Fiorentina clutches a draw against Empoli. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Fiorentina was capable to snatch a late draw against Empoli with a late goal from A. Cabral.

By
Luke Meyer
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Fiorentina clutches a draw against Empoli. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Fiorentina was capable to clinch a draw against Empoli with a late goal from A. Cabral scored in the (85′) after Empoli got a lead with a goal from N. Cambiaghi (28′). Fiorentina was much better in terms of ball possession (61%)​

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Alessandro Prontera assisted by Emanuele Prenna and Matteo Bottegoni. The 4th official was Luca Zufferli. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 13.5 degrees Celsius or 56.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Team 1

Fiorentina

1 - 1

Team 1

Empoli

  • ! 39 Ball Possession 61
Shots
  • 5 Total 27
  • 3 On Target 4
  • 2 Off Target 15
  • 0 Shots blocked 8
  • 70 Attack 128
  • 16 Dangerous attack 91
  • 77 Ball safe 82
  • 0 Penalties 0
  • 1 Corners 13
  • 3 Off Sides 3
Fouls
  • 15 Total 8
  • 5 Yellow Cards 1
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a superior ball possession 61% while Empoli was struggling with a 39% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 91 dangerous attacks and 27 shots of which 4 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Fiorentina to win the contest​.

Empoli shot 5 times, 3 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina shot 27 times, 4 on target, 14 off target.

Cards

Empoli received 5 yellow cards (Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Ardian Ismajli, L. Cacace, T. Baldanzi and Filippo Bandinelli). Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (Lucas Martínez Quarta).

Match Timeline

27'
Nicolò Cambiaghi(goal)Francesco Caputo
28'
37'
Antonín Barák(var)
40'
Ardian Ismajli - Yellow
45'
46'
Dodô- sub ->Lorenzo Venuti
46'
Jonathan Ikoné- sub ->Riccardo Saponara
59'
Liberato Cacace- Yellow
61'
64'
69'
70'
Lucas Martínez Quarta- Yellow
70'
Giacomo Bonaventura- sub ->Sofyan Amrabat
73'
73'
74'
Alberto Grassi- sub ->Filippo Bandinelli
84'
84'
85'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Napoli
90
38
Lazio
74
38
Inter
72
38
Milan
70
38
Atalanta
64
38
Roma
63
38
Juventus
62
38
Fiorentina
56
38
Bologna
54
38
Torino
53
38
Monza
52
38
Udinese
46
38
Sassuolo
45
38
Empoli
43
38
Salernitana
42
38
Lecce
36
38
Spezia
31
38
Hellas Verona
31
38
Cremonese
27
38
Sampdoria
19
38

After playing this contest, Empoli will have 28 points to remain in the 12th place. On the other side, Fiorentina will have 25 points to remain in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away with Atalanta on the 17th of March with a 7-5 head to head in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).

Fiorentina will host Milan on the 4th of March with a 17-9 head to head record in favor of Milan (9 draws).

Empoli – Formation

Empoli
G
Guglielmo Vicario 13.Italy
6.5
D
Sebastiano Luperto  33.Italy
7.6
D
Tyronne Ebuehi  24.Nigeria
6.6
D
Ardian Ismajli  34.Albania
6.8
45'
D
Liberato Cacace 3.New Zealand
6.8
61'
M
Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro 11.Ivory Coast
7.3
73' 27'
M
Răzvan Marin 18.Romania
7.0
M
Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy
8.0
84' 74'
M
Tommaso Baldanzi 35.Italy
6.1
73' 64'
F
Francesco Caputo 19.Italy
6.6
84'
F
Nicolò Cambiaghi 28.Italy
7.2
59' Goals28'
Substitutes
G
Samuele Perisan 1.Italy
G
Samir Ujkani 22.Kosovo
D
Petar Stojanović 30.Slovenia
D
Sebastian Walukiewicz 4.Poland
D
Koni De Winter 6.Belgium
M
Nicolas Haas 32.Switzerland
6.4
73'
M
Jacopo Fazzini 21.Italy
M
Liam Henderson 8.Scotland
6.2
73'
M
Alberto Grassi 5.Italy
84'
F
Emanuel Vignato 55.Italy
F
Roberto Piccoli 91.Italy
84'
F
Marko Pjaca 14.Croatia
F
Martín Satriano 9.Uruguay
6.4
59'

