Italian Serie A

Juventus vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

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  • 21': Leonardo Mancuso

Juventus' post-Cristiano Ronaldo era begins with shock loss to Empoli

Lacklustre Juventus began life without Cristiano Ronaldo by suffering a shock 1-0 defeat at home to promoted Empoli in Serie A on Saturday.

Match Commentary

  • 21': Goal! Juventus 0, Empoli 1. Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  • 32': Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 44': Patrick Cutrone (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Juventus 0, Empoli 1.
  • 45': Second Half begins Juventus 0, Empoli 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Weston McKennie.
  • 55': Substitution, Juventus. Federico Bernardeschi replaces Adrien Rabiot.
  • 56': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Rodrigo Bentancur.
  • 66': Substitution, Juventus. Dejan Kulusevski replaces Federico Chiesa.
  • 70': Substitution, Empoli. Leo Stulac replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  • 73': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Leonardo Mancuso.
  • 80': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  • 80': Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  • 81': Federico Bernardeschi (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  • 82': Substitution, Juventus. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Juan Cuadrado.
  • 89': Danilo (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+6': Second Half ends, Juventus 0, Empoli 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Allianz Stadium
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 17,584

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+27 Internazionale 21 49 4
+17 AC Milan 20 43 1
+14 Napoli 21 43 4
+12 AS Roma 20 39 7
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Statistics

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6 Fouls 10
3 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
3 Offsides 1
9 Corner Kicks 8
5 Saves 3
44.8 Possession 55.2
11 SHOTS 18
3 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
259 Accurate Passes 346
342 Passes 412
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
4 Accurate Crosses 6
20 Crosses 37
0.2 Cross % 0.2
56 Long Balls 75
27 Accurate Long Balls 47
0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
5 Blocked Shots 4
11 Effective Tackles 7
17 Tackles 14
0.6 Tackle % 0.5
5 Interceptions 11
26 Effective Clearances 25
26 Clearances 25

Line-Ups

JUV Juventus (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
1 Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
19 Leonardo Bonucci
4 Matthijs de Ligt
12 Alex Sandro
11 Juan Cuadrado
22 Federico Chiesa
6 Danilo Yellow Card
14 Weston McKennie
25 Adrien Rabiot
30 Rodrigo Bentancur
10 Paulo Dybala

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33 Sebastiano Luperto
34 Adrian Ismajli Yellow Card
3 Riccardo Marchizza
30 Petar Stojanovic Yellow Card
9 Patrick Cutrone Yellow Card
28 Samuele Ricci
10 Nedim Bajrami
25 Filippo Bandinelli
32 Nicolas Haas
7 Leonardo Mancuso

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