FIRENZE. Empoli had a surprising win over Fiorentina with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Caputo (21′) and a goal from E. Gyasi (81′). Fiorentina was vastly better in terms of ball possession (72%).​

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi assisted by Stefano Del Giovane and Mattia Politi. The 4th official was Luca Massimi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.44 degrees Celsius or 70.59 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 56%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a strong ball possession 72% while Empoli was struggling with a 28% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina had a more offensive attitude with 115 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. Still, Empoli found a way to find the solution to win this match.​

Fiorentina shot 19 times, 7 on target, 7 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 7 times, 3 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (Lucas Beltrán). On the other side, Empoli received 3 yellow cards (Jacopo Fazzini, Sebastian Walukiewicz and Matteo Cancellieri).

Standings

After playing this match, Fiorentina will stay with 17 points like Napoli to remain in the 5th place. Talking about the opposition, Empoli will have 7 points to sit in the 17th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will host Inter on the 28th of January with a 25-8 head to head record in favor of Inter (9 draws).

Empoli will play away agasint Hellas Verona on the 14th of January with a 4-3 head to head in favor of Hellas Verona (7 draws).

Fiorentina – Formation

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

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: Pietro Terracciano (6.7), Michael Kayode (7.0), Lucas Martínez Quarta (7.5), Nikola Milenković (7.0), Fabiano Parisi (7.8), Arthur (7.0), Alfred Duncan (7.0), Nicolás González (7.9), Giacomo Bonaventura (8.1), Josip Brekalo (6.4) and M’Bala Nzola (7.5).

The home team had on the bench: Rolando Mandragora (6.7), Riccardo Sottil (7.9), Maxime López, Lucas Beltrán (6.4), Jonathan Ikoné, Christian Dalle Mura, Luca Ranieri, Gino Infantino, Tommaso Martinelli, Pietro Comuzzo, Oliver Christensen, Antonín Barák and Christian Kouamé (6.4).

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 4 changes: Josip Brekalo for Riccardo Sottil (46′), Alfred Duncan for Rolando Mandragora (73′), M’Bala Nzola for Lucas Beltrán (73′) and Arthur for Christian Kouamé (82′).

Best player: Giacomo Bonaventura​

The most impressive player for Fiorentina was Giacomo Bonaventura.

His rating is (8.1) with 55 passes (89% accurate) and 6 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 5 crosses.

Empoli – Formation

Empoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).

Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Etrit Berisha (8.5), Tyronne Ebuehi (6.7), Sebastian Walukiewicz (7.1), Sebastiano Luperto (7.3), Liberato Cacace (7.0), Razvan Marin (6.4), Alberto Grassi (7.9), Youssef Maleh (7.1), Nicolò Cambiaghi (6.8), Matteo Cancellieri (6.3) and Francesco Caputo (7.9).

These were the players on the bench: Samuele Perisan, Emmanuel Gyasi (7.5), Gabriele Guarino, Bartosz Bereszyński, Jacopo Fazzini (7.5), Filippo Ranocchia, Mattia Destro (6.3), Elia Caprile, Daniel Maldini, Simone Bastoni (6.4) and Tommaso Baldanzi (6.6).

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: Liberato Cacace for Simone Bastoni (83′), Razvan Marin for Jacopo Fazzini (66′), Francesco Caputo for Mattia Destro (67′), Nicolò Cambiaghi for Tommaso Baldanzi (84′) and Matteo Cancellieri for Emmanuel Gyasi (78′).

Best player: Etrit Berisha​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Etrit Berisha. His rating is 8.47. He performed 7 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Udinese – Lecce – 1-1
• Fiorentina – Empoli – 0-2