Empoli vs Lecce 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
90': Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli earns first win since January in Serie A
— Empoli earned its first win since January when it beat fellow struggler Lecce 1-0 in Serie A on Monday.
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 19': Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 22': Alexis Blin (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 39': Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro because of an injury.
- 45': Substitution, Lecce. Federico Di Francesco replaces Lameck Banda.
- 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Lecce 0.
- 62': Goal! Empoli 1, Lecce 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
- 68': Alessandro Tuia (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 71': Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 72': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Tommaso Baldanzi.
- 72': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Roberto Piccoli.
- 73': Substitution, Lecce. Thórir Helgason replaces Alexis Blin.
- 73': Substitution, Lecce. Remi Oudin replaces Gabriel Strefezza.
- 79': Substitution, Lecce. Assan Ceesay replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
- 81': Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
- 81': Substitution, Empoli. Martín Satriano replaces Francesco Caputo.
- 85': Substitution, Lecce. Antonino Gallo replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
- 90': Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli) Red Card at 90'
- 90'+6': Razvan Marin (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 8,844
Statistics
 LEC |
EMP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Fouls | 10 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 3 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 4 | Corner Kicks | 3 |
| 6 | Saves | 0 |
| 47.2 | Possession | 52.8 |
| 5 | SHOTS | 14 |
| 0 | ON GOAL | 7 |
| 0.0 | On Target % | 0.5 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 1 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 1 |
| 237 | Accurate Passes | 288 |
| 345 | Passes | 397 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.7 |
| 4 | Accurate Crosses | 2 |
| 23 | Crosses | 13 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 73 | Long Balls | 61 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.4 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 2 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 10 | Effective Tackles | 9 |
| 18 | Tackles | 11 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 12 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 21 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 21 | Clearances | 18 |
Empoli (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Samuele Perisan (GK) |
| 33 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 65 | Fabiano Parisi |
| 24 | Tyronne Ebuehi |
| 91 | Roberto Piccoli |
| 18 | Razvan Marin  |
| 35 | Tommaso Baldanzi |
| 25 | Filippo Bandinelli |
| 11 | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro |
| 19 | Francesco Caputo |
Lecce (4-3-3)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 30 | Wladimiro Falcone (GK) |
| 6 | Federico Baschirotto |
| 13 | Alessandro Tuia |
| 97 | Giuseppe Pezzella |
| 17 | Valentin Gendrey |
| 42 | Morten Hjulmand |
| 16 | Joan Gonzàlez |
| 29 | Alexis Blin |
| 9 | Lorenzo Colombo |
| 22 | Lameck Banda |
| 27 | Gabriel Strefezza |
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