Match Report
51 points separated the sides: Napoli 1st on 82, Empoli 18th on 31. Empoli's recent output outran their position: 10th on form over five rounds, 18th in the table. Per game in the league, Napoli were scoring 1.55 and conceding 0.71, Empoli 0.87 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
Napoli carried a 5-game unbeaten run into this. A win had eluded Empoli for 15 matches. From the last five rounds, Napoli held 9 points of 15 and Empoli 2.
16 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Napoli 8, draws 2, Empoli 6, at 3.38 goals per meeting. Where history says 3.38 goals per meeting, the last five say 1.4.
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in Naples staged the fixture, a ground that holds 54,726. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Napoli led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-0.
Goal scorers
Napoli: Scott McTominay (18'), Scott McTominay (61'), Romelu Lukaku (56')