EMPOLI. Empoli and Frosinone didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday..
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 Daniele Doveri who was helped by Damiano Di Iorio and Giuseppe Perrotti. The 4th official was Giovanni Ayroldi. The weather was scattered clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 21.1 degrees Celsius or 69.98 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
The ball possession was not so different. Empoli was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. Frosinone that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
Empoli had a more offensive attitude with 36 dangerous attacks and 7 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Empoli to win the match.
Empoli shot 7 times, 1 on target, 2 off target. On the other side, Frosinone shot 17 times, 5 on target, 8 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 2 yellow cards (Youssef Maleh and Szymon Żurkowski). On the other side, Frosinone received 3 yellow cards (Caleb Okoli, Emanuele Valeri and Enzo Barrenechea).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Empoli has 32 points like Frosinone to sit in the 17th place. On the other side, Frosinone will has 32 points like Empoli to sit in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Lazio on the 12th of May with a 11-3 head to head record in favor of Lazio (5 draws).
Frosinone will host Inter on the 12th of May with a 5-0 head to head stats in favor of Inter (0 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
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Empoli started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Davide Nicola decided to play with the following team: Elia Caprile , Bartosz Bereszyński , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Emmanuel Gyasi , Alberto Grassi , Răzvan Marin , Giuseppe Pezzella , Jacopo Fazzini , Nicolò Cambiaghi and M’Baye Niang .
The home team had on the bench: Samuele Perisan, Saba Goglichidze, Stiven Shpendi, Viktor Kovalenko, Francesco Caputo , Matteo Cancellieri , Mattia Destro, Youssef Maleh , Simone Bastoni, Filippo Vertua, Liberato Cacace and Szymon Żurkowski .
Empoli could not rely on the presence of Liberato Cacace (injured).
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: M’Baye Niang for Francesco Caputo (55′), Alberto Grassi for Youssef Maleh (55′), Giuseppe Pezzella for Liberato Cacace (84′), Nicolò Cambiaghi for Matteo Cancellieri (71′) and Jacopo Fazzini for Szymon Żurkowski (71′).
Player of the match: Elia Caprile
The player that probably impressed the most for Empoli was the goalkeeper: Elia Caprile. His rating is 8.06. He performed 5 saves.
Frosinone – Formation
Frosinone
Frosinone started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Eusebio Di Francesco played with: Michele Cerofolini , Pol Lirola , Simone Romagnoli , Caleb Okoli , Nadir Zortea , Luca Mazzitelli , Enzo Barrenechea , Emanuele Valeri , Matìas Soulé , Walid Cheddira and Marco Brescianini .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Kevin Bonifazi , Pierluigi Frattali, Riccardo Marchizza, Jaime Báez, Demba Seck, Kaio Jorge, Giuseppe Caso, Marvin Cuni , Reinier, M. Kamenšek Pahič, Francesco Gelli , Luca Garritano, Giorgi Kvernadze, Abdou Harroui , Soufiane Bidaoui, Arijon Ibrahimovic, Farès Ghedjemis, Ilario Monterisi and L. Palmisani.
Substitutions
Frosinone made 4 changes: Simone Romagnoli for Kevin Bonifazi (73′), Walid Cheddira for Marvin Cuni (73′), Marco Brescianini for Francesco Gelli (85′) and Matìas Soulé for Arijon Ibrahimovic (90′).
Player of the match: Matìas Soulé
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Frosinone was Matìas Soulé.
His rating is with 38 passes (76% accurate) and 5 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 10. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
- Milan – Genoa – 3-3
- Hellas Verona – Fiorentina – 2-1
- Roma – Juventus – 1-1
- Empoli – Frosinone – 0-0
- Cagliari – Lecce – 1-1
