EMPOLI. Venezia overcome Empoli to win 2-1. A penalty from N. Bajrami was decisive in the 89min. It was Venezia to strike first with an own goal of T. Henry at the 13′. Then D. Okereke scored again for Venezia in the 68′ minute with an own goal. Eventually, N. Bajrami reduced the distance for Empoli with an own goal. However, that was it, and the result remained 2-1. Empoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (68%). It was vastly superior in terms of ball possession (68%).
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Saturday and it started at 1:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano that was helped by Giacomo Paganessi and Oreste Muto. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.6 degrees Celsius or 87.13 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 35%.
Empoli started with a 4-1-3-2 line-up. On the other side, Venezia adopted for a aggressive formation (4-3-3).
Empoli – Formation
Aurelio Andreazzoli decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Riccardo Marchizza , Samuele Ricci , Nicolas Haas , Nedim Bajrami , Filippo Bandinelli , Leonardo Mancuso and Patrick Cutrone .
The home team had on the bench: Samir Ujkani, Federico Di Francesco , Lorenzo Tonelli , Andrea Pinamonti , Tommaso Baldanzi, Leo Štulac , Mattia Viti, Liam Henderson , Simone Romagnoli, Szymon Żurkowski, Andrea La Mantia and Jacopo Furlan.
Best player: Nedim Bajrami
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Nedim Bajrami.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 11. He performed 14 crosses.
Venezia – Formation
On the other side, Paolo Andreazzoli played with: Luca Lezzerini , Pasquale Mazzocchi , Mattia Caldara , Pietro Ceccaroni , David Schnegg , Luca Fiordilino , Antonio Junior Vacca , Gianluca Busio , Mattia Aramu , Thomas Henry and Dennis Johnsen .
They had on the bench: Niki Mäenpää , Marco Modolo, Tanner Tessmann, Francesco Forte, Daan Heymans , Domen Črnigoj , Ridgeciano Haps, David Okereke , Cristian Molinaro , Tyronne Ebuehi, Michael Svoboda and Sofian Kiyine.
Venezia could not rely on the presence of D. Crnigoj (injured) and D. Okereke (injured).
Best player: Thomas Henry
The player that probably impressed the most for Venezia was Thomas Henry.
His rating is with 1 goal, 9 passes (77% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 17. He performed 1 cross.
Match report
Empoli was in firm control of the ball 68% while Venezia was struggling with a 32% ball possession.
Empoli was extremely more aggressive with 86 dangerous attacks and 22 shots of which 7 were on target. Nevertheless, Venezia managed to find the solution to win this match.
Empoli shoot 22 times, 7 on target, 15 off target. On the other side, Venezia shoot 10 times, 3 on target, 7 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (A. Ismajli and N. Haas). On the other side, Venezia received 5 yellow cards (M. Aramu, L. Lezzerini, D. Johnsen, D. Heymans and N. Maenpaa).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, Empoli will stay with 3 points to occupy the 11th place in the standing. while Venezia will have 3 points (12th).
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away Cagliari on the 22nd of September with a 5-4 head to head in favor of Empoli (3 draw). Venezia will host Spezia on the 19th of September with a 0-0 head to head record.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.