Fiorentina overcomes Empoli 1-0 with a goal scored by N. Gonzalez. HIGHLIGHTS

FIRENZE. Fiorentina conquers Empoli 1-0 after N. Gonzalez scored just 1 goal (58').

April 4, 2022

FIRENZE. Fiorentina defeats Empoli 1-0 after N. Gonzalez scored just 1 goal (58′). Fiorentina was surely superior in terms of ball possession (63%) and that was among the factors of its victory.

S. Luperto received a red card (57′). This double yellow card was one of the reason why Empoli lost the match.

The match was played at the Stadio Artemio Franchi stadium in Firenze on Sunday and it started at 12:30 pm local time. The referee was Luca Massimi assisted by Rodolfo Di Vuolo and Andrea Zingarelli. The 4th official was Francesco Meraviglia. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11.8 degrees Celsius or 53.2 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 60%.

Match Statistics

Fiorentina

1 - 0

Empoli

! 63 Ball Possession 37

Shots

26 Total 7
12 On Target 2
14 Off Target 5
2 Shots blocked 0

117 Attack 56
73 Dangerous attack 40
87 Ball safe 74

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 0
4 Off Sides 3

Fouls

10 Total 20
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Double Yellow 1
0 Red Card 1

Other

5 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Fiorentina had a strong ball possession 63% while Empoli was struggling with a 37% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Fiorentina was more aggressive with 73 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 12 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Fiorentina won the match.

Fiorentina shot 26 times, 12 on target, 14 off target. On the other side, Empoli shot 7 times, 2 on target, 5 off target.

Cards

Fiorentina received 1 yellow card (L. Torreira). On the opposite side, Empoli received 2 yellow cards (S. Luperto and A. Ismajli).

Also, Empoli didn’t finish the match with 11 players after S. Luperto (Empoli) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (57′).

Match Timeline

28'

Ardian Ismajli - sub ->L. Tonelli

39'

45'

Sebastiano Luperto - Yellow

56'

57'

Sebastiano Luperto (yellowred)

Nicolás González(goal)C. Biraghi

58'

61'

71'

Riccardo Sottil- sub ->R. Saponara

77'

81'

Ardian Ismajli - Yellow

86'

Youssef Maleh- sub ->G. Castrovilli

87'

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After playing this match, Fiorentina will have 50 points to hold in the 8th place. On the other side, Empoli will stay with 33 points like Udinese and Bologna to hold in the 14th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Fiorentina will play away against Napoli on the 10th of April with a 17-7 head to head record in favor of Napoli (8 draws).

Empoli will host Spezia on the 9th of April with a 2-2 head to head.

Fiorentina – Formation

Fiorentina

Pietro Terracciano 1.Italy

7.4

Lorenzo Venuti 23.Italy

7.1

Nikola Milenković 4.Serbia

7.9

Igor 98.Brazil

7.3

Cristiano Biraghi 3.Italy

8.2

86'

Gaetano Castrovilli 10.Italy

8.1

86'

Lucas Torreira 18.Uruguay

7.4

71'

56'

Alfred Duncan 32.Ghana

7.2

Nicolás González 22.Argentina

8.3

87'

58'

Arthur Cabral 9.Brazil

7.2

Riccardo Saponara 8.Italy

7.6

77'

Substitutes

Bartlomiej Dragowski 69.Poland

A. Rosati 25.Italy

Matija Nastasic 55.Serbia

Lucas Martínez Quarta 2.Argentina

Aleksa Terzic 17.Serbia

6.4

86'

Youssef Maleh 14.Morocco

6.4

86'

Jonathan Ikoné 11.France

Sofyan Amrabat 34.Morocco

7.2

71'

José Callejón 7.Spain

6.7

87'

Riccardo Sottil 33.Italy

6.5

77'

K. Piątek 19.Poland

Aleksandr Kokorin 91.Russia

Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Vincenzo Italiano decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Fiorentina made 5 changes: L. Torreira for S. Amrabat (71′), R. Saponara for R. Sottil (77′), C. Biraghi for A. Terzic (86′), G. Castrovilli for J. Ikone (86′) and N. Gonzalez for J. Callejon (87′).

Empoli – Formation

Empoli

Guglielmo Vicario 13.Italy

8.8

Petar Stojanović 30.Slovenia

6.6

Lorenzo Tonelli 26.Italy

6.8

28'

Sebastiano Luperto 33.Italy

6.2

57'

Liberato Cacace 21.New Zealand

6.4

Szymon Żurkowski 27.Poland

6.1

Leo Stulac 5.Slovenia

6.9

61'

Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy

6.1

77'

Liam Henderson 8.Scotland

6.2

61'

Federico Di Francesco 11.Italy

6.6

61'

Andrea Pinamonti 99.Italy

6.7

Substitutes

Samir Ujkani 1.Kosovo

J. Furlan 22.Italy

Simone Romagnoli 6.Italy

Mattia Viti 42.Italy

6.8

61'

Ardian Ismajli 34.Albania

6.8

28'

81'

Riccardo Fiamozzi 20.Italy

Kristjan Asllani 23.Albania

6.8

61'

Nedim Bajrami 10.Albania

6.6

77'

Valerio Verre 7.Italy

Marco Benassi 15.Italy

A. La Mantia 19.Italy

Patrick Cutrone 9.Italy

6.2

61'

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

Aurelio Andreazzoli played with: .

Empoli could not rely on the presence of A. Ismajli (injured).

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: L. Tonelli for A. Ismajli (28′), L. Henderson for P. Cutrone (61′), F. Di Francesco for M. Viti (61′), L. Stulac for K. Asllani (61′) and F. Bandinelli for N. Bajrami (77′).