Italian Serie A

FT Monday, October 23, 2023
Empoli LLWLD 2
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Fiorentina WDWDW 0
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Artemio Franchi · 29,105 att.

Match Report

Lowly Empoli secure shock 2-0 win at Fiorentina

Goals by Empoli's Francesco Caputo and Emmanuel Gyasi helped bag a surprise 2-0 win at fifth-placed Fiorentina in Serie A on Monday, pulling Aurelio Andreazzoli's side out of the drop zone.

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Team Stats

17
Fouls
13
3
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
5
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
14
7
Saves
1
28.1
Possession
71.9
7
SHOTS
19
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
154
Accurate Passes
511
237
Passes
588
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
11
8
Crosses
44
0.5
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
64
14
Accurate Long Balls
42
0.3
Long Balls %
0.7
2
Blocked Shots
5
14
Effective Tackles
10
21
Tackles
14
0.7
Tackle %
0.7
5
Interceptions
5
44
Effective Clearances
6
44
Clearances
6

Head to Head

EMP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FIO · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Pietro TerraccianoG
  2. 4Nikola MilenkovicCD-L
  3. 28Lucas Martínez QuartaCD-R
  4. 65Fabiano ParisiLB
  5. 33Michael KayodeRB
  6. 5Giacomo BonaventuraAM
  7. 32Alfred DuncanLM
  8. 6ArthurRM
  9. 18M'Bala NzolaF
  10. 77Josip BrekaloAM-L
  11. 10Nico GonzálezAM-R

EMP · 4-3-2-1

  1. 99Etrit BerishaG
  2. 33Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  3. 4Sebastian WalukiewiczCD-R
  4. 13Liberato CacaceLB
  5. 24Tyronne EbuehiRB
  6. 5Alberto GrassiCM
  7. 29Youssef MalehCM-L
  8. 18Razvan MarinCM-R
  9. 9Francesco CaputoF
  10. 20Matteo CancellieriCF-L
  11. 28Nicolò CambiaghiCF-R

Timeline

  1. 21' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Empoli 1. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Alberto Grassi.
  2. 45' Substitution, Fiorentina. Riccardo Sottil replaces Josip Brekalo.
  3. 52' Sebastian Walukiewicz (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Razvan Marin.
  5. 67' Substitution, Empoli. Mattia Destro replaces Francesco Caputo.
  6. 71' Matteo Cancellieri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  7. 73' Substitution, Fiorentina. Lucas Beltrán replaces M'Bala Nzola.
  8. 73' Substitution, Fiorentina. Rolando Mandragora replaces Alfred Duncan.
  9. 77' Lucas Beltrán (Fiorentina) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Gyasi replaces Matteo Cancellieri.
  11. 79' Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  12. 81' Goal! Fiorentina 0, Empoli 2. Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacopo Fazzini with a cross.
  13. 82' Substitution, Fiorentina. Christian Kouamé replaces Arthur.
  14. 83' Substitution, Empoli. Simone Bastoni replaces Liberato Cacace.
  15. 84' Substitution, Empoli. Tommaso Baldanzi replaces Nicolò Cambiaghi.

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