Empoli vs Inter Milan 2024-25 Italian Serie A

Empoli

31': Saba Goglichidze

FT
0 - 3

Internazionale

50': Davide Frattesi
67': Davide Frattesi
79': Lautaro Martínez

Lautaro sets Inter scoring mark in win over Empoli

Davide Frattesi scored twice and Lautaro Martínez added a third as Inter Milan eased to a 3-0 win at Empoli on Wednesday, closing the gap with Serie A leaders Napoli to four points after the home side had a man sent off.

Match Commentary

31': Saba Goglichidze (Empoli) is shown the red card.
38': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Inter Milan 0.
45': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Ola Solbakken.
45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Inter Milan 0.
50': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a headed pass.
57': Substitution, Empoli. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Tino Anjorin.
57': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Youssef Maleh.
62': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Piotr Zielinski replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Benjamin Pavard replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Federico Dimarco.
66': Substitution, Empoli. Pietro Pellegri replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
67': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 2. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Mehdi Taremi replaces Marcus Thuram.
77': Substitution, Empoli. Junior Sambia replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
79': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 3. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Tomás Palacios replaces Stefan de Vrij.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,076

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+20	Internazionale	15	33	4
+11	AC Milan	15	32	1
+9	Napoli	15	31	4
+7	AS Roma	16	30	6

Full Table

Statistics

INT		EMP
13	Fouls	12
1	Yellow Cards	1
0	Red Cards	1
1	Offsides	3
4	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	3
77.9	Possession	22.1
15	SHOTS	6
5	ON GOAL	1
0.3	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
686	Accurate Passes	162
758	Passes	213
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
7	Accurate Crosses	4
26	Crosses	7
0.3	Cross %	0.6
42	Long Balls	48
29	Accurate Long Balls	16
0.7	Long Balls %	0.3
4	Blocked Shots	4
11	Effective Tackles	6
14	Tackles	10
0.8	Tackle %	0.6
3	Interceptions	9
5	Effective Clearances	33
5	Clearances	33

Line-Ups

Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
23	Devis Vásquez (GK)
34	Adrian Ismajli
21	Mattia Viti
2	Saba Goglichidze
93	Youssef Maleh
8	Faustino Anjorin
13	Liberato Cacace
11	Emmanuel Gyasi
29	Lorenzo Colombo
10	Jacopo Fazzini
17	Ola Solbakken

Substitutes:

Giuseppe Pezzella, Mattia De Sciglio, Ismael Konaté, Jacopo Seghetti, Liam Henderson, Lorenzo Tosto, Federico Brancolini, Pietro Pellegri, Junior Sambia, Luca Belardinelli, Luca Marianucci, Emmanuel Ekong, Alberto Grassi, Nicolas Haas.

Internazionale (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Yann Sommer (GK)
6	Stefan de Vrij
95	Alessandro Bastoni
31	Yann Bisseck
22	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
16	Davide Frattesi
23	Nicolò Barella
32	Federico Dimarco
36	Matteo Darmian
10	Lautaro Martínez
9	Marcus Thuram

Substitutes:

Josep Martínez, Mehdi Taremi, Benjamin Pavard, Thomas Berenbruch, Denzel Dumfries, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Kristjan Asllani, Joaquín Correa, Piotr Zielinski, Tajon Buchanan, Tomas Palacios, Marko Arnautovic.