MILANO. Inter was capable to reverse the scoreline against Empoli. Inter took advantage of its better ball possession (57%).

The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Wednesday and it started at 9:00 pm local time. The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi assisted by Matteo Bottegoni and Damiano Margani. The 4th official was Andrea Colombo. The weather was drizly. The temperature was quite cold at 3.9 degrees Celsius or 39.07 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 84%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Inter was in firm control of the ball 57% while Empoli was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Inter was more pushing with 85 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 10 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match​.

Inter shot 26 times, 10 on target, 16 off target. Regarding the opposition, Empoli shot 16 times, 6 on target, 10 off target.

Cards

Inter received 1 yellow card (M. Vecino). On the other side, Empoli received 1 yellow card (S. Romagnoli).

Standings

After playing this encounter, Inter has points to occupy the 0th place in the table. Regarding the opposition, Empoli stays with points (0th).

Next matches

Inter – Formation

Inter started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

The manager Simone Inzaghi decided to play with the following team: Andrei Radu (6.6), Danilo D’Ambrosio (7.4), Andrea Ranocchia (7.5), Federico Dimarco (7.2), Denzel Dumfries (7.2), Arturo Vidal (7.2), Matías Vecino (6.6), Roberto Gagliardini (6.5), Matteo Darmian (6.3), Lautaro Martínez (7.3) and Joaquín Correa.

The home team had on the bench: Milan Škriniar, Edin Džeko (7.1), Stefan de Vrij, Stefano Sensi (7.6), Hakan Çalhanoğlu (8.0), Alex Cordaz, Alexis Sánchez (8.5), Ivan Perišić (7.2), Samir Handanovič, Alessandro Bastoni, Aleksandar Kolarov and Nicolò Barella (6.9).

Inter could not rely on the presence of A. Sanchez (injured).

Substitutions

Inter made 6 changes: J. Correa for A. Sanchez (5′), A. Vidal for N. Barella (65′), M. Vecino for H. Calhanoglu (65′), M. Darmian for I. Perisic (65′), R. Gagliardini for E. Dzeko (77′) and L. Martinez for S. Sensi (94′).

Best player: Alexis Sánchez​

The most impressive player for Inter was Alexis Sánchez.

His rating is (8.5) with 1 goal, 57 passes (82% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 10 duels out of 15. He performed 3 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 5′.

Empoli – Formation

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

Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: Jacopo Furlan (8.1), Riccardo Fiamozzi (7.0), Simone Romagnoli (7.0), Mattia Viti (6.4), Riccardo Marchizza (6.7), Szymon Żurkowski (6.8), Leo Štulac (7.1), Filippo Bandinelli (6.1), Kristjan Asllani (6.9), Andrea Pinamonti (6.4) and Patrick Cutrone (6.8).

The following players were sitting on the bench: Samuele Ricci (6.7), Ardian Ismajli (6.7), Samir Ujkani, Petar Stojanović (6.4), Alessio Rizza, Nedim Bajrami (7.0), Leonardo Pezzola, Jacopo Fazzini (6.3), Liam Henderson (6.4), Guglielmo Vicario, Lorenzo Tonelli and Samuele Damiani.

Substitutions

Empoli made 6 changes: F. Bandinelli for L. Henderson (46′), A. Pinamonti for S. Ricci (46′), S. Zurkowski for N. Bajrami (46′), R. Fiamozzi for P. Stojanovic (71′), R. Marchizza for A. Ismajli (85′) and K. Asllani for J. Fazzini (97′).

Best player: Jacopo Furlan​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Jacopo Furlan. His rating is 8.12. He performed 9 saves.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Coppa Italia.​

• Inter – Empoli – 3-2
• Sassuolo – Cagliari – 1-0