Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, August 23, 2015
Chievo Verona DLDLL 3
–
Empoli LLDLL 1
1st2ndT
CVO033
EMP101
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 7,309 att.

Match Report

Team Stats

19
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
1
5
Corner Kicks
8
3
Saves
0
42.3
Possession
57.7
12
SHOTS
14
3
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
265
Accurate Passes
409
368
Passes
507
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
18
Crosses
24
0.3
Cross %
0.2
86
Long Balls
58
38
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
5
16
Effective Tackles
8
16
Tackles
13
1.0
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
19
Effective Clearances
19
24
Clearances
30

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 19Federico BarbaCD-L
  3. 55Luca MartinelliCD-R
  4. 21Mário RuiLB
  5. 3Marco ZambelliRB
  6. 7Massimo MaccaroneM
  7. 14Assane DiousséCM
  8. 5Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 17Piotr ZielinskiRM
  11. 20Manuel PucciarelliCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Alberto Pelagotti
  2. 9Levan Mchedlidze
  3. 6Luca Bittante
  4. 15Andrea Costa
  5. 25Josh Brillante
  6. 12Ronaldo
  7. 1Maurizio Pugliesi
  8. 13Raffaele Maiello
  9. 33Rade Krunic
  10. 31Michele Camporese
  11. 22Alessandro Piu
  12. 8Franco Signorelli

CVO · 4-4-2

  1. 1Albano BizzarriG
  2. 12Bostjan CesarCD-L
  3. 5Alessandro GamberiniCD-R
  4. 18Massimo GobbiLB
  5. 21Nicolas FreyRB
  6. 56Perparim HetemajCM-L
  7. 8Ivan RadovanovicCM-R
  8. 19Lucas CastroLM
  9. 23Valter BirsaRM
  10. 40M'Poku Paul-JoséCF-L
  11. 43Alberto PaloschiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 4Nicola RigoniSUB
  2. 90Andrea SeculinSUB
  3. 10Anders ChristiansenSUB
  4. 34Cristiano BiraghiSUB
  5. 29Fabrizio CacciatoreSUB
  6. 31Sergio PellissierSUB
  7. 20Gennaro SardoSUB
  8. 45Roberto IngleseSUB
  9. 69Riccardo MeggioriniSUB
  10. 32Walter BressanSUB

Timeline

  1. 7' Goal! Empoli 1, Chievo 0. Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Daniele Croce.
  2. 43' Substitution, Chievo. Nicola Rigoni replaces Ivan Radovanovic because of an injury.
  3. 45' Substitution, Chievo. Riccardo Meggiorini replaces Paul-José M'Poku.
  4. 53' Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 55' Goal! Empoli 1, Chievo 1. Riccardo Meggiorini (Chievo) header from the right side of the six yard box to the top right corner. Assisted by Valter Birsa with a cross following a corner.
  6. 57' Substitution, Empoli. Franco Signorelli replaces Daniele Croce.
  7. 60' Goal! Empoli 1, Chievo 2. Valter Birsa (Chievo) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alberto Paloschi.
  8. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  9. 63' Goal! Empoli 1, Chievo 3. Alberto Paloschi (Chievo) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Riccardo Meggiorini with a cross.
  10. 65' Riccardo Saponara (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  11. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Ronaldo replaces Assane Diousse.
  12. 77' Nicola Rigoni (Chievo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 88' Substitution, Chievo. Fabrizio Cacciatore replaces Valter Birsa.

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