EMPOLI. Inter prevails over Empoli 1-0 after F. Dimarco scored just 1 goal (51′). Inter was unquestionably superior in terms of ball possession (62%) and that was among the factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marcenaro with the collaboration of Valerio Colarossi and Alessandro Cipressa. The 4th official was Francesco Fourneau. The weather was few clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 24.3 degrees Celsius or 75.74 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 41%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Inter was in firm control of the ball 62% while Empoli was struggling with a 38% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter was putting more pressure with 70 dangerous attacks and 23 shots of which 6 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the contest.
Empoli shot 7 times, 1 on target, 3 off target. Talking about the opposition, Inter shot 23 times, 6 on target, 11 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (Youssef Maleh and Giuseppe Pezzella). Regarding the opposition, Inter received 2 yellow cards (Alessandro Bastoni and Francesco Acerbi ).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this match, Empoli will stay with 0 points to sit in the 20th place. On the opposite side, Inter will have 15 points to sit in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away with Hellas Verona on the 14th of January with a 4-3 head to head stats in favor of Hellas Verona (7 draws).
Inter will host Salernitana on the 18th of February with a 3-0 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
33'
51'
Empoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Aurelio Andreazzoli decided to play with the following team: Etrit Berisha , Tyronne Ebuehi , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Giuseppe Pezzella , Razvan Marin , Filippo Ranocchia , Youssef Maleh , Tommaso Baldanzi , Nicolò Cambiaghi and Stiven Shpendi .
The home team had on the bench: Jacopo Fazzini , Mattia Destro , Samuele Perisan, Sebastian Walukiewicz , Alberto Grassi , Viktor Kovalenko, Emmanuel Gyasi, Liberato Cacace, Gabriele Guarino, Bartosz Bereszyński, Matteo Cancellieri , Simone Bastoni and Lovro Stubljar.
Empoli could not rely on the presence of Sebastian Walukiewicz (injured).
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Ardian Ismajli for Sebastian Walukiewicz (51′), Razvan Marin for Jacopo Fazzini (69′), Filippo Ranocchia for Alberto Grassi (69′), Nicolò Cambiaghi for Mattia Destro (79′) and Stiven Shpendi for Matteo Cancellieri (79′).
Best player: Ardian Ismajli
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Ardian Ismajli.
His rating is with 21 passes (76% accurate) and 1 key pass.
Inter – Formation
Inter
51'
Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Simone Inzaghi played with: Yann Sommer , Benjamin Pavard , Francesco Acerbi , Alessandro Bastoni , Matteo Darmian , Davide Frattesi , Hakan Calhanoglu , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Federico Dimarco , Lautaro Martínez and Marcus Thuram .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Denzel Dumfries, Kristjan Asllani, Nicolò Barella , Stefan de Vrij , Marko Arnautovic , Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen, Carlos Augusto , Yann Bisseck, Lucien Agoumé, A. Stanković, Alexis Sánchez and Emil Audero.
Inter could not rely on the presence of Marko Arnautovic (injured).
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: Lautaro Martínez for Marko Arnautovic (72′), Federico Dimarco for Carlos Augusto (82′), Davide Frattesi for Nicolò Barella (71′), Alessandro Bastoni for Stefan de Vrij (72′) and Marcus Thuram for Alexis Sánchez (81′).
Best player: Hakan Calhanoglu
The player that probably impressed the most for Inter was Hakan Calhanoglu even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 109 passes (92% accurate) and 5 key passes. He was won 9 duels out of 15. He performed 7 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
