Lecce vs Empoli, 2023-24 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A

Lecce

89': Nicola Sansone

FT
1 - 0

Empoli

About

Lecce are hosting Empoli at Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare, Lecce, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Timeline

0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
0': First Half begins.
2': Offside, Lecce. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
4': Hand ball by Elia Caprile (Empoli).
5': GOAL OVERTURNED BY VAR: Alberto Cerri (Empoli) scores but the goal is ruled out after a VAR review.
9': VAR Decision: No Goal Lecce 0-0 Empoli.
10': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Rémi Oudin.
15': Foul by Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli).
15': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
18': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
18': Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
19': Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli).
19': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
20': Attempt saved. Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross.
20': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
20': Attempt saved. Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) header from the left side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross.
21': Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
21': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
23': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
23': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
23': Foul by Patrick Dorgu (Lecce).
23': Simone Bastoni (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
24': Foul by Rémi Oudin (Lecce).
24': Razvan Marin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
26': Foul by Alberto Cerri (Empoli).
26': Marin Pongracic (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
26': Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli).
26': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick on the left wing.
28': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
28': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
29': Attempt blocked. Razvan Marin (Empoli) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is blocked.
29': Offside, Empoli. Giuseppe Pezzella is caught offside.
30': Alexis Blin (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
30': Foul by Simone Bastoni (Empoli).
31': Antonino Gallo (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
31': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
32': Attempt saved. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Ylber Ramadani.
32': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
34': Attempt missed. Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Alberto Cerri with a headed pass.
35': Foul by Alberto Cerri (Empoli).
35': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
36': Foul by Rémi Oudin (Lecce).
36': Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
37': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Rémi Oudin.
37': Attempt missed. Razvan Marin (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right following a corner.
40': Foul by Razvan Marin (Empoli).
40': Valentin Gendrey (Lecce) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
41': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
41': Simone Bastoni (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
42': Foul by Alexis Blin (Lecce).
42': Razvan Marin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
43': Offside, Lecce. Roberto Piccoli is caught offside.
44': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
44': Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) hits the bar with a header from very close range following a corner.
44': Delay in match because of an injury Elia Caprile (Empoli).
45': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
45'+1': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
45'+2': Foul by Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli).
45'+2': Patrick Dorgu (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Foul by Pontus Almqvist (Lecce).
45'+2': Razvan Marin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
45'+2': Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+3': Offside, Empoli. Alberto Cerri is caught offside.
45'+4': First Half ends, Lecce 0, Empoli 0.
45': Second Half begins Lecce 0, Empoli 0.
46': Attempt blocked. Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked.
46': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
46': Attempt missed. Alexis Blin (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
49': Offside, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri is caught offside.
50': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Lecce).
50': Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
54': Offside, Empoli. Alberto Cerri is caught offside.
55': Foul by Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli).
55': Pontus Almqvist (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
56': Attempt saved. Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross.
57': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Elia Caprile.
57': Attempt saved. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross.
58': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
58': Attempt blocked. Federico Baschirotto (Lecce) right footed shot from very close range is blocked. Assisted by Roberto Piccoli with a headed pass.
58': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
59': Foul by Federico Baschirotto (Lecce).
59': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
60': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolò Cambiaghi replaces Matteo Cancellieri.
60': Substitution, Empoli. Youssef Maleh replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
60': Substitution, Empoli. M'Baye Niang replaces Alberto Cerri.
61': Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
61': Foul by Rémi Oudin (Lecce).
62': Substitution, Lecce. Nicola Sansone replaces Pontus Almqvist.
63': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Patrick Dorgu.
64': Attempt blocked. Rémi Oudin (Lecce) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
64': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Razvan Marin.
64': Attempt missed. Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) header from very close range is just a bit too high. Assisted by Rémi Oudin with a cross following a corner.
65': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Youssef Maleh.
69': Foul by Valentin Gendrey (Lecce).
69': Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Viktor Kovalenko replaces Simone Bastoni.
71': Foul by Ylber Ramadani (Lecce).
71': Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
73': Substitution, Lecce. Joan González replaces Patrick Dorgu.
74': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Lecce).
74': M'Baye Niang (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
74': Foul by Roberto Piccoli (Lecce).
74': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
76': Foul by Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli).
76': Roberto Piccoli (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
77': Foul by Marin Pongracic (Lecce).
77': M'Baye Niang (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
79': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
79': Ylber Ramadani (Lecce) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
80': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
80': Joan González (Lecce) wins a free kick on the right wing.
81': Attempt blocked. Nicola Sansone (Lecce) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
81': Corner, Lecce. Conceded by Sebastian Walukiewicz.
84': Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
88': Substitution, Lecce. Lorenzo Venuti replaces Valentin Gendrey.
89': Substitution, Lecce. Santiago Pierotti replaces Rémi Oudin.
89': Goal! Lecce 1, Empoli 0. Nicola Sansone (Lecce) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Santiago Pierotti.
90': Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
90'+2': Foul by Antonino Gallo (Lecce).
90'+2': Viktor Kovalenko (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
90'+3': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Federico Baschirotto.
90'+6': Second Half ends, Lecce 1, Empoli 0.
0': Match ends, Lecce 1, Empoli 0.

Statistics

EMP		LEC
0	Fouls	0
0	Yellow Cards	0
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
0	Corner Kicks	0
0	Saves	0
0	Possession	0
0	SHOTS	0
0	ON GOAL	0
0.0	On Target %	0.0
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
0	Blocked Shots	0
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Ettore Giardiniero - Via del Mare
Location: Lecce, Italy
Attendance: 25,957

Serie A Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	AS Roma	5	+11	13
2	Internazionale	5	+7	13
3	Lazio	5	+5	13
4	Cagliari	5	+3	12

Full Table

Line-Ups

Lecce (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
30	Wladimiro Falcone (GK)
5	Marin Pongracic
6	Federico Baschirotto
25	Antonino Gallo
17	Valentin Gendrey
10	Rémi Oudin
20	Ylber Ramadani
29	Alexis Blin
91	Roberto Piccoli
13	Patrick Dorgu
7	Pontus Almqvist

Lecce Substitutes:

Jasper Samooja, Joan Gonzàlez, Federico Brancolini, Lameck Banda, Nicola Sansone, Lorenzo Venuti, Medon Berisha, Rares Burnete, Ahmed Touba, Hamza Rafia, Santiago Pierotti.

Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Elia Caprile (GK)
4	Sebastian Walukiewicz
33	Sebastiano Luperto
19	Bartosz Bereszynski
30	Simone Bastoni
18	Razvan Marin
3	Giuseppe Pezzella
11	Emmanuel Gyasi
17	Alberto Cerri
20	Matteo Cancellieri
27	Szymon Zurkowski

Empoli Substitutes:

Francesco Caputo, Steven Shpendi, Viktor Kovalenko, Mattia Destro, Jacopo Fazzini, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Alberto Grassi, Saba Goglichidze, Jacopo Seghetti, Liberato Cacace, Youssef Maleh, M'Baye Niang, Samuele Perisan.

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