Napoli won in a lack of people

Luciano Spalletti's teachers and students entered this match with a series of seven consecutive victories in Serie A and before the opponent in the bottom half of the scoreboard, Napoli had no difficulty in imposing the game.

The visitors took the lead when Piotr Zielinski's cross sent Ardian Ismajli fumbling for an own goal. Empoli responded with a long shot from Liam Henderson, causing goalkeeper Alex Meret to save.

However, 10 minutes after the opening goal, Victor Osimhen was in the right place to catch the ball after goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario blocked Khvicha Kvaratskhelia's save. The Nigerian striker easily padded into an empty net to score his 19th goal in Serie A this season.

The goal helped Osimhen continue to lead the Serie A top scorer race with six more goals than the second Lautaro Martinez. At the age of 24 years and 58 days, he also became the second youngest player to score eight consecutive Serie A matches after Roberto Muzzi, who did this for Cagliari in 1995 at 23 years and 165 days.

Osimhen could have boosted the record if his face-to-face finish a few minutes later had not been saved by Vicario. Right in the next corner, midfielder Kim Min-jae made Empoli's goal shake with a header that hit the bar.

Empoli did not cause any difficulties for the visitors in the second half. In the 67th minute, Mario Rui received a red card directly for a cold error against Francesco Caputo. But despite being superior, the home team ended the match with only five shots, including two on target. This number is far behind Napoli with 13 shots, six on target.

With this victory, Napoli widened the gap with the second team of the Inter group to 18 points, thereby directly advancing to the first Serie A championship since 1990. Spalletti's teachers and students have two difficult matches ahead of them, against Lazio and Atalanta. , before rematching Eintracht Frankfurt in the second leg of the 1/8 Champions League round.