EMPOLI. Juventus overcomes Empoli with a 2-0 win with a goal from Danilo (24′) and a goal from F. Chiesa (82′).
Dušan Vlahović didn’t score a penalty (39′) for Juventus.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Giovanni Ayroldi with the collaboration of Marcello Rossi and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Davide Ghersini. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was extremely hot at 30.89 degrees Celsius or 87.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Empoli was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Juventus that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Juventus was putting more pressure with 67 dangerous attacks and 18 shots of which 5 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Juventus won the match.
Empoli shot 7 times, 0 on target, 5 off target. Talking about the opposition, Juventus shot 18 times, 5 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 3 yellow cards (Mattia Destro, Emmanuel Gyasi and Bartosz Bereszyński). On the opposite side, Juventus received 3 yellow cards (Dušan Vlahović, Fabio Miretti and Manuel Locatelli).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this contest, Empoli stays with 0 points to occupy the 20th place in the table. On the opposite side, Juventus has 7 points (3rd).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Roma on the 17th of September with a 13-2 head to head in favor of Roma (4 draws).
Juventus will host Lazio on the 16th of September with a 26-6 head to head in favor of Juventus (10 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Samuele Perisan, Liberato Cacace, Tyronne Ebuehi, Ardian Ismajli, Etrit Berisha , Bartosz Bereszyński , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Giuseppe Pezzella , Jacopo Fazzini , Razvan Marin , Youssef Maleh , Tommaso Baldanzi , Francesco Caputo and Nicolò Cambiaghi .
The home team had on the bench: Alberto Grassi , Emmanuel Gyasi, Matteo Cancellieri , Stiven Shpendi, Viktor Kovalenko , Gabriele Guarino, Filippo Ranocchia, Mattia Destro , Simone Bastoni and Lovro Stubljar.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Nicolò Cambiaghi for Emmanuel Gyasi (83′), Tommaso Baldanzi for Matteo Cancellieri (61′), Jacopo Fazzini for Alberto Grassi (61′), Razvan Marin for Viktor Kovalenko (72′) and Francesco Caputo for Mattia Destro (72′).
Best player: Giuseppe Pezzella
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Giuseppe Pezzella.
His rating is with 48 passes (91% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 6 duels out of 10. He performed 8 crosses.
Juventus – Formation
Juventus started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Massimiliano Allegri played with: Alex Sandro, Nicolò Fagioli, Mattia Perin , Federico Gatti , Bremer , Danilo , Weston McKennie , Fabio Miretti , Manuel Locatelli , Adrien Rabiot , Filip Kostić , Dušan Vlahović , Federico Chiesa .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Timothy Weah, Andrea Cambiaso , Paul Pogba , Arkadiusz Milik , Kenan Yıldız, Samuel Iling, Moise Kean, Carlo Pinsoglio, Daniele Rugani, Giovanni Daffara and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia.
Substitutions
Juventus made 5 changes: Weston McKennie for Timothy Weah (84′), Federico Chiesa for Moise Kean (83′), Fabio Miretti for Paul Pogba (62′), Filip Kostić for Andrea Cambiaso (71′) and Dušan Vlahović for Arkadiusz Milik (71′).
Best player: Federico Chiesa
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Juventus was Federico Chiesa.
His rating is with 1 goal, 23 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.