Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, November 20, 2016
Fiorentina WDWWD 4
–
Empoli DDLDW 0
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FIO134
EMP000
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 10,769 att.

Match Report

Bernardeschi and Ilicic bag braces as Fiorentina thump Empoli

Bernardeschi and Ilicic bag braces as Fiorentina thump Empoli

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Team Stats

12
Fouls
7
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
5
4
Corner Kicks
5
6
Saves
9
50.2
Possession
49.8
24
SHOTS
13
13
ON GOAL
6
0.5
On Target %
0.5
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
418
Accurate Passes
412
503
Passes
487
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
5
14
Crosses
31
0.2
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
47
30
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.5
3
Blocked Shots
3
12
Effective Tackles
11
17
Tackles
11
0.7
Tackle %
1.0
0
Interceptions
0
28
Effective Clearances
18
28
Clearances
18

Head to Head

FIO leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 13Frederic VeseliRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 8Assane DiousséCM
  8. 10Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 33Rade KrunicRM
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

FIO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 12Ciprian TatarusanuG
  2. 13Davide AstoriCD-L
  3. 2Gonzalo RodríguezCD-R
  4. 31Hrvoje MilicLB
  5. 40Nenad TomovicRB
  6. 72Josip IlicicAM
  7. 20Borja ValeroLM
  8. 5Milan BadeljRM
  9. 9Nikola KalinicF
  10. 10Federico BernardeschiAM-L
  11. 16Cristian TelloAM-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Goal! Empoli 0, Fiorentina 1. Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  2. 35' Cristian Tello (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 36' Nenad Tomovic (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 39' Giuseppe Bellusci (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  5. 47' Goal! Empoli 0, Fiorentina 2. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  6. 57' Borja Valero (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 58' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Gilardino replaces Rade Krunic.
  8. 61' Goal! Empoli 0, Fiorentina 3. Federico Bernardeschi (Fiorentina) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Hrvoje Milic.
  9. 63' Substitution, Fiorentina. Carlos Salcedo replaces Nenad Tomovic.
  10. 67' Goal! Empoli 0, Fiorentina 4. Josip Ilicic (Fiorentina) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Borja Valero.
  11. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Guido Marilungo replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  12. 68' Substitution, Fiorentina. Matías Vecino replaces Josip Ilicic.
  13. 72' Substitution, Empoli. José Mauri replaces Assane Diousse.
  14. 72' Substitution, Fiorentina. Sebastián Cristóforo replaces Federico Bernardeschi.

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