Italian Serie A

FT Monday, September 12, 2016
Crotone LWLLL 1
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Empoli LWWLL 2
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CRO101
EMP112
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 7,678 att.

Match Report

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Empoli move off foot of Serie A by beating fellow strugglers Crotone

Empoli moved off the bottom of Serie A with a 2-1 home victory over Crotone.

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Team Stats

20
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
1
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
2
0
Corner Kicks
5
2
Saves
1
45.5
Possession
54.5
6
SHOTS
13
2
ON GOAL
4
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
282
Accurate Passes
381
401
Passes
474
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
3
Accurate Crosses
7
14
Crosses
25
0.2
Cross %
0.3
85
Long Balls
45
41
Accurate Long Balls
16
0.5
Long Balls %
0.4
2
Blocked Shots
3
17
Effective Tackles
8
22
Tackles
12
0.8
Tackle %
0.7
0
Interceptions
0
22
Effective Clearances
15
27
Clearances
17

Head to Head

Series tied 1-1-3

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 28Lukasz SkorupskiG
  2. 15Andrea CostaCD-L
  3. 6Giuseppe BellusciCD-R
  4. 21Manuel PasqualLB
  5. 3Marco ZambelliRB
  6. 20Manuel PucciarelliM
  7. 5José MauriCM
  8. 10Riccardo SaponaraAM
  9. 11Daniele CroceLM
  10. 88Andrés TelloRM
  11. 7Massimo MaccaroneCF-R

CRO · 3-5-2

  1. 1Alex CordazG
  2. 23Noe DussenneCD
  3. 13Gian Marco FerrariCD-L
  4. 17Federico CeccheriniCD-R
  5. 20Aniello SalzanoCM-L
  6. 6Marcus RohdénCM-R
  7. 8Lorenzo CrisetigAM
  8. 87Bruno MartellaLM
  9. 22Aleandro RosiRM
  10. 7Raffaele PalladinoCF-L
  11. 11Diego FalcinelliCF-R

Timeline

  1. 23' Noe Dussenne (Crotone) is shown the yellow card.
  2. 30' Substitution, Crotone. Mario Sampirisi replaces Aleandro Rosi because of an injury.
  3. 31' Goal! Empoli 1, Crotone 0. Giuseppe Bellusci (Empoli) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual with a cross following a corner.
  4. 45'+2' Goal! Empoli 1, Crotone 1. Mario Sampirisi (Crotone) header from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Marcus Rohden with a cross.
  5. 52' Lorenzo Crisetig (Crotone) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 56' Goal! Empoli 2, Crotone 1. Andrea Costa (Empoli) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual with a cross following a set piece situation.
  7. 61' Substitution, Empoli. Guido Marilungo replaces Massimo Maccarone.
  8. 62' Substitution, Crotone. Andrea Nalini replaces Lorenzo Crisetig.
  9. 75' Substitution, Empoli. Assane Diousse replaces José Mauri.
  10. 76' Substitution, Crotone. Marcello Trotta replaces Bruno Martella.
  11. 80' Second yellow card to Noe Dussenne (Crotone) for a bad foul.
  12. 85' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Gilardino replaces Riccardo Saponara.
  13. 90'+4' Daniele Croce (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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