Italian Serie A

FT Friday, March 17, 2023
Empoli DDLLL 1
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Atalanta WLLDL 2
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EMP101
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Match Report

Late Hojlund goal earns Atalanta 2-1 win over Empoli

A late goal by striker Rasmus Hojlund earned Atalanta a 2-1 win over Empoli in Serie A on Friday, ending their four-match winless streak.

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Team Stats

10
Fouls
11
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
2
Corner Kicks
14
3
Saves
1
30.4
Possession
69.6
5
SHOTS
27
2
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
200
Accurate Passes
556
296
Passes
642
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
3
Accurate Crosses
16
9
Crosses
56
0.3
Cross %
0.3
50
Long Balls
63
17
Accurate Long Balls
44
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
1
Blocked Shots
6
15
Effective Tackles
10
20
Tackles
13
0.8
Tackle %
0.8
10
Interceptions
8
46
Effective Clearances
13
46
Clearances
13

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-1-2

  1. 1Juan MussoG
  2. 6José PalominoCD
  3. 42Giorgio ScalviniCD-L
  4. 2Rafael TolóiCD-R
  5. 13ÉdersonCM-L
  6. 15Marten de RoonCM-R
  7. 88Mario PasalicAM
  8. 22Matteo RuggeriLM
  9. 77Davide ZappacostaRM
  10. 9Luis MurielCF-L
  11. 91Duván ZapataCF-R

EMP · 4-3-1-2

  1. 1Samuele PerisanG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 6Koni De WinterCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 19Francesco CaputoM
  7. 5Alberto GrassiCM
  8. 35Tommaso BaldanziAM
  9. 21Jacopo FazziniLM
  10. 11Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproRM
  11. 9Martín SatrianoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 44' Goal! Atalanta 0, Empoli 1. Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
  2. 58' Goal! Atalanta 1, Empoli 1. Marten de Roon (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Matteo Ruggeri with a cross.
  3. 59' Substitution, Empoli. Ardian Ismajli replaces Alberto Grassi.
  4. 59' Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  5. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
  6. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Tommaso Baldanzi.
  7. 76' Substitution, Atalanta. Ademola Lookman replaces Giorgio Scalvini.
  8. 79' Substitution, Atalanta. Rasmus Højlund replaces Duván Zapata.
  9. 79' Substitution, Atalanta. Jérémie Boga replaces Luis Muriel.
  10. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Sebastian Walukiewicz replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
  11. 82' Liam Henderson (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 84' Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 84' Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  14. 86' Goal! Atalanta 2, Empoli 1. Rasmus Højlund (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top right corner.
  15. 88' José Luis Palomino (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 89' Substitution, Atalanta. Merih Demiral replaces Mario Pasalic.
  17. 89' Substitution, Atalanta. Joakim Maehle replaces Davide Zappacosta.
  18. 90'+1' Matteo Ruggeri (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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