Empoli vs Juventus 2021-22 Italian Serie A

Empoli

39': Szymon Zurkowski
76': Andrea La Mantia

FT
2 - 3

Juventus

32': Moise Kean
45'+2': Dusan Vlahovic
66': Dusan Vlahovic

Juventus close gap on Serie A leaders with win at Empoli thanks to brilliant Vlahovic

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A superb double from Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic earned Juventus a 3-2 win at Empoli on Saturday, helping to close the gap in Serie A.

Match Commentary

0': First Half begins.
32': Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a cross.
37': Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Denis Zakaria because of an injury.
39': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 1. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
45'+2': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 2. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
45'+3': First Half ends, Empoli 1, Juventus 2.
50': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
62': Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Moise Kean.
66': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 3. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Federico Di Francesco.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi replaces Liberato Cacace.
73': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
76': Goal! Empoli 2, Juventus 3. Andrea La Mantia (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Luperto following a set piece situation.
85': Substitution, Empoli. Valerio Verre replaces Nedim Bajrami.
85': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Petar Stojanovic.
90'+5': Second Half ends, Empoli 2, Juventus 3.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 11,890

Italian Serie A Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+61	Internazionale	33	86	1
+25	AC Milan	33	69	6
+21	Juventus	33	64	5
+22	Bologna	33	62	5

Full Table

Statistics

JUV		EMP
8	Fouls	16
0	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	2
3	Corner Kicks	7
0	Saves	2
47.2	Possession	52.8
12	SHOTS	11
5	ON GOAL	2
0.4	On Target %	0.2
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
349	Accurate Passes	388
433	Passes	472
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.8
6	Accurate Crosses	5
11	Crosses	29
0.5	Cross %	0.2
66	Long Balls	52
30	Accurate Long Balls	23
0.5	Long Balls %	0.4
0	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	11
19	Tackles	15
0.6	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	9
26	Effective Clearances	6
26	Clearances	6

Line-Ups

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
13	Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33	Sebastiano Luperto
34	Adrian Ismajli
21	Liberato Cacace
30	Petar Stojanovic
99	Andrea Pinamonti
23	Kristjan Asllani
10	Nedim Bajrami
25	Filippo Bandinelli
27	Szymon Zurkowski
11	Federico Di Francesco

Substitutes:

Valerio Verre, Liam Henderson, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Andrea La Mantia, Lorenzo Tonelli, Samir Ujkani, Patrick Cutrone, Marco Benassi, Simone Romagnoli, Fabiano Parisi, Jacopo Furlan, Leo Stulac.

Juventus (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Wojciech Szczesny (GK)
4	Matthijs de Ligt
19	Leonardo Bonucci
17	Luca Pellegrini
6	Danilo
5	Arthur
28	Denis Zakaria
25	Adrien Rabiot
11	Juan Cuadrado
18	Moise Kean
7	Dusan Vlahovic