EMPOLI. Cagliari beats Empoli 1-0 after J. Jankto scored just 1 goal (69′). Empoli lost this match even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (56%).
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Sunday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Rapuano with the collaboration of Giovanni Baccini and Valerio Colarossi. The 4th official was Ermanno Feliciani. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 13.63 degrees Celsius or 56.53 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Empoli had a strong ball possession 56% while Cagliari was struggling with a 44% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more pushing with 54 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Even so, Cagliari succeeded in find the solution to win this contest.
Empoli shot 16 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the opposite side, Cagliari shot 8 times, 4 on target, 2 off target.
Cards
Empoli didn’t receive any yellow card. On the other side, Cagliari received 4 yellow cards (Gianluca Gaetano, Simone Scuffet, Yerry Mina and Gianluca Gaetano).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli stays with 25 points like Lecce to sit in the 14th place. On the opposite side, Cagliari will has 23 points like Hellas Verona to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away with Milan on the 10th of March with a 11-2 head to head stats in favor of Milan (6 draws).
Cagliari will host Salernitana on the 10th of March with a 2-0 head to head stats in favor of Cagliari (3 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
82'
Empoli started with a christmas tree line-up (4-3-2-1).
The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Liberato Cacace , Youssef Maleh , Răzvan Marin , Viktor Kovalenko , Nicolò Cambiaghi , Matteo Cancellieri and Mattia Destro .
The home team had on the bench: Samuele Perisan, Giuseppe Pezzella , Stiven Shpendi, Alberto Cerri , Bartosz Bereszyński, Jacopo Fazzini , Tyronne Ebuehi, Szymon Zurkowski, Simone Bastoni, Etrit Berisha, Emmanuel Gyasi and M’Baye Niang .
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: Mattia Destro for M’Baye Niang (58′), Viktor Kovalenko for Emmanuel Gyasi (72′), Matteo Cancellieri for Jacopo Fazzini (72′), Liberato Cacace for Giuseppe Pezzella (72′) and Sebastian Walukiewicz for Alberto Cerri (82′).
Player of the match: Nicolò Cambiaghi
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Nicolò Cambiaghi.
His rating is with 28 passes (81% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 6 duels out of 9. He performed 7 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.
Cagliari – Formation
Cagliari
85'
69'
Cagliari started with a 4-4-1-1 line-up (4-4-1-1).
Claudio Ranieri played with: Simone Scuffet , Nahitan Nández , Yerry Mina , Alberto Dossena , Tommaso Augello , Jakub Jankto , Antoine Makoumbou , Alessandro Deiola , Zito Luvumbo , Gianluca Gaetano and Gianluca Lapadula .
These were the players on the bench: Boris Radunović, Nicolas Viola, Matteo Prati, Gaetano Oristanio, Mateusz Wieteska , Velizar-Iliya Iliev, Adam Obert, Kingstone Mutandwa , Paulo Azzi , Eldor Shomurodov , Alessandro Di Pardo and Gabriele Zappa .
Cagliari could not rely on the presence of Gabriele Zappa (injured).
Substitutions
Cagliari made 4 changes: Zito Luvumbo for Gabriele Zappa (32′), Tommaso Augello for Paulo Azzi (78′), Gianluca Gaetano for Eldor Shomurodov (87′) and Jakub Jankto for Mateusz Wieteska (77′).
Player of the match: Alberto Dossena
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Cagliari was Alberto Dossena even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.
His rating is with 72 passes (82% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 13 duels out of 16. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Hellas Verona – Sassuolo – 1-0
- Napoli – Juventus – 2-1
- Frosinone – Lecce – 1-1
- Empoli – Cagliari – 0-1
- Atalanta – Bologna – 1-2
