SALERNO. Empoli tops Salernitana 4-2. Salernitana was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (61%).
The match was played at the Stadio Arechi stadium in Salerno on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Doveri who had the assistance of Fabrizio Lombardo and Davide Moro. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.8 degrees Celsius or 65.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.
Match Statistics
- ! 61 Ball Possession 39
Shots
- 12 Total 13
- 7 On Target 8
- 5 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 121 Attack 93
- 61 Dangerous attack 28
- 91 Ball safe 99
- 0 Penalties 1
- 7 Corners 1
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 10 Total 16
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Salernitana had a strong ball possession 61% while Empoli was struggling with a 39% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Salernitana was more aggressive with 61 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 7 were on target. Nonetheless, Empoli managed to find the solution to win this match.
Salernitana shot 12 times, 7 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, Empoli shot 13 times, 8 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
Salernitana received 1 yellow card (L. Ranieri). On the other side, Empoli received 3 yellow cards (R. Marchizza, N. Haas and P. Stojanovic).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Salernitana will stay with 4 points to stay in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Empoli will have 12 points like Fiorentina and Bologna to stay in the 10th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Salernitana will play away against Venezia on the 26th of October with a 5-3 head to head record in favor of Salernitana (2 draws).
Empoli will host Inter on the 27th of October with a 14-1 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Salernitana – Formation
Salernitana started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
The manager Stefano Colantuono decided to play with the following team: Vid Belec , Ramzi Aya , Stefan Strandberg , Paweł Jaroszyński , Wajdi Kechrida , Grigoris Kastanos , Francesco Di Tacchio , Luca Ranieri , Franck Ribéry , Cedric Gondo and Simy .
The home team had on the bench: Andrea Schiavone, Vincenzo Fiorillo, Riccardo Gagliolo, Nadir Zortea , Joel Obi , Filippo Delli Carri, Edoardo Vergani, Milan Đurić , Federico Bonazzoli and Antonio Russo.
Substitutions
Salernitana made 4 changes: C. Gondo for F. Bonazzoli (46′), R. Aya for N. Zortea (46′), W. Kechrida for J. Obi (46′) and Simy for M. Djuric (67′).
Best player: Franck Ribéry
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Salernitana was Franck Ribéry.
His rating is with 54 passes (87% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 8. He performed 5 crosses.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
Talking about the opposition, Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Riccardo Marchizza , Nicolas Haas , Samuele Ricci , Filippo Bandinelli , Liam Henderson , Patrick Cutrone and Andrea Pinamonti .
These were the players on the bench: Lorenzo Tonelli , Mattia Viti, Leo Štulac, Samir Ujkani, Leonardo Mancuso, Nedim Bajrami , Kristjan Asllani, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Klemen Hvalic, Andrea La Mantia, Fabiano Parisi and Szymon Żurkowski .
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: P. Stojanovic for L. Tonelli (46′), L. Henderson for S. Ujkani (72′), P. Cutrone for N. Bajrami (73′), F. Bandinelli for S. Zurkowski (80′) and A. Pinamonti for A. La Mantia (90′).
Best player: Andrea Pinamonti
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Andrea Pinamonti.
His rating is with 2 goals, 20 passes (55% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 16. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.