Italian Serie A

FT Saturday, December 29, 2018
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Empoli DWLLL 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 10,393 att. · ESPN+

Match Report

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Inter Milan earn hard-fought win over Empoli with Keita Balde strike

Keita Balde met Sime Vrsaljko's low cross with a first-time shot on the turn in the 72nd minute to earn a 1-0 win for Inter Milan.

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Team Stats

5
Fouls
16
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
7
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
4
3
Saves
4
63.6
Possession
36.4
10
SHOTS
9
5
ON GOAL
3
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
565
Accurate Passes
292
642
Passes
364
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
10
Accurate Crosses
3
32
Crosses
18
0.3
Cross %
0.2
51
Long Balls
60
34
Accurate Long Balls
31
0.7
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
1
12
Effective Tackles
15
15
Tackles
18
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
9
17
Effective Clearances
29
17
Clearances
29

Head to Head

INT leads series 5-0

Lineups

EMP · 5-3-2

  1. 1Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 26Matías SilvestreCD
  3. 32Jacob RasmussenCD-L
  4. 5Frederic VeseliCD-R
  5. 23Manuel PasqualLB
  6. 27Joel UnterseeRB
  7. 10Ismaël BennacerCM
  8. 8Hamed TraoréCM-L
  9. 18Afriyie AcquahCM-R
  10. 11Francesco CaputoCF-L
  11. 20Antonio La GuminaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 7Levan MchedlidzeSUB
  2. 48Salih UcanSUB
  3. 9Alejandro RodriguezSUB
  4. 13Luca AntonelliSUB
  5. 4Matteo BrighiSUB
  6. 66Samuel MrázSUB
  7. 6Miha ZajcSUB
  8. 19Arnel JakupovicSUB
  9. 29Michal MarcjanikSUB
  10. 28Leonardo CapezziSUB
  11. 99Andrea FulignatiSUB
  12. 21Pietro TerraccianoSUB

INT · 4-3-3

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 37Milan SkriniarCD-L
  3. 6Stefan de VrijCD-R
  4. 18Kwadwo AsamoahLB
  5. 2Sime VrsaljkoRB
  6. 20Borja ValeroCM
  7. 15João MárioLM
  8. 8Matías VecinoRM
  9. 9Mauro IcardiF
  10. 11Keita BaldéLF
  11. 16Matteo PolitanoRF

Substitutes

  1. 87Antonio CandrevaSUB
  2. 23MirandaSUB
  3. 29DalbertSUB
  4. 44Ivan PerisicSUB
  5. 13Andrea RanocchiaSUB
  6. 10Lautaro MartínezSUB
  7. 27Daniele PadelliSUB
  8. 33Danilo D'AmbrosioSUB
  9. 14Radja NainggolanSUB
  10. 5Roberto GagliardiniSUB

Timeline

  1. 24' Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Antonino La Gumina because of an injury.
  2. 38' Substitution, Empoli. Luca Antonelli replaces Manuel Pasqual because of an injury.
  3. 57' Substitution, Inter Milan. Radja Nainggolan replaces Matías Vecino.
  4. 67' Substitution, Inter Milan. Lautaro Martínez replaces Borja Valero.
  5. 68' Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  6. 72' Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Keita (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sime Vrsaljko with a cross following a corner.
  7. 74' Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Levan Mchedlidze replaces Luca Antonelli.
  9. 84' Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Keita.

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