LECCE. Lecce snatched a late win Empoli 1-0 after N. Sansone scored just 1 goal (89′).

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Maurizio Mariani with the support of Valerio Colarossi and Francesca Di Monte. The 4th official was Ermanno Feliciani. The weather was clear sky. The temperature was pleasant at 22.38 degrees Celsius or 72.28 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 57%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Lecce was in possession of the ball for 54% of the time vs. Empoli that controlled the ball for 46% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Lecce was putting more pressure with 44 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 7 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Lecce won the match​.

Lecce shot 14 times, 7 on target, 3 off target. On the opposite side, Empoli shot 3 times, 1 on target, 2 off target.

Cards

Lecce received 1 yellow card (Pontus Almqvist). Talking about the opposition, Empoli received 1 yellow card (Emmanuel Gyasi).

Standings

After playing this match, Lecce has 32 points to remain in the 13th place. Regarding the opposition, Empoli will stays with 28 points like Udinese to remain in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away with Sassuolo on the 21st of April with a 3-0 head to head in favor of Sassuolo (3 draws).

Empoli will host Napoli on the 21st of April with a 7-6 head to head stats in favor of Napoli (3 draws).

Lecce – Formation

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

The manager Luca Gotti decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone (7.1), Valentin Gendrey (7.0), Federico Baschirotto (7.0), Marin Pongracic (7.3), Antonino Gallo (7.0), Alexis Blin  (7.0), Ylber Ramadani (7.3), Pontus Almqvist (7.0), Rémi Oudin (8.1), Patrick Dorgu (6.3) and Roberto Piccoli (7.3).

The home team had on the bench: Joan González (7.0), Nicola Sansone (7.3), Lorenzo Venuti, Medon Berisha, Federico Brancolini, Lameck Banda, Jasper Samooja, Rares Burnete, Santiago Pierotti, Ahmed Touba and Hamza Rafia.

Substitutions

Lecce made 4 changes: Pontus Almqvist for Nicola Sansone (62′), Patrick Dorgu for Joan González (73′), Rémi Oudin for Santiago Pierotti (89′) and Valentin Gendrey for Lorenzo Venuti (88′).

Player of the match: Rémi Oudin​

The player that probably impressed the most for Lecce was Rémi Oudin even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 25 passes (68% accurate) and 7 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 15 crosses.

Empoli – Formation

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

Davide Nicola played with: Elia Caprile (8.2), Bartosz Bereszyński (7.0), Sebastian Walukiewicz (7.3), Sebastiano Luperto  (7.0), Emmanuel Gyasi (6.7), Răzvan Marin (7.3), Simone Bastoni (6.7), Giuseppe Pezzella (6.3), Szymon Żurkowski (6.3), Matteo Cancellieri (6.8) and Alberto Cerri (6.7).

These were the players on the bench: Viktor Kovalenko (6.8), Samuele Perisan, Saba Goglichidze, Alberto Grassi, Stiven Shpendi, Francesco Caputo, M’Baye Niang (6.4), J. Seghetti, Liberato Cacace (6.4), Jacopo Fazzini, Mattia Destro, Youssef Maleh (6.8) and Nicolò Cambiaghi (6.8).

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: Matteo Cancellieri for Nicolò Cambiaghi (60′), Szymon Żurkowski for Youssef Maleh (60′), Alberto Cerri for M’Baye Niang (60′), Simone Bastoni for Viktor Kovalenko (70′) and Giuseppe Pezzella for Liberato Cacace (84′).

Player of the match: Elia Caprile​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Elia Caprile. His rating is 8.16. He performed 6 saves.

Results of the day

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

• Torino – Juventus – 0-0
• Lecce – Empoli – 1-0
• Bologna – Monza – 0-0