Italian Serie A

Inter Milan vs Empoli 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • 40': Simone Romagnoli (OG)
  • 45': Lautaro Martínez
  • 64': Lautaro Martínez
  • 90'+4': Alexis Sánchez
FT
4 - 2
  • 5': Andrea Pinamonti
  • 28': Kristjan Asllani

Lautaro Martinez fires Inter to top of Serie A with comeback win over Empoli

Inter Milan beat Empoli 4-2 on Friday to keep their Serie A title hopes alive and provisionally go top of the table.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 5': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Empoli 1. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Szymon Zurkowski with a cross.
  • 28': Goal! Inter Milan 0, Empoli 2. Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Fiamozzi.
  • 40': Own Goal by Simone Romagnoli, Empoli. Inter Milan 1, Empoli 2.
  • 45': Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 60': Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  • 61': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  • 64': Goal! Inter Milan 3, Empoli 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  • 65': Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  • 68': Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Federico Di Francesco because of an injury.
  • 69': Substitution, Empoli. Ardian Ismajli replaces Leo Stulac.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 70': Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Federico Dimarco.
  • 77': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
  • 78': Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Riccardo Fiamozzi.
  • 82': Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  • 90'+4': Goal! Inter Milan 4, Empoli 2. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Giuseppe Meazza
Location: Milano, Italy
Attendance: 69,959

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+60 Internazionale 32 83 1
+26 AC Milan 32 69 5
+21 Juventus 32 63 5
+20 Bologna 32 59 5
Full Table

Statistics

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9 Fouls 10
0 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 14
7 Saves 0
35.7 Possession 64.3
4 SHOTS 37
2 ON GOAL 10
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
257 Accurate Passes 517
327 Passes 573
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 16
8 Crosses 41
0.4 Cross % 0.4
46 Long Balls 31
20 Accurate Long Balls 23
0.4 Long Balls % 0.7
2 Blocked Shots 8
7 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 13
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 9
32 Effective Clearances 6
32 Clearances 6

Line-Ups

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
32 Federico Dimarco
37 Milan Skriniar
20 Hakan Calhanoglu
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic
14 Ivan Perisic
2 Denzel Dumfries
10 Lautaro Martínez
19 Joaquín Correa

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33 Sebastiano Luperto
6 Simone Romagnoli
65 Fabiano Parisi
20 Riccardo Fiamozzi
99 Andrea Pinamonti
5 Leo Stulac
23 Kristjan Asllani
25 Filippo Bandinelli
27 Szymon Zurkowski
10 Nedim Bajrami

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