Italian Serie A

FT Monday, April 1, 2024
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Internazionale WWWLD 2
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 71,551 att.

Match Report

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Inter Milan close in on title with win over Empoli

Runaway leaders Inter Milan continued their seemingly unstoppable march to the Serie A title after an early goal from Federico Dimarco and a late effort from Alexis Sanchez secured a 2-0 win at home against Empoli on Monday.

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Team Stats

16
Fouls
14
2
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
1
6
Corner Kicks
8
5
Saves
3
40.8
Possession
59.2
14
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
316
Accurate Passes
517
371
Passes
569
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.9
10
Accurate Crosses
3
29
Crosses
20
0.3
Cross %
0.2
42
Long Balls
34
26
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.6
Long Balls %
0.6
5
Blocked Shots
8
3
Effective Tackles
4
11
Tackles
8
0.3
Tackle %
0.5
2
Interceptions
9
18
Effective Clearances
18
18
Clearances
18

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-1

Lineups

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 77Emil AuderoG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 28Benjamin PavardCD-R
  5. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  8. 32Federico DimarcoLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-L
  11. 9Marcus ThuramCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 16Davide FrattesiSUB
  2. 17Tajon BuchananSUB
  3. 5Stefano SensiSUB
  4. 14Davy KlaassenSUB
  5. 1Yann SommerSUB
  6. 30Carlos AugustoSUB
  7. 2Denzel DumfriesSUB
  8. 31Yann BisseckSUB
  9. 70Alexis SánchezSUB
  10. 21Kristjan AsllaniSUB
  11. 12Raffaele Di GennaroSUB

EMP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 25Elia CaprileG
  2. 4Sebastian WalukiewiczCD
  3. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  4. 19Bartosz BereszynskiCD-R
  5. 30Simone BastoniCM-L
  6. 18Razvan MarinCM-R
  7. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLM
  8. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  9. 10M'Baye NiangF
  10. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-L
  11. 27Szymon ZurkowskiCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 13Liberato CacaceSUB
  2. 23Mattia DestroSUB
  3. 17Alberto CerriSUB
  4. 9Francesco CaputoSUB
  5. 2Saba GoglichidzeSUB
  6. 7Steven ShpendiSUB
  7. 12Jacopo SeghettiSUB
  8. 20Matteo CancellieriSUB
  9. 1Samuele PerisanSUB
  10. 8Viktor KovalenkoSUB
  11. 21Jacopo FazziniSUB

Timeline

  1. 5' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Empoli 0. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alessandro Bastoni.
  2. 65' Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Kristjan Asllani replaces Hakan Çalhanoglu.
  4. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.
  5. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
  6. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Simone Bastoni.
  7. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  8. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  9. 81' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 0. Alexis Sánchez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Denzel Dumfries with a cross.
  10. 82' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
  11. 82' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces M'Baye Niang.
  12. 84' Substitution, Inter Milan. Davide Frattesi replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  13. 89' Liberato Cacace (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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