CAGLIARI. Empoli defeats Cagliari with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Di Francesco (29′) and a goal from L. Stulac (69′).
The match was played at the Sardegna Arena stadium in Cagliari on Wednesday and it started at 6:45 pm local time. The referee was Marco Di Bello with the help of Daniele Bindoni and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Antonio Giua. The weather was clear. The temperature was pleasant at 23.7 degrees Celsius or 74.66 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Cagliari started with a 3-5-2 line-up. On the opposite side, Empoli adopted a 4-3-1-2 formation.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
85'
90'
The manager Walter Mazzarri decided to play with the following team: Alessio Cragno , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Luca Ceppitelli , Andrea Carboni , Nahitan Nández , Răzvan Marin , Alessandro Deiola , Charalampos Lykogiannis , Dalbert , Keita Baldé and João Pedro .
The home team had on the bench: Raoul Bellanova, Christian Oliva, Alberto Grassi, Gastón Pereiro , Leonardo Pavoletti , Martín Cáceres , Diego Godín , Giorgio Altare, Boris Radunović, Diego Farias, Simone Aresti and Kevin Strootman .
Best player: Nahitan Nández
The player that probably impressed the most for Cagliari was Nahitan Nández.
His rating is with 36 passes (75% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 4 crosses.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
29'
On the other side, Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Simone Romagnoli , Mattia Viti , Riccardo Marchizza , Nicolas Haas , Samuele Ricci , Szymon Żurkowski , Liam Henderson , Federico Di Francesco and Andrea Pinamonti .
They had on the bench: Jacopo Furlan, Tommaso Baldanzi, Kristjan Asllani , Patrick Cutrone, Sebastiano Luperto, Leo Štulac , Nedim Bajrami , Andrea La Mantia , Leonardo Mancuso, Ardian Ismajli , Fabiano Parisi and Emmanuel Ekong.
Best player: Petar Stojanović
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Petar Stojanović even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 39 passes (87% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 6 duels out of 7. He performed 2 crosses.
Match Statistics
The ball possession was identical with both team possessing the ball for 50% of the time.
There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Cagliari was in possession of the ball for 50% of the time vs. Empoli that controlled the ball for 50% of the time.
Cagliari was more aggressive with 51 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 1 were on target. Nonetheless, Empoli found a way to find the solution to win this match.
Cagliari shot 15 times, 1 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Empoli shot 16 times, 3 on target, 13 off target.
Cards
Cagliari received 2 yellow cards (D. Godin and N. Nandez). On the other side, Empoli received 1 yellow card (S. Zurkowski).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Cagliari will stay with 2 points to stay in the 19th place. On the opposite side, Empoli will have 6 points to stay in the 11th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Cagliari will play away with Napoli on the 26th of September with a 15-4 head to head statistic in favor of Napoli (7 draws).
Empoli will host Bologna on the 26th of September with a 3-1 head to head stats in favor of Empoli (2 draws).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Cagliari – Empoli – 0-2
- Milan – Venezia – 2-0
- Salernitana – Hellas Verona – 2-2
- Spezia – Juventus – 2-3
