Italian Serie A

Empoli vs Atalanta 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A

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  • 32': Hans Hateboer
  • 59': Ademola Lookman

Atalanta back in second place after 2-0 win over Empoli

Atalanta regained second place in Serie A with goals from defender Hans Hateboer and Ademola Lookman giving them a 2-0 away win over Empoli.

Match Commentary

  • 32': Goal! Empoli 0, Atalanta 1. Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 37': Koni de Winter (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 39': Mattia Destro (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 42': Penalty saved! Teun Koopmeiners (Atalanta) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, left footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Atalanta 1.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastian Walukiewicz replaces Sebastiano Luperto.
  • 55': Substitution, Atalanta. Berat Djimsiti replaces Giorgio Scalvini because of an injury.
  • 55': Substitution, Empoli. Ardian Ismajli replaces Koni de Winter because of an injury.
  • 56': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Marko Pjaca.
  • 59': Goal! Empoli 0, Atalanta 2. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.
  • 65': Substitution, Atalanta. Ruslan Malinovskyi replaces Éderson.
  • 65': Substitution, Atalanta. Duván Zapata replaces Rasmus Højlund.
  • 66': Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Liam Henderson.
  • 77': Substitution, Empoli. Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro replaces Filippo Bandinelli because of an injury.
  • 83': Hans Hateboer (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 89': Substitution, Atalanta. Memeh Okoli replaces Ademola Lookman.
  • 89': Substitution, Atalanta. Nadir Zortea replaces Joakim Maehle.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Atalanta 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 8,740

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 4
2 Corner Kicks 7
3 Saves 4
48.1 Possession 51.9
20 SHOTS 13
6 ON GOAL 3
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
342 Accurate Passes 357
412 Passes 434
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 2
10 Crosses 21
0.3 Cross % 0.1
53 Long Balls 35
26 Accurate Long Balls 10
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
11 Blocked Shots 6
7 Effective Tackles 9
19 Tackles 18
0.4 Tackle % 0.5
15 Interceptions 6
19 Effective Clearances 11
19 Clearances 11

Line-Ups

EMP Empoli (4-3-3)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33 Sebastiano Luperto
6 Koni De Winter Yellow Card
3 Liberato Cacace
24 Tyronne Ebuehi
18 Razvan Marin
25 Filippo Bandinelli
8 Liam Henderson
23 Mattia Destro Yellow Card
14 Marko Pjaca
10 Nedim Bajrami

ATA Atalanta (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Juan Musso (GK)
28 Merih Demiral
42 Giorgio Scalvini
2 Rafael Tolói
7 Teun Koopmeiners
88 Mario Pasalic
13 Éderson
3 Joakim Maehle
33 Hans Hateboer
17 Rasmus Højlund
11 Ademola Lookman

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