Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, December 22, 2024
Empoli DLWWL 2
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Atalanta WWLWW 3
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EMP112
ATA213
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Match Report

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Atalanta back atop Serie A after late De Ketelaere winner

Atalanta's Charles De Ketelaere was his team's hero on Sunday, scoring a late second goal to secure a 3-2 victory over Empoli at home and send his side back to the top of Serie A.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
1
3
Corner Kicks
6
3
Saves
1
34.9
Possession
65.1
7
SHOTS
16
3
ON GOAL
7
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
240
Accurate Passes
504
318
Passes
572
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
9
6
Crosses
30
0.2
Cross %
0.3
58
Long Balls
35
21
Accurate Long Balls
17
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
8
Effective Tackles
7
20
Tackles
13
0.4
Tackle %
0.5
4
Interceptions
6
29
Effective Clearances
9
29
Clearances
9

Head to Head

ATA leads series 4-1

Lineups

ATA · 3-4-2-1

  1. 29Marco CarnesecchiG
  2. 19Berat DjimsitiCD
  3. 23Sead KolasinacCD-L
  4. 3Odilon KossounouCD-R
  5. 13ÉdersonCM-L
  6. 8Mario PasalicCM-R
  7. 77Davide ZappacostaLM
  8. 16Raoul BellanovaRM
  9. 32Mateo ReteguiF
  10. 11Ademola LookmanCF-L
  11. 17Charles De KetelaereCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 31Francesco RossiSUB
  2. 4Isak HienSUB
  3. 2Rafael TolóiSUB
  4. 10Nicolò ZanioloSUB
  5. 28Rui PatrícioSUB
  6. 24Lazar SamardzicSUB
  7. 22Matteo RuggeriSUB
  8. 44Marco BrescianiniSUB
  9. 6SulemanaSUB
  10. 5Ben GodfreySUB
  11. 7Juan CuadradoSUB
  12. 27Marco PalestraSUB

EMP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Devis VásquezG
  2. 34Adrian IsmajliCD
  3. 13Liberato CacaceCD-L
  4. 2Saba GoglichidzeCD-R
  5. 5Alberto GrassiCM-L
  6. 8Faustino AnjorinCM-R
  7. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLM
  8. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  9. 99Sebastiano EspositoF
  10. 6Liam HendersonCF-L
  11. 29Lorenzo ColomboCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 10Jacopo FazziniSUB
  2. 19Emmanuel EkongSUB
  3. 31Lorenzo TostoSUB
  4. 93Youssef MalehSUB
  5. 7Junior SambiaSUB
  6. 38Noah Houssain El BiacheSUB
  7. 12Jacopo SeghettiSUB
  8. 35Luca MarianucciSUB
  9. 90Ismael KonatéSUB
  10. 1Samuele PerisanSUB

Timeline

  1. 13' Goal! Atalanta 0, Empoli 1. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Henderson.
  2. 21' Substitution, Atalanta. Nicolò Zaniolo replaces Mateo Retegui because of an injury.
  3. 22' Nicolò Zaniolo (Atalanta) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 34' Goal! Atalanta 1, Empoli 1. Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Davide Zappacosta with a cross.
  5. 45'+1' Goal! Atalanta 2, Empoli 1. Ademola Lookman (Atalanta) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Zaniolo.
  6. 57' Goal! Atalanta 2, Empoli 2. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.
  7. 64' Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Lazar Samardzic replaces Ademola Lookman.
  9. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Matteo Ruggeri replaces Davide Zappacosta.
  10. 70' Substitution, Atalanta. Isak Hien replaces Berat Djimsiti.
  11. 70' Substitution, Empoli. Youssef Maleh replaces Alberto Grassi.
  12. 71' Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
  13. 80' Substitution, Empoli. Luca Marianucci replaces Saba Goglichidze because of an injury.
  14. 80' Substitution, Atalanta. Juan Cuadrado replaces Raoul Bellanova.
  15. 84' Substitution, Empoli. Junior Sambia replaces Liam Henderson.
  16. 86' Goal! Atalanta 3, Empoli 2. Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Mario Pasalic.

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