Empoli vs Juventus, 2021-22 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AJuventus close gap on Serie A leaders with win at Empoli thanks to brilliant Vlahovic
A superb double from Serbian striker Dusan Vlahovic earned Juventus a 3-2 win at Empoli on Saturday, helping to close the gap in Serie A.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 4': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 5': Attempt missed. Danilo (Juventus) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross following a corner.
- 5': Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 5': Foul by Denis Zakaria (Juventus).
- 6': Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 6': Foul by Petar Stojanovic (Empoli).
- 7': Attempt saved. Denis Zakaria (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Dusan Vlahovic.
- 7': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
- 10': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
- 10': Luca Pellegrini (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 11': Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli).
- 16': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
- 16': Hand ball by Adrien Rabiot (Juventus).
- 17': Attempt missed. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
- 18': Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Moise Kean.
- 21': Attempt blocked. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a cross.
- 21': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Leonardo Bonucci.
- 22': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Arthur.
- 23': Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 23': Foul by Matthijs de Ligt (Juventus).
- 25': Attempt missed. Denis Zakaria (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
- 27': Arthur (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 27': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli).
- 28': Danilo (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 28': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
- 29': Hand ball by Luca Pellegrini (Juventus).
- 30': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
- 31': Attempt missed. Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a cross following a corner.
- 32': Goal! Empoli 0, Juventus 1. Moise Kean (Juventus) header from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot with a cross.
- 37': Substitution, Juventus. Manuel Locatelli replaces Denis Zakaria because of an injury.
- 38': Attempt missed. Kristjan Asllani (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filippo Bandinelli.
- 39': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Arthur.
- 39': Attempt blocked. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range is blocked.
- 39': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 1. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner following a corner.
- 41': Arthur (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Nedim Bajrami (Empoli).
- 42': Foul by Moise Kean (Juventus).
- 42': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 43': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
- 43': Luca Pellegrini (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 45': Offside, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto tries a through ball, but Federico Di Francesco is caught offside.
- 45'+2': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 2. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
- 45'+3': First Half ends, Empoli 1, Juventus 2.
- 45': Second Half begins Empoli 1, Juventus 2.
- 49': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic with a cross.
- 49': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
- 49': Moise Kean (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 50': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
- 50': Moise Kean (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 50': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 52': Attempt missed. Moise Kean (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Luca Pellegrini with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 52': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 54': Offside, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli tries a through ball, but Federico Di Francesco is caught offside.
- 54': Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 54': Foul by Arthur (Juventus).
- 56': Attempt missed. Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Luca Pellegrini with a cross.
- 62': Substitution, Juventus. Álvaro Morata replaces Moise Kean.
- 62': Attempt saved. Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Adrien Rabiot.
- 63': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Matthijs de Ligt.
- 64': Attempt missed. Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a cross following a corner.
- 66': Goal! Empoli 1, Juventus 3. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Álvaro Morata.
- 69': Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
- 69': Manuel Locatelli (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 70': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Federico Di Francesco.
- 70': Substitution, Empoli. Marco Benassi replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
- 70': Substitution, Empoli. Fabiano Parisi replaces Liberato Cacace.
- 73': Foul by Fabiano Parisi (Empoli).
- 73': Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 73': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 74': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 74': Foul by Arthur (Juventus).
- 76': Goal! Empoli 2, Juventus 3. Andrea La Mantia (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Luperto following a set piece situation.
- 77': Attempt missed. Arthur (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado.
- 81': Arthur (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 81': Foul by Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli).
- 84': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Luca Pellegrini.
- 84': Attempt missed. Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
- 85': Substitution, Empoli. Valerio Verre replaces Nedim Bajrami.
- 85': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Petar Stojanovic.
- 86': Foul by Fabiano Parisi (Empoli).
- 86': Juan Cuadrado (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 87': Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 87': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 88': Attempt missed. Adrien Rabiot (Juventus) header from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Juan Cuadrado with a cross.
- 90'+1': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 90'+1': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Juventus).
- 90'+2': Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+2': Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli).
- 90'+4': Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 90'+4': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Empoli 2, Juventus 3.
- 0': Match ends, Empoli 2, Juventus 3.
Statistics
 JUV |
EMP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fouls | 16 |
| 0 | Yellow Cards | 2 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 2 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 0 | Saves | 2 |
| 47.2 | Possession | 52.8 |
| 12 | SHOTS | 11 |
| 5 | ON GOAL | 2 |
| 0.4 | On Target % | 0.2 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 349 | Accurate Passes | 388 |
| 433 | Passes | 472 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 6 | Accurate Crosses | 5 |
| 11 | Crosses | 29 |
| 0.5 | Cross % | 0.2 |
| 66 | Long Balls | 52 |
| 30 | Accurate Long Balls | 23 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Blocked Shots | 3 |
| 11 | Effective Tackles | 11 |
| 19 | Tackles | 15 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.7 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 9 |
| 26 | Effective Clearances | 6 |
| 26 | Clearances | 6 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 11,890
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 11,890
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 21 | +27 | 49 |
| 2 | AC Milan | 21 | +18 | 46 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | +14 | 43 |
| 4 | AS Roma | 21 | +14 | 42 |
Line-Ups
Empoli (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Guglielmo Vicario (GK) |
| 33 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli  |
| 21 | Liberato Cacace |
| 30 | Petar Stojanovic |
| 99 | Andrea Pinamonti |
| 23 | Kristjan Asllani |
| 10 | Nedim Bajrami |
| 25 | Filippo Bandinelli |
| 27 | Szymon Zurkowski |
| 11 | Federico Di Francesco |
Juventus (4-4-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Wojciech Szczesny (GK) |
| 4 | Matthijs de Ligt |
| 19 | Leonardo Bonucci |
| 17 | Luca Pellegrini |
| 6 | Danilo |
| 5 | Arthur |
| 28 | Denis Zakaria |
| 25 | Adrien Rabiot |
| 11 | Juan Cuadrado |
| 18 | Moise Kean |
| 7 | Dusan Vlahovic |
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