Juventus vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Juventus

FT
0 - 1

Empoli

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
+43	Internazionale	27	67	4
+23	AC Milan	27	57	2
+13	Napoli	27	53	6
+18	AS Roma	27	51	8

Full Table

Statistics

EMP		JUV
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

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
14	Weston McKennie
25	Adrien Rabiot
30	Rodrigo Bentancur
10	Paulo Dybala

Substitutes:

Carlo Pinsoglio, Mattia Perin, Dejan Kulusevski, Luca Pellegrini, Nicolò Fagioli, Federico Bernardeschi, Filippo Ranocchia, Manuel Locatelli, Daniele Rugani, Álvaro Morata, Giorgio Chiellini, Mattia De Sciglio.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

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

Substitutes:

Riccardo Fiamozzi, Simone Romagnoli, Liam Henderson, Lorenzo Tonelli, Leo Stulac, Alberto Brignoli, Mattia Viti, Andrea Pinamonti, Szymon Zurkowski, Fabiano Parisi, Jacopo Furlan, Andrea La Mantia.