Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, September 24, 2023
Internazionale WWWWD 1
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Empoli LLLLL 0
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Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena · 15,651 att.

Match Report

Inter extend Serie A lead as Dimarco missile sinks Empoli

An unstoppable second-half strike from Federico Dimarco gave Inter Milan a 1-0 away win at bottom club Empoli on Sunday, restoring their three-point lead at the top of the Serie A standings.

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Team Stats

11
Fouls
15
2
Yellow Cards
2
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
3
1
Saves
4
61.1
Possession
38.9
23
SHOTS
7
6
ON GOAL
1
0.3
On Target %
0.1
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
477
Accurate Passes
281
552
Passes
351
0.9
Pass Completion %
0.8
8
Accurate Crosses
4
31
Crosses
15
0.3
Cross %
0.3
57
Long Balls
42
37
Accurate Long Balls
15
0.6
Long Balls %
0.4
6
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
10
14
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.7
11
Interceptions
4
4
Effective Clearances
21
4
Clearances
21

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-1

Lineups

EMP · 4-3-2-1

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 34Adrian IsmajliCD-R
  4. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 22Filippo RanocchiaCM
  7. 29Youssef MalehCM-L
  8. 18Razvan MarinCM-R
  9. 7Steven ShpendiF
  10. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-L
  11. 35Tommaso BaldanziCF-R

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 15Francesco AcerbiCD
  3. 95Alessandro BastoniCD-L
  4. 28Benjamin PavardCD-R
  5. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanCM-L
  6. 16Davide FrattesiCM-R
  7. 20Hakan ÇalhanogluAM
  8. 32Federico DimarcoLM
  9. 36Matteo DarmianRM
  10. 9Marcus ThuramCF-L
  11. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-R

Timeline

  1. 26' Francesco Acerbi (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  2. 33' Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  3. 51' Substitution, Empoli. Sebastian Walukiewicz replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
  4. 51' Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner following a corner.
  5. 62' Youssef Maleh (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  6. 65' Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  7. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Razvan Marin.
  8. 69' Substitution, Empoli. Alberto Grassi replaces Filippo Ranocchia.
  9. 71' Substitution, Inter Milan. Nicolò Barella replaces Davide Frattesi.
  10. 72' Substitution, Inter Milan. Marko Arnautovic replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  11. 72' Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefan de Vrij replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  12. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Cancellieri replaces Stiven Shpendi.
  13. 79' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.
  14. 81' Substitution, Inter Milan. Alexis Sánchez replaces Marcus Thuram.
  15. 82' Substitution, Inter Milan. Carlos Augusto replaces Federico Dimarco.

Serie A News

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