EMPOLI. Empoli and Fiorentina didn’t manage to score any goal on Sunday. Fiorentina was definitely better in terms of ball possession (63%).
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Sunday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. The referee was Matteo Marchetti with the support of Gamal Mokhtar and Marco Trinchieri. The 4th official was Juan Luca Sacchi. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 26.7 degrees Celsius or 80.01 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 66%.
Match Statistics
- ! 37 Ball Possession 63
Shots
- 4 Total 20
- 2 On Target 3
- 2 Off Target 17
- 0 Shots blocked 5
- 72 Attack 117
- 18 Dangerous attack 76
- 72 Ball safe 76
- 0 Penalties 0
- 1 Corners 9
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 13 Total 11
- 1 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
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 pushing with 76 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 3 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Fiorentina to win the match.
Empoli shot 4 times, 2 on target, 2 off target. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina shot 20 times, 3 on target, 17 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 1 yellow card (F. Bandinelli). Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards (J. Ikone, Y. Maleh and R. Sottil).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this match, Empoli has 1 points to occupy the 13th place in the standings. Regarding the opposition, Fiorentina has 4 points (5th).
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will host Hellas Verona on the 31st of August with a 3-3 head to head stats.
Fiorentina will host Juventus on the 3rd of September with a 22-6 head to head in favor of Juventus (12 draws).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
67'
86'
32'
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Petar Stojanović , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Liam Henderson , Răzvan Marin , Filippo Bandinelli , Nedim Bajrami , Sam Lammers and Mattia Destro .
The home team had on the bench: Jacopo Fazzini, Nicolò Cambiaghi , Giovanni Crociata, Gian Marco Fantoni, Tommaso Baldanzi, Alberto Grassi , Duccio Degli Innocenti, Liberato Cacace, Koni De Winter , Martín Satriano , Nicolas Haas , Gabriele Guarino, Samuele Perisan and Emmanuel Ekong.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: S. Lammers for N. Cambiaghi (63′), F. Bandinelli for N. Haas (63′), N. Bajrami for M. Satriano (67′), M. Destro for K. De Winter (67′) and L. Henderson for A. Grassi (86′).
Best player: Ardian Ismajli
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Ardian Ismajli.
His rating is with 26 passes (76% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 7 duels out of 8.
Fiorentina – Formation
Fiorentina
Fiorentina started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Vincenzo Italiano played with: Pierluigi Gollini , Dodô , Nikola Milenković , Lucas Martínez Quarta , Aleksa Terzić , Giacomo Bonaventura , Rolando Mandragora , Youssef Maleh , Jonathan Ikoné , Luka Jović and Riccardo Saponara .
These were the players on the bench: Alessandro Bianco, Marco Benassi, Arthur Cabral , Cristiano Biraghi , Sofyan Amrabat, Riccardo Sottil , Luca Ranieri, Lorenzo Venuti, Michele Cerofolini, Pietro Terracciano, Matija Nastasić, Christian Kouamé, Nicolás González and Alfred Duncan .
Substitutions
Fiorentina made 5 changes: R. Saponara for R. Sottil (46′), Y. Maleh for A. Duncan (46′), J. Ikone for N. Gonzalez (76′), A. Terzic for C. Biraghi (86′) and L. Jovic for A. Cabral (87′).
Best player: Lucas Martínez Quarta
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Fiorentina was Lucas Martínez Quarta.
His rating is with 73 passes (91% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 6.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
