Empoli is winning by the minimum.
45'
1 minute is added to this first part.
43'
Matteo Politano puts a delayed pass into the box, but none of his teammates appeared to finish the ball.
41'
Jacoppo Fazzini is left lying on the field after contact to the face by Natan.
39'
Empoli are still going all out! Emmanuel Gyasi's shot on the edge of the box goes just wide of the Napoli goal.
36' Yellow card! 🟨
Natan is yellow carded for stopping a dangerous play for Empoli.
35'
Napoli are saved! Nicolo Cambiagui's left-footed shot goes just over Alex Maret's goal.
33'
Piotr Zielinski arrives late and brings down Giuseppe Pezzela from behind, the referee gives a warning to the Napoli player.
30'
Nice try! Victor Osimhen gets off a volley that Elia Caprile manages to control with both hands.
29'
Albero Grassi's cross into the box is not well taken by Jacopo Fazzini and the ball goes wide.
28'
Elia Caprile looks for his forwards in the air, but Leo Ostigard anticipates and leaves the ball in the hands of Alex Maret.
26'
Foul! Alberto Grassi gets on top of Frank Anguisa.
23'
Great save! Kvaratskhelia gets in a great shot and Elia Caprile attentive deflects with his left foot.
20' Change! 🔁
Empoli substitution! Alberto Cerri goes off injured and M'Baye Niang comes on.
17'
Alberto Cerri lies on the grass, apparently with a muscle injury.
15'
Jacopo Fazzini gets in a cross, but Juan Jesus crosses to send the ball for a corner kick.
13'
Empoli presses the Napoli's exit and Napoli can't find a way to hurt the home team.
10'
Victor Osimhen gets close to the opponent's area, but fails to make good contact with the ball.
7'
Close! Alberto Cerri once again rises to head a shot that goes just wide of the left post.
4' Goal! ⚽
Empoli goal! Alberto Cerri rises to head home the first of the evening.
1'
Game on! The ball is rolling.
Entrance to the field
All set for Empoli vs Napoli! Both teams take the field at the Stadio Carlo Castellani with the refereeing team to kick off the match.
Napoli starting eleven
This is how Francesco Calzona's team will be looking for the victory against Empoli:
💪 STARTING XI
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) April 20, 2024
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/JzLOdJcr47
Empoli starting eleven
This is Davide Nicola's eleven to face Napoli.
Alle 18.00 al #CarloCastellani #ComputerGrossArena la sfida contro il #Napoli; ecco la formazione scelta da mister Nicola ⬇
— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) April 20, 2024
EMPOLI: Caprile; Pezzella, Walukiewcz, Grassi, Gyasi, Cerri, Bereszynski, Fazzini, Cambiaghi, Maleh, Luperto. pic.twitter.com/bI3J9dyThn
Warming
The match is about to begin. Both Empoli and Napoli are already on the pitch at the Stadio Carlo Castellani doing their warm-up exercises ahead of this Serie A match. In a few more moments, we will confirm the lineups of both teams.
Referees
Gianluca Manganiello will be in charge of enforcing the rules in this great match between Empoli vs Napoli, his assistants will be Stefano Del Giovane and Stefano Liberti, as fourth official will act Niccolo Baroni.
Statements - Davide Nicola, Empoli coach
"We are facing the Italian champions, it is a great satisfaction to face such a team. At the moment we are in a position to want to recover that point we lost, regardless of the opponent we meet we have to give everything because we enter the last six races where the difference is the desire to fight from all points of view (...) We have tried to study them thoroughly to credit them and demonstrate our quality."
Last confrontations
In the last five meetings Empoli comes in with a slight advantage over Napoli with three wins and two defeats.
Serie A 12/11/2023 |
Napoli 0-1 Empoli
Serie A 25/02/2023 |
Empoli 0-2 Napoli
Serie A 08/11/2022 |
Napoli 2-0 Empoli
Serie A 24/04/2022 |
Empoli 3-2 Napoli
Serie A 12/12/2021 |
Napoli 0-1 Empoli
Napoli players have arrived
The visiting team has appeared! The players are going to reconnoiter the pitch before warming up.
𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟯𝟯/𝟯𝟴
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) April 20, 2024
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/FRvBfq1mBn
Empoli players have arrived
The home team is here! The players go straight to the dressing room to get ready to warm up.
📸📸📸📸 | TEAM ARRIVAL
— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) April 20, 2024
L’arrivo degli azzurri al #CarloCastellani #ComputerGrossArena; alle 18.00 la sfida contro il #Napoli pic.twitter.com/Pg73FNoNlw
Napoli dressing room
The uniforms are ready! The away team will wear black to face Empoli.
