Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, March 14, 2015
Empoli WDWDD 1
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Cagliari LDLLL 1
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Sant'Elia · 10,059 att.

Match Report

AP Photo/Giuseppe Ungari/Ansa

Empoli's late equaliser sours Zdenek Zeman's return to Cagliari

Zdenek Zeman was denied a winning return to the Cagliari bench as Empoli equalised deep in stoppage time to snatch a 1-1 draw in their Serie A clash on Saturday night.

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
4
5
Corner Kicks
4
4
Saves
1
62.5
Possession
37.5
14
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
5
0.1
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
536
Accurate Passes
285
650
Passes
382
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
2
21
Crosses
16
0.2
Cross %
0.1
43
Long Balls
59
18
Accurate Long Balls
21
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
3
Blocked Shots
4
23
Effective Tackles
29
26
Tackles
36
0.9
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
17
Effective Clearances
22
17
Clearances
22

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

CAG · 4-3-3

  1. 44Zeljko BrkicG
  2. 32Luca CeppitelliCD-L
  3. 37Mobido DiakitéCD-R
  4. 3Nicola MurruLB
  5. 21Antonio BalzanoRB
  6. 4Lorenzo CrisetigCM
  7. 10João PedroLM
  8. 16Daniele DessenaRM
  9. 25Marco SauF
  10. 40M'Poku Paul-JoséLF
  11. 17Diego FariasRF

Substitutes

  1. 9Sam LongSUB
  2. 18Nicolò BarellaSUB
  3. 13CaioSUB
  4. 27Alessio CragnoSUB
  5. 14Francesco PisanoSUB
  6. 22Josef HusbauerSUB
  7. 90Duje CopSUB
  8. 5Daniele ContiSUB
  9. 1Simone ColombiSUB
  10. 15Luca RossettiniSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 33Luigi SepeG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 24Daniele RuganiCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 23Elseid HysajRB
  6. 9Levan MchedlidzeM
  7. 8Franco SignorelliCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 88Matías VecinoRM
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 50Michele Somma
  2. 10Francesco Tavano
  3. 27Piotr Zielinski
  4. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  5. 28Davide Bassi
  6. 30Andrea Gemignani
  7. 20Manuel Pucciarelli
  8. 18Simone Verdi
  9. 14Assane Dioussé
  10. 25Josh Brillante
  11. 2Vincent Laurini

Timeline

  1. 8' Diego Farias (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 20' Goal! Cagliari 1, Empoli 0. João Pedro (Cagliari) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Diego Farias.
  3. 55' Substitution, Empoli. Manuel Pucciarelli replaces Levan Mchedlidze.
  4. 57' Antonio Balzano (Cagliari) is shown the yellow card.
  5. 59' Substitution, Empoli. Piotr Zielinski replaces Daniele Croce.
  6. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Simone Verdi replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  7. 74' Substitution, Cagliari. Duje Cop replaces Marco Sau.
  8. 75' Piotr Zielinski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 76' Substitution, Cagliari. Caio replaces Diego Farias.
  10. 82' Substitution, Cagliari. Josef Husbauer replaces Paul-José M'Poku.
  11. 90'+3' Goal! Cagliari 1, Empoli 1. Matias Vecino (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Mário Rui with a cross.

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