Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, January 7, 2017
Palermo LLLWD 0
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Empoli LLDWL 1
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 7,268 att.

Match Report

Massimo Maccarone's penalty gives Empoli win over Palermo

Massimo Maccarone converted a penalty as Empoli beat visiting Palermo 1-0 in a matchup between clubs trying to avoid relegation.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
3
Offsides
4
2
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
4
49.1
Possession
50.9
13
SHOTS
6
4
ON GOAL
2
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
1
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
339
Accurate Passes
353
452
Passes
459
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
5
Accurate Crosses
4
17
Crosses
25
0.3
Cross %
0.2
89
Long Balls
56
38
Accurate Long Balls
20
0.4
Long Balls %
0.4
7
Blocked Shots
2
15
Effective Tackles
7
18
Tackles
10
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
36
22
Clearances
36

Head to Head

EMP leads series 2-0-3

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 24Uros CosicCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 2Vincent LauriniRB
  6. 9Levan MchedlidzeM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 10Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 33Rade KrunicRM
  11. 89Guido MarilungoCF-R

PAL · 3-1-4-2

  1. 1Josip PosavecG
  2. 12Giancarlo GonzálezCD
  3. 6Edoardo GoldanigaCD-L
  4. 15Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 14Alessandro GazziSW
  6. 25Bruno HenriqueCM-L
  7. 28Mato JajaloCM-R
  8. 89Michel MorganellaLM
  9. 3Andrea RispoliRM
  10. 21Robin QuaisonCF-L
  11. 30Ilija NestorovskiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 57' Vincent Laurini (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 65' Substitution, Empoli. Manuel Pucciarelli replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  3. 74' Michel Morganella (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 75' Substitution, Palermo. Haitam Aleesami replaces Michel Morganella.
  5. 76' Substitution, Empoli. Massimo Maccarone replaces Guido Marilungo.
  6. 76' Thiago Cionek (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 78' Goal! Empoli 1, Palermo 0. Massimo Maccarone (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top left corner.
  8. 81' Substitution, Palermo. Alessandro Diamanti replaces Thiago Cionek.
  9. 83' Substitution, Palermo. Norbert Balogh replaces Mato Jajalo.
  10. 90'+2' Bruno Henrique (Palermo) is shown the yellow card.

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