Take a look inside our dressing room 👕
— Official SSC Napoli (@sscnapoli) April 20, 2024
💙 #ForzaNapoliSempre pic.twitter.com/L6BZKEvKkF
Empoli dressing room
The uniforms are ready! The home team will wear their traditional blue to face Napoli.
Per commemorare la scomparsa dello storico dirigente azzurro Pietro #Allegri, oltre che quella recente del nostro ex calciatore Mattia #Giani, questa sera nella sfida contro il #Napoli la squadra di mister Nicola scenderà in campo col lutto al braccio pic.twitter.com/IF34bZexuS
— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) April 20, 2024
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What time is the game and where to watch?
This is the kickoff time for the game between Empoli vs Napoli on April 20 in several countries:
Germany: 6:00 PM (DAZN Germany)
Argentina: 1:00 PM (Star+)
Bolivia: 12:00 PM (Star+)
Brazil: 1:00 PM (Star+)
Chile: 1:00 PM (Star+)
Colombia: 11:00 AM (Star+)
Costa Rica: 10:00 AM (Star+)
Ecuador: 11:00 AM (Star+)
United States: (ET): 12:00 PM (Paramount+)
Spain: 6:00 PM
Italy: 6:00 PM (DAZN Italy / SKY Go Italy / 214 DAZN Zone)
United Kingdom: 6:00 PM (Discovery+ / TNT Sports 2 / Discovery+ App)
Mexico: 10:00 AM (Star+ / ESPN4)
Paraguay: 12:00 PM (Star+)
Peru: 11:00 AM (Star+)
Portugal: 5:00 PM (Sport TV Multiscreen / Sport TV5)
Uruguay: 1:00 PM (Star+)
Venezuela: 12:00 PM (Star+)
Napoli player to watch
On the 'Partenopei' side we will take into account Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, a young 23-year-old striker who has managed to score 10 goals and 6 assists in the league tournament. He is very active in attacking plays alongside Victor Osimhen. His tackling, speed and dribbling could unbalance the Empoli defense.
Empoli player to watch
In the 'Azzurri' squad the player to watch is Matteo Cancellieri, a young 22-year-old midfielder who has 3 goals and 2 assists in the league tournament. He is very active in attacking plays alongside Szymon Zurkowski. His tackling and speed make him a danger for Napoli.
Last Napoli lineup
This is how Napoli lined up against Frosinone on Matchday 32 of the Serie A:
A. Meret (P); A. Rrahmani, L. Oestigaard, M. Rui, G. Di Lorenzo, S. Lobotka, P. Zielinski, A. Zambo Anguissa, M. Politano, K. Karavatskhelia and V. Osimhen.
Coach: Francesco Calzona.
Latest Empoli lineup
This is how Empoli faced Lecce on Matchday 32 of Serie A:
E. Caprile (P); S. Walukiewicz, B. Bereszynski, S. Luperto, R. Marin, S. Bastoni, E. Gyasi, G. Pezzella, M. Cancellieri, S. Zurkowski and A. Cerri.
Coach: Davide Nicola.
How does Napoli arrive?
The 'Partenopei' in their last five games have performed consistently, their best result coming against Monza with a run of one win, two draws and two defeats.
Serie A 14/04/2024 |
Napoli 2-2 Frosinone
Serie A 07/04/2024 |
Monza 2-4 Napoli
Serie A 30/03/2024 |
Napoli 0-3 Atalanta
Serie A 17/03/2024 | I
Inter 1-1 Napoli
Champions League 12/03/2024 |
Barcelona 3-1 Napoli
How does Empoli arrive?
The 'Azzurri' in their last five games have underperformed, their best result coming against Torino, with a run of four defeats and one win.
Serie A 13/04/2024 |
Lecce 1-0 Empoli
Serie A 06/04/2024 |
Empoli 3-2 Torino
Serie A 01/04/2024 |
Inter 2-0 Empoli
Serie A 15/03/2024 |
Empoli 0-1 Bologna
Serie A 10/03/2024 |
Milan 1-0 Empoli
Stadium
The Carlo Castellani Stadium will be the venue for this match of Day 33 of the Serie A, is located in the city of Empoli, Italy. Empoli Football Club plays its home matches there. It was built in 1923, but inaugurated until September 12, 1965. The stadium has a capacity for 16,800 spectators.
La Serie A continúa
The Italian First Division brings us a duel between two teams with very different realities. Empoli is in the seventeenth position with 28 points, with many possibilities of relegation to Serie B. On the other hand, Napoli is fighting in the eighth position with 49 points and possibilities of Europa League or Champions League, their last matches are of vital importance to fight for these competitions.
Welcome
Hello everyone! Thank you for joining us for the broadcast of the match between Inter Empoli vs Napoli corresponding to Matchday 32 of 2023-24 Serie A.
My name is Uriel Garcia and I will be your host for this match. We will bring you pre-match analysis, score updates and live news here on VAVEL.