EMPOLI. Inter tops Empoli with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Dimarco (66′) and a goal from D. D’Ambrosio (34′). Inter was vastly superior ball possession (69%) was among the key factors of its victory.​

The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Daniele Chiffi who had the assistance of Filippo Valeriani and Vito Mastrodonato. The 4th official was Antonio Di Martino. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 14.1 degrees Celsius or 57.33 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Inter was in firm control of the ball 69% while Empoli was struggling with a 31% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Inter was more aggressive with 68 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 13 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the contest.​

Empoli shot 10 times, 1 on target, 9 off target. Regarding the opposition, Inter shot 24 times, 13 on target, 11 off target.

Cards

Empoli received 1 yellow card (S. Luperto). Regarding the opposition, Inter received 3 yellow cards (M. Brozovic, S. de Vrij and R. Gagliardini).

(Empoli) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (52′).

Standings

After this encounter, Empoli will stay with 12 points like Hellas Verona and Bologna to stay in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Inter will have 21 points to stay in the 3rd place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Sassuolo on the 31st of October with a 10-5 head to head record in favor of Sassuolo (3 draws).

Inter will host Udinese on the 31st of October with a 20-7 head to head in favor of Inter (8 draws).

Empoli – Formation

Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Aurelio Andreazzoli decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario (8.0), Petar Stojanović (6.8), Ardian Ismajli (7.0), Sebastiano Luperto (6.8), Fabiano Parisi (6.2), Nedim Bajrami (6.9), Samuele Ricci (5.6), Filippo Bandinelli (6.4), Szymon Żurkowski (7.1), Patrick Cutrone (6.6) and Andrea Pinamonti (7.1).

The home team had on the bench: Mattia Viti, Tommaso Baldanzi, Samir Ujkani, Leonardo Mancuso (6.6), Andrea La Mantia, Liam Henderson (7.0), Kristjan Asllani (6.3), Leo Štulac, Riccardo Fiamozzi (6.3), Nicolas Haas (6.3), Riccardo Marchizza and Lorenzo Tonelli.

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: N. Bajrami for N. Haas (57′), S. Zurkowski for K. Asllani (68′), P. Cutrone for L. Mancuso (68′), F. Bandinelli for L. Henderson (68′) and P. Stojanovic for R. Fiamozzi (82′).

Best player: Guglielmo Vicario​

The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Guglielmo Vicario. His rating is 8.00. He performed 7 saves.

Inter – Formation

Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

On the opposite side, Simone Inzaghi played with: Samir Handanovič (7.4), Danilo D’Ambrosio (8.7), Stefan de Vrij (7.0), Alessandro Bastoni (7.7), Matteo Darmian (7.3), Nicolò Barella (7.8), Marcelo Brozović (7.3), Roberto Gagliardini (7.3), Federico Dimarco (7.9), Alexis Sánchez (7.5) and Lautaro Martínez (7.1).

They had on the bench: Andrei Radu, Aleksandar Kolarov (6.8), Milan Škriniar, Matías Vecino (6.2), Arturo Vidal, Joaquín Correa (6.7), Stefano Sensi (6.8), Ivan Perišić, Edin Džeko (6.6), Hakan Çalhanoğlu, Denzel Dumfries and Andrea Ranocchia.

Substitutions

Inter made 5 changes: A. Sanchez for J. Correa (72′), M. Brozovic for M. Vecino (72′), S. de Vrij for A. Kolarov (79′), L. Martinez for E. Dzeko (84′) and R. Gagliardini for S. Sensi (84′).

Best player: Danilo D’Ambrosio​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Inter was Danilo D’Ambrosio.

His rating is (8.7) with 1 goal, 50 passes (96% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 2 duels out of 3.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Empoli – Inter – 0-2
• Juventus – Sassuolo – 1-2
• Sampdoria – Atalanta – 1-3
• Udinese – Hellas Verona – 1-1