Sampdoria vs Empoli, 2018-2019 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Sampdoria

90'+2': Fabio Quagliarella (P)

FT
1 - 2

Empoli

56': Diego Farias
75': Giovanni Di Lorenzo

About

Sampdoria are hosting Empoli at Luigi Ferraris, Genova, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Timeline

0': First Half begins.
0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
2': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Empoli).
2': Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Foul by Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria).
8': Marko Pajac (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
8': Attempt saved. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hamed Junior Traore with a through ball.
8': Attempt blocked. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
9': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacopo Sala.
10': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Murru.
10': Offside, Empoli. Hamed Junior Traore tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
11': Dennis Praet (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
11': Foul by Cristian Dell'Orco (Empoli).
13': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
14': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
14': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
16': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
16': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Cristian Dell'Orco.
16': Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
16': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli).
16': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
18': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
18': Attempt saved. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacopo Sala with a cross.
18': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
21': Offside, Sampdoria. Fabio Quagliarella tries a through ball, but Manolo Gabbiadini is caught offside.
23': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
23': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
23': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
28': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
30': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
30': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
30': Rade Krunic (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
30': Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
31': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
31': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
33': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
35': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
35': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
38': Delay in match because of an injury Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli).
39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
41': Attempt missed. Rade Krunic (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Farias.
42': Foul by Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria).
42': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
43': Frederic Veseli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': First Half ends, Sampdoria 0, Empoli 0.
45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 0, Empoli 0.
46': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Alex Ferrari.
48': Foul by Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria).
48': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
49': Offside, Empoli. Ismael Bennacer tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
49': Delay in match because of an injury Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli).
50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
52': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
52': Foul by Cristian Dell'Orco (Empoli).
52': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
53': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Marko Pajac.
53': Attempt blocked. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Praet.
53': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
54': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
54': Attempt missed. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Pajac with a cross following a fast break.
56': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Empoli 1. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hamed Junior Traore.
60': Attempt missed. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabio Quagliarella.
61': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacopo Sala.
61': Foul by Rade Krunic (Empoli).
61': Jacopo Sala (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
62': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
62': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
63': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
65': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Tonelli.
66': Foul by Francesco Caputo (Empoli).
66': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
67': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
70': Foul by Francesco Caputo (Empoli).
70': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
71': Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
71': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
72': Substitution, Sampdoria. Marco Sau replaces Albin Ekdal.
72': Substitution, Sampdoria. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Gianluca Caprari.
73': Foul by Diego Farias (Empoli).
73': Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
74': Penalty Empoli. Diego Farias draws a foul in the penalty area.
74': Penalty conceded by Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) after a foul in the penalty area.
74': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
75': Penalty saved! Francesco Caputo (Empoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
75': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Empoli 2. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
77': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Murru with a cross.
78': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Sampdoria).
78': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Afriyie Acquah replaces Diego Farias.
79': Attempt blocked. Marko Pajac (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
79': Dennis Praet (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
79': Foul by Rade Krunic (Empoli).
79': Foul by Ismael Bennacer (Empoli).
79': Marco Sau (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
80': Substitution, Sampdoria. Gastón Ramírez replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
86': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Afriyie Acquah.
86': Attempt missed. Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jakub Jankto with a cross following a corner.
87': Substitution, Empoli. Leonardo Capezzi replaces Hamed Junior Traore.
89': Offside, Sampdoria. Jacopo Sala tries a through ball, but Fabio Quagliarella is caught offside.
90'+1': Penalty Sampdoria. Marco Sau draws a foul in the penalty area.
90'+1': Penalty conceded by Frederic Veseli (Empoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
90'+2': Goal! Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
90'+2': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Ismael Bennacer.
90'+3': Foul by Jacopo Sala (Sampdoria).
90'+3': Matteo Brighi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'+7': Second Half ends, Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2.
90'+7': Match ends, Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2.

Statistics

EMP		SAM
15	Fouls	10
1	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	0
2	Offsides	2
2	Corner Kicks	8
5	Saves	2
41.5	Possession	58.5
8	SHOTS	18
4	ON GOAL	6
0.5	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
329	Accurate Passes	497
411	Passes	571
0.8	Pass Completion %	0.9
1	Accurate Crosses	5
10	Crosses	28
0.1	Cross %	0.2
57	Long Balls	49
21	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.6
2	Blocked Shots	7
8	Effective Tackles	7
17	Tackles	15
0.5	Tackle %	0.5
6	Interceptions	18
30	Effective Clearances	9
30	Clearances	9

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 19,034

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Internazionale	37	+54	86
2	Napoli	37	+21	73
3	AC Milan	37	+19	70
4	AS Roma	37	+26	70

Full Table

Line-Ups

Sampdoria (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Emil Audero (GK)
25	Alex Ferrari
26	Lorenzo Tonelli
29	Nicola Murru
7	Jacopo Sala
27	Fabio Quagliarella
6	Albin Ekdal
17	Gianluca Caprari
14	Jakub Jankto
10	Dennis Praet
23	Manolo Gabbiadini

Sampdoria Substitutes:

Ronaldo Vieira, Karol Linetty, Riccardo Saponara, Júnior Tavares, Rafael, Marco Sau, Vid Belec, Bartosz Bereszynski, Grégoire Defrel, Gastón Ramírez.

Empoli (3-1-4-2)

No.	Name
69	Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
26	Matías Silvestre
39	Cristian Dell'Orco
5	Frederic Veseli
10	Ismaël Bennacer
33	Rade Krunic
8	Hamed Traoré
6	Marko Pajac
2	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Francesco Caputo
17	Diego Farias

Empoli Substitutes:

Manuel Pasqual, Ivan Provedel, Afriyie Acquah, Jacob Rasmussen, Leonardo Capezzi, Filippo Perucchini, Matteo Brighi, Dimitris Nikolaou, Salih Ucan, Dimitri Oberlin.

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