Italian Serie A

Sassuolo vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 43': Lorenzo Tonelli (OG)
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1 - 2
  • 83': Andrea Pinamonti (P)
  • 90'+2': Szymon Zurkowski

Introduction

Sassuolo are hosting Empoli at Mapei Stadium, Reggio Emilia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 40': Gianluca Scamacca (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 43': Own Goal by Lorenzo Tonelli, Empoli. Sassuolo 1, Empoli 0.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sassuolo 1, Empoli 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sassuolo 1, Empoli 0.
  • 61': Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 62': Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  • 62': Substitution, Sassuolo. Gregoire Defrel replaces Gianluca Scamacca.
  • 66': Giacomo Raspadori (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 71': Substitution, Sassuolo. Matheus Henrique replaces Giacomo Raspadori.
  • 71': Substitution, Sassuolo. Jeremie Boga replaces Hamed Traore.
  • 80': Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Nicolas Haas.
  • 80': Substitution, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi replaces Riccardo Marchizza.
  • 80': Substitution, Empoli. Kristjan Asllani replaces Leo Stulac.
  • 83': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Empoli 1. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  • 84': Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Mert Müldür replaces Davide Frattesi.
  • 85': Substitution, Sassuolo. Abdou Harroui replaces Jeremy Toljan.
  • 87': Gregoire Defrel (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 87': Substitution, Empoli. Simone Romagnoli replaces Federico Di Francesco.
  • 90': Maxime Lopez (Sassuolo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Sassuolo 1, Empoli 2. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Liam Henderson with a cross.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Mapei Stadium
Location: Reggio Emilia, Italy
Attendance: 3,539

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+10 AC Milan 13 28 1
+9 Napoli 13 28 3
+15 Internazionale 13 27 4
+8 AS Roma 13 27 4
Full Table

Statistics

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12 Fouls 16
2 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
4 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 4
5 Saves 3
42.1 Possession 57.9
14 SHOTS 15
6 ON GOAL 5
0.4 On Target % 0.3
1 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
297 Accurate Passes 442
361 Passes 507
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
2 Accurate Crosses 5
19 Crosses 15
0.1 Cross % 0.3
36 Long Balls 65
15 Accurate Long Balls 47
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
2 Blocked Shots 4
12 Effective Tackles 8
20 Tackles 10
0.6 Tackle % 0.8
11 Interceptions 13
23 Effective Clearances 18
23 Clearances 18

Line-Ups

SAS Sassuolo (4-3-3)

No. Name
47 Andrea Consigli (GK)
31 Gian Marco Ferrari
21 Vlad Chiriches
77 Georgios Kyriakopoulos
22 Jeremy Toljan
8 Maxime López Yellow Card
23 Hamed Traoré
16 Davide Frattesi
91 Gianluca Scamacca Yellow Card
18 Giacomo Raspadori Yellow Card
25 Domenico Berardi

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
42 Mattia Viti
26 Lorenzo Tonelli
3 Riccardo Marchizza
30 Petar Stojanovic Yellow Card
99 Andrea Pinamonti
5 Leo Stulac
8 Liam Henderson
25 Filippo Bandinelli
32 Nicolas Haas
11 Federico Di Francesco

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