Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 19, 2015
Empoli LDWWW 3
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Bologna WDLWW 2
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EMP213
BOL202
Renato Dall'Ara · 19,214 att.

Match Report

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Massimo Maccarone brace leads Empoli to win over Bologna

Massimo Maccarone scored twice as in-form Empoli beat Bologna 3-2 to make it four Serie A wins in a row and move up to ninth in the table.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
17
4
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
6
6
Corner Kicks
9
2
Saves
4
50.5
Possession
49.5
17
SHOTS
13
7
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
337
Accurate Passes
288
424
Passes
404
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.7
3
Accurate Crosses
9
12
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.4
47
Long Balls
98
9
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.2
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
4
13
Effective Tackles
16
16
Tackles
21
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
16
Effective Clearances
5
23
Clearances
9

Head to Head

BOL leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

BOL · 4-3-3

  1. 83Antonio MiranteG
  2. 28Daniele GastaldelloCD-L
  3. 2Marios OikonomouCD-R
  4. 25Adam MasinaLB
  5. 13Luca RossettiniRB
  6. 6Lorenzo CrisetigCM
  7. 30Godfred DonsahLM
  8. 8Saphir TaïderRM
  9. 10Mattia DestroF
  10. 23Franco BrienzaLF
  11. 26Anthony MounierRF

Substitutes

  1. 5Erick PulgarSUB
  2. 32Dejan StojanovicSUB
  3. 15Ibrahima MbayeSUB
  4. 7Filippo FalcoSUB
  5. 11Matteo MancosuSUB
  6. 1Angelo da CostaSUB
  7. 24Alex FerrariSUB
  8. 20Domenico MaiettaSUB
  9. 90Marco CrimiSUB
  10. 3Archimede MorleoSUB
  11. 18Robert AcquafrescaSUB
  12. 33Matteo BrighiSUB

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 26Lorenzo TonelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 32Leandro ParedesCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 77Marcel BüchelLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Michele Camporese
  2. 22Alessandro Piu
  3. 14Assane Dioussé
  4. 13Raffaele Maiello
  5. 6Luca Bittante
  6. 11Daniele Croce
  7. 39Marko Livaja
  8. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  9. 3Marco Zambelli
  10. 24Uros Cosic
  11. 12Ronaldo
  12. 19Federico Barba

Timeline

  1. 24' Goal! Bologna 0, Empoli 1. Manuel Pucciarelli (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Saponara.
  2. 34' Andrea Costa (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Goal! Bologna 1, Empoli 1. Franco Brienza (Bologna) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
  4. 42' Goal! Bologna 1, Empoli 2. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Piotr Zielinski with a through ball.
  5. 45' Goal! Bologna 2, Empoli 2. Mattia Destro (Bologna) left footed shot from outside the box to the centre of the goal.
  6. 48' Goal! Bologna 2, Empoli 3. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) header from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Pucciarelli with a cross.
  7. 55' Vincent Laurini (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 56' Substitution, Bologna. Filippo Falco replaces Lorenzo Crisetig.
  9. 57' Lukasz Skorupski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  10. 65' Mário Rui (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Marko Livaja replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  12. 72' Substitution, Bologna. Erick Pulgar replaces Godfred Donsah.
  13. 74' Erick Pulgar (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  14. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Zambelli replaces Vincent Laurini.
  15. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Daniele Croce replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  16. 85' Substitution, Bologna. Matteo Mancosu replaces Anthony Mounier.
  17. 87' Saphir Taïder (Bologna) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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