Empoli vs Inter Milan 2023-24 Italian Serie A

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51': Federico Dimarco

Inter extend Serie A lead as Dimarco missile sinks Empoli

An unstoppable second-half strike from Federico Dimarco gave Inter Milan a 1-0 away win at bottom club Empoli on Sunday, restoring their three-point lead at the top of the Serie A standings.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
26': Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
33': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
45'+1': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Inter Milan 0.
51': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastian Walukiewicz replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
51': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
62': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
65': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Razvan Marin.
69': Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Filippo Ranocchia.
71': Substitution, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella replaces Davide Frattesi.
72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Marko Arnautovic replaces Lautaro Martínez.
72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Stiven Shpendi.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.
81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Marcus Thuram.
82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,651

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+30	Napoli	35	77	4
+40	Internazionale	35	74	5
+40	Atalanta	35	68	7
+20	Juventus	35	63	4

Full Table

Statistics

INT		EMP
11	Fouls	15
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
1	Offsides	0
6	Corner Kicks	3
1	Saves	4
61.1	Possession	38.9
23	SHOTS	7
6	ON GOAL	1
0.3	On Target %	0.1
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
477	Accurate Passes	281
552	Passes	351
0.9	Pass Completion %	0.8
8	Accurate Crosses	4
31	Crosses	15
0.3	Cross %	0.3
57	Long Balls	42
37	Accurate Long Balls	15
0.6	Long Balls %	0.4
6	Blocked Shots	3
8	Effective Tackles	10
14	Tackles	14
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
11	Interceptions	4
4	Effective Clearances	21
4	Clearances	21

Line-Ups

Empoli (4-3-2-1)

No.	Name
99	Etrit Berisha (GK)
33	Sebastiano Luperto
34	Adrian Ismajli
3	Giuseppe Pezzella
24	Tyronne Ebuehi
22	Filippo Ranocchia
29	Youssef Maleh
18	Razvan Marin
7	Steven Shpendi
28	Nicolò Cambiaghi
35	Tommaso Baldanzi

Substitutes:

Mattia Destro, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Bartosz Bereszynski, Matteo Cancellieri, Alberto Grassi, Samuele Perisan, Viktor Kovalenko, Emmanuel Gyasi, Simone Bastoni, Gabriele Guarino, Jacopo Fazzini, Liberato Cacace, Lovro Štubljar.

Internazionale (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Yann Sommer (GK)
15	Francesco Acerbi
95	Alessandro Bastoni
28	Benjamin Pavard
22	Henrikh Mkhitaryan
16	Davide Frattesi
20	Hakan Çalhanoglu
32	Federico Dimarco
36	Matteo Darmian
9	Marcus Thuram
10	Lautaro Martínez

Substitutes:

Kristjan Asllani, Emil Audero, Stefan de Vrij, Alexis Sánchez, Yann Bisseck, Denzel Dumfries, Marko Arnautovic, Lucien Agoumé, Davy Klaassen, Nicolò Barella, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Aleksandar Stankovic, Carlos Augusto.