Italian Serie A

FT Tuesday, December 20, 2016
Empoli LLLDW 1
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Atalanta WWLLD 2
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Match Report

Marco D'Alessandro snatches late winner for Atalanta against Empoli

Atalanta got back to winning ways in Serie A with an injury-time decider against Empoli.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
16
4
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
2
Corner Kicks
14
8
Saves
0
34.3
Possession
65.7
3
SHOTS
31
1
ON GOAL
10
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
238
Accurate Passes
520
331
Passes
609
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
5
Accurate Crosses
18
11
Crosses
56
0.5
Cross %
0.3
51
Long Balls
69
17
Accurate Long Balls
50
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
0
Blocked Shots
11
13
Effective Tackles
12
17
Tackles
16
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
0
Interceptions
0
40
Effective Clearances
7
40
Clearances
7

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 57Marco SportielloG
  2. 3Rafael TolóiCD
  3. 6Ervin ZukanovicCD-L
  4. 5Andrea MasielloCD-R
  5. 11Remo FreulerCM-L
  6. 4Roberto GagliardiniCM-R
  7. 27Jasmin KurticAM
  8. 37Leonardo SpinazzolaLM
  9. 24Andrea ContiRM
  10. 10Alejandro GómezCF-L
  11. 29Andrea PetagnaCF-R

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 4Federico DimarcoLB
  5. 24Uros CosicRB
  6. 9Levan MchedlidzeM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 11Daniele CroceAM
  9. 77Marcel BüchelLM
  10. 88Andrés TelloRM
  11. 89Guido MarilungoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 16' Marcel Büchel (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 17' Substitution, Empoli. Frederic Veseli replaces Andrea Costa because of an injury.
  3. 22' Guido Marilungo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 38' Jasmin Kurtic (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 45' Substitution, Atalanta. Franck Kessié replaces Jasmin Kurtic.
  6. 51' Goal! Atalanta 0, Empoli 1. Levan Mchedlidze (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Federico Dimarco with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 53' Alejandro Gomez (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  8. 57' Substitution, Atalanta. Marco D'Alessandro replaces Andrea Conti.
  9. 67' Substitution, Empoli. Manuel Pucciarelli replaces Guido Marilungo.
  10. 72' Substitution, Atalanta. Aleksandar Pesic replaces Andrea Petagna.
  11. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Gilardino replaces Levan Mchedlidze.
  12. 74' Goal! Atalanta 1, Empoli 1. Franck Kessié (Atalanta) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alejandro Gomez.
  13. 82' Assane Diousse (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 90' Lukasz Skorupski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  15. 90'+4' Goal! Atalanta 2, Empoli 1. Marco D'Alessandro (Atalanta) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  16. 90'+5' Marco D'Alessandro (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.

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