Napoli – Empoli

Napoli look clear favourites for the match against Empoli

The result against Bologna is said to have made Antonio Conte extremely angry. Although Napoli did not concede, but missed the victory with some poor football. "The Partenopeans took the lead in the 18th minute. Anguissa scored a beautiful goal after a solo pass. The response of the Rossoblu was no less beautiful. Ndoye's goal has all the chances to become a candidate for the Pushkash award. The final draw prevented the Neapolitans from getting close to Inter, who also lost points. Interestingly the Partenopei alternate draws with victories. A round earlier Conte's wards defeated Milan, before - lost points with Venice. This is an interesting observation, which seriously affects the team's chances in the fight for the championship. In the past ten rounds, Napoli have only three wins! At the moment the team is three points behind the Nerazzurri. The end of the season promises to be interesting. Empoli are also struggling, but at the bottom of the standings. Over the last ten rounds, the Tuscans have picked up only four points, two of them in the last matches. Last Sunday, the team hosted Cagliari. Initiative-free football from the teams ended with logical "zeros". A round earlier Roberto D'Aversa's wards took points away from Como, in between - were defeated in the semi-finals of the Italian Cup by Bologna. From the saving 17th place is only two points behind, and the calendar favours their collection. But clearly not in this round. Tuscans are not the most pleasant opponent for the Partenopeans. Out of the past five face-to-face matches, Napoli won three, losing twice. In defence of the team it should be said that those two defeats came last season - one of the worst in recent times. Antonio Conte's wards scored a minimal away win in the first-round encounter. It is worth noting that Napoli play well away. Thus, 11 out of 15 meetings at Diego Armando Maradona ended with a victory. Only Inter (1:1), Udinese (1:1), Lazio (0:1) and Atalanta (0:3) have not beaten the Neapolitans at home. That said, the xG metric suggests that Conte's charges should have scored 5.16 more goals in those 15 meetings. Napoli have not fallen out of the race for the scudetto. A convincing win over an outsider is a chance to prove it.