Italian Serie A

FT Friday, May 6, 2022
Empoli LDLWL 2
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Internazionale WWWLW 4
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EMP202
INT224
Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 69,959 att.

Match Report

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Lautaro Martinez fires Inter to top of Serie A with comeback win over Empoli

Inter Milan beat Empoli 4-2 on Friday to keep their Serie A title hopes alive and provisionally go top of the table.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
14
7
Saves
0
35.7
Possession
64.3
4
SHOTS
37
2
ON GOAL
10
0.5
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
257
Accurate Passes
517
327
Passes
573
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
16
8
Crosses
41
0.4
Cross %
0.4
46
Long Balls
31
20
Accurate Long Balls
23
0.4
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
8
7
Effective Tackles
7
13
Tackles
13
0.5
Tackle %
0.5
6
Interceptions
9
32
Effective Clearances
6
32
Clearances
6

Head to Head

INT leads series 5-0

Lineups

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Samir HandanovicG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 32Federico DimarcoCD-L
  4. 37Milan SkriniarCD-R
  5. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 77Marcelo BrozovicAM
  8. 14Ivan PerisicLM
  9. 2Denzel DumfriesRM
  10. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 19Joaquín CorreaCF-R

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 13Guglielmo VicarioG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 6Simone RomagnoliCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 20Riccardo FiamozziRB
  6. 99Andrea PinamontiM
  7. 5Leo StulacCM
  8. 23Kristjan AsllaniAM
  9. 25Filippo BandinelliLM
  10. 27Szymon ZurkowskiRM
  11. 10Nedim BajramiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Inter Milan 0, Empoli 1. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Szymon Zurkowski with a cross.
  2. 28' Goal! Inter Milan 0, Empoli 2. Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Riccardo Fiamozzi.
  3. 40' Own Goal by Simone Romagnoli, Empoli. Inter Milan 1, Empoli 2.
  4. 45' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hakan Calhanoglu.
  5. 60' Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  6. 61' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  7. 64' Goal! Inter Milan 3, Empoli 2. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
  8. 65' Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
  9. 68' Substitution, Empoli. Patrick Cutrone replaces Federico Di Francesco because of an injury.
  10. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Ardian Ismajli replaces Leo Stulac.
  11. 70' Substitution, Inter Milan. Arturo Vidal replaces Hakan Calhanoglu.
  12. 70' Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  13. 70' Substitution, Inter Milan. Danilo D'Ambrosio replaces Federico Dimarco.
  14. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Denzel Dumfries.
  15. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Riccardo Fiamozzi.
  16. 82' Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Joaquín Correa.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Inter Milan 4, Empoli 2. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Arturo Vidal.

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