EMPOLI. Udinese beats Empoli 1-0 after R. Becão scored just 1 goal (54′). Empoli was much better in terms of ball possession (62%).
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Francesco Cosso assisted by Domenico Rocca and Edoardo Raspollini. The 4th official was Matteo Marchetti. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 18.1 degrees Celsius or 64.65 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Empoli had a superior ball possession 62% while Udinese was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more aggressive with 58 dangerous attacks and 17 shots of which 3 were on target. Anyway, Udinese succeeded in find the solution to win this match.
Empoli shot 17 times, 3 on target, 8 off target. On the other side, Udinese shot 14 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (Sebastiano Luperto and J. Fazzini). Talking about the opposition, Udinese received 4 yellow cards (Jaka Bijol, Rodrigo Becão, Beto and Sandi Lovric).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli will stay with 28 points to remain in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Udinese will have 35 points like Juventus to sit in the 9th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Atalanta on the 17th of March with a 7-5 head to head record in favor of Atalanta (5 draws).
Udinese will host Milan on the 18th of March with a 17-11 head to head statistic in favor of Milan (9 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
28'
72'
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Samuele Perisan , Petar Stojanović , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Răzvan Marin , Filippo Bandinelli , Tommaso Baldanzi , Francesco Caputo and Martín Satriano .
The home team had on the bench: Liberato Cacace , Marko Pjaca , Sebastian Walukiewicz, Samir Ujkani, Jacopo Fazzini , Tyronne Ebuehi, Nicolas Haas, Emanuel Vignato, Herculano Nabian, Koni De Winter, Liam Henderson, Lovro Štubljar, Duccio Degli Innocenti, Lorenzo Tonelli and Alberto Grassi.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Filippo Bandinelli for Jacopo Fazzini (49′), Fabiano Parisi for Liberato Cacace (72′), Razvan Marin for Marko Pjaca (72′), T. Baldanzi for Alberto Grassi (90′) and T. Baldanzi for Herculano Bucancil Nabian (90′).
Best player: Fabiano Parisi
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Fabiano Parisi.
His rating is with 62 passes (82% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Udinese – Formation
Udinese
54'
Udinese started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Andrea Sottil played with: Marco Silvestri , Rodrigo Becão , Jaka Bijol , Nehuén Pérez , Kingsley Ehizibue , Roberto Pereyra , Walace , Sandi Lovrić , Destiny Udogie , Isaac Success and Beto .
These were the players on the bench: Simone Pafundi, Florian Thauvin, Festy Ebosele , Lazar Samardžić, Tolgay Arslan, Edoardo Piana, James Abankwah, Marvin Zeegelaar and Daniele Padelli.
Udinese could not rely on the presence of F. Ebosele (injured).
Substitutions
Udinese made 4 changes: Kingsley Ehizibue for Festy Ebosele (77′), Sandi Lovric for Tolgay Arslan (81′), Isaac Success for Florian Thauvin (86′) and Roberto Pereyra for Lazar Samardžić (87′).
Best player: Rodrigo Becão
The most impressive player for Udinese was Rodrigo Becão.
His rating is with 1 goal, 35 passes (88% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 11. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