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

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario (6.5), Tyronne Ebuehi (6.6), Ardian Ismajli (6.8), Sebastiano Luperto (7.6), Liberato Cacace (6.8), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (7.3), Răzvan Marin (7.0), Filippo Bandinelli (8.0), Tommaso Baldanzi (6.1), Nicolò Cambiaghi (7.2) and Francesco Caputo (6.6).

The home team had on the bench: Nicolas Haas (6.4), Samuele Perisan, Emanuel Vignato, Petar Stojanović, Samir Ujkani, Roberto Piccoli, Jacopo Fazzini, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Marko Pjaca, Martín Satriano (6.4), Liam Henderson (6.2), Alberto Grassi and Koni De Winter.

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: N. Cambiaghi for Martín Satriano (59′), T. Baldanzi for Nicolas Haas (73′), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro  for Liam Henderson (73′), Francesco Caputo for Roberto Piccoli (84′) and Filippo Bandinelli for Alberto Grassi (84′).

Best player: Filippo Bandinelli​

The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Filippo Bandinelli.

His rating is (8.0) with 20 passes (75% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 10.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina
G
Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy
6.7
D
Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy
6.4
46'
D
Lucas Martínez Quarta 28.Argentina
7.2
70'
D
Aleksa Terzic 15.Serbia
6.8
D
Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia
6.4
40'
M
Antonín Barák 72.Czech Republic
6.9
M
Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco
6.6
70'
M
Rolando Mandragora 38.Italy
7.2
F
Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy
6.5
46'
F
Luka Jović 7.Serbia
6.3
69'
F
Nicolás González 22.Argentina
7.6
Substitutes
G
Michele Cerofolini 31.Italy
G
Salvatore Sirigu 56.Italy
D
Cristiano Biraghi  3.Italy
D
Dodô 2.Brazil
7.2
46'
D
Luca Ranieri 16.Italy
D
Igor 98.Brazil
6.8
40'
M
A. Bianco 42.Italy
M
Giacomo Bonaventura 5.Italy
6.7
70'
M
Jonathan Ikoné 11.France
6.8
46'
M
Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy
M
Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana
M
Josip Brekalo 77.Croatia
F
Arthur Cabral 9.Brazil
7.2
69' Goals85'
F
Christian Kouamé 99.Ivory Coast
F
Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy

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

Paolo Zanetti played with: Pietro Terracciano (6.7), Lorenzo Venuti (6.4), Nikola Milenković (6.4), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.2), Aleksa Terzić (6.8), Antonín Barák (6.9), Sofyan Amrabat (6.6), Rolando Mandragora (7.2), Nicolás González (7.6), Luka Jović (6.3) and Riccardo Saponara (6.5).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Cristiano Biraghi, Alessandro Bianco, Giacomo Bonaventura (6.7), Michele Cerofolini, Jonathan Ikoné (6.8), Gaetano Castrovilli, Dodô (7.2), Alfred Duncan, Luca Ranieri, Salvatore Sirigu, Arthur Cabral (7.2), Josip Brekalo, Igor Júlio (6.8), Christian Kouamé and Riccardo Sottil.

Fiorentina could not rely on the presence of Igor (injured).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: Nikola Milenković for Igor Júlio (40′), Riccardo Saponara for Jonathan Ikoné (46′), Lorenzo Venuti for Dodô (46′), Luka Jović  for Arthur (69′) and Sofyan Amrabat for Giacomo Bonaventura (70′).

Best player: Nicolás González​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Nicolás González.

His rating is (7.6) with 34 passes (73% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 5 crosses.

Results of the day

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