In this week 34 match, on Sunday Apr 24th, Empoli will host Napoli in a Serie A match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Empoli recorded a 1-4 loss against Udinese. Ardian Ismajli scored the first goal for Udinese on an own goal in the 6th minute, then Gerard Deulofeu added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Isaac Success. Empoli looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10, while napoli sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-1 draw against Roma. Lorenzo Insigne scored the first goal for Napoli in the 11th minute on a penalty, then in the 1st minute of the second half’s stoppage time, Tammy Abraham sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Stephan El Shaarawy earning Roma a comeback draw. Napoli should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
On Sun Dec 12th, Napoli hosted Empoli at the Stadio San Paolo, Napoli in their last match together. Empoli took the match by a score of 1 to 0. Patrick Cutrone struck first for Empoli in the 70th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster At the end of 90 a dissapointed Napoli couldn’t manage to score, and Empoli took the shutout win.
Victor Osimhen has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, hes scored 5 goals for Napoli. Empoli is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Federico Di Francesco and Andrea Pinamonti each only have 1 goal in their last 5.