MILANO. Inter had a surprising win over Empoli with a 2-0 win with a goal from F. Dimarco (5′) and a goal from A. (81′). Inter took advantage of its superior ball possession (58%).
The match was played at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza stadium in Milano on Monday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Federico Dionisi with the help of Filippo Valeriani and Domenico Fontemurato. The 4th official was Marco Monaldi. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was cold at 14.95 degrees Celsius or 58.91 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 80%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Inter was in firm control of the ball 58% while Empoli was struggling with a 42% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Inter had a more offensive attitude with 54 dangerous attacks and 19 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Inter won the match.
Inter shot 19 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. Regarding the opposition, Empoli shot 14 times, 3 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Inter didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, Empoli received 2 yellow cards (Liberato Cacace and Nicolò Cambiaghi).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Inter has 79 points to hold in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, Empoli will stays with 25 points like Frosinone to hold in the 18th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Inter will play away against Udinese on the 7th of April with a 24-8 head to head record in favor of Inter (8 draws).
Empoli will host Torino on the 7th of April with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Torino (10 draws).
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: Emil Audero , Benjamin Pavard , Francesco Acerbi , Alessandro Bastoni , Matteo Darmian , Nicolò Barella , Hakan Çalhanoğlu , Henrikh Mkhitaryan , Federico Dimarco , Marcus Thuram and Lautaro Martínez .
The home team had on the bench: Yann Sommer, Denzel Dumfries , Stefano Sensi, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Davy Klaassen, Davide Frattesi , Tajon Buchanan, Kristjan Asllani , Carlos Augusto , Yann Bisseck and Alexis Sánchez .
Substitutions
Inter made 5 changes: Alessandro Bastoni for Denzel Dumfries (77′), Federico Dimarco for Carlos Augusto (69′), Hakan Çalhanoğlu for Kristjan Asllani (69′), Lautaro Martínez for A. Sánchez (77′) and Henrikh Mkhitaryan for Davide Frattesi (84′).
Player of the match: Nicolò Barella
The most impressive player for Inter was Nicolò Barella even if he didn’t score any goal.
His rating is with 70 passes (96% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
Empoli – Formation
Empoli started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Davide Nicola played with: Elia Caprile , Bartosz Bereszyński , Sebastian Walukiewicz , Sebastiano Luperto , Emmanuel Gyasi , Răzvan Marin , Simone Bastoni , Giuseppe Pezzella , Szymon Żurkowski , Nicolò Cambiaghi and M’Baye Niang .
They had on the bench: Samuele Perisan, Saba Goglichidze, Stiven Shpendi, Francesco Caputo, J. Seghetti, Liberato Cacace , Alberto Cerri, Matteo Cancellieri , Mattia Destro , Jacopo Fazzini and Viktor Kovalenko.
Substitutions
Empoli made 4 changes: Giuseppe Pezzella for Liberato Cacace (73′), Simone Bastoni for J. Fazzini (73′), M’Baye Niang for Mattia Destro (82′) and Emmanuel Gyasi for Matteo Cancellieri (82′).
Player of the match: Răzvan Marin
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was Răzvan Marin.
His rating is with 55 passes (93% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 10. He performed 6 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Inter – Empoli – 2-0
- Cagliari – Hellas Verona – 1-1
- Sassuolo – Udinese – 1-1
- Lecce – Roma – 0-0
- Bologna – Salernitana – 3-0