Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, January 19, 2025
Empoli LLLDL 1
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Internazionale WWLWD 3
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Stadio Giuseppe Meazza · 61,230 att.

Match Report

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Farris hails Inter's maturity in win over Empoli as title race heats up

Inter Milan's assistant coach Massimiliano Farris praised his team's maturity in Sunday’s 3-1 home victory over Empoli and said they were focusing on one match at a time.

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Team Stats

9
Fouls
10
0
Yellow Cards
0
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
2
3
Corner Kicks
7
5
Saves
0
31.5
Possession
68.5
5
SHOTS
19
1
ON GOAL
7
0.2
On Target %
0.4
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
227
Accurate Passes
584
304
Passes
672
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
1
Accurate Crosses
6
10
Crosses
18
0.1
Cross %
0.3
55
Long Balls
53
24
Accurate Long Balls
30
0.4
Long Balls %
0.6
0
Blocked Shots
5
8
Effective Tackles
11
13
Tackles
19
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
16
Interceptions
7
31
Effective Clearances
10
31
Clearances
10

Head to Head

INT leads series 4-1

Lineups

INT · 3-5-2

  1. 1Yann SommerG
  2. 6Stefan de VrijCD
  3. 30Carlos AugustoCD-L
  4. 28Benjamin PavardCD-R
  5. 7Piotr ZielinskiCM-L
  6. 23Nicolò BarellaCM-R
  7. 21Kristjan AsllaniAM
  8. 32Federico DimarcoLM
  9. 2Denzel DumfriesRM
  10. 99Mehdi TaremiCF-L
  11. 10Lautaro MartínezCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 22Henrikh MkhitaryanSUB
  2. 42Tomás PalaciosSUB
  3. 53Luka TopalovicSUB
  4. 13Josep MartínezSUB
  5. 9Marcus ThuramSUB
  6. 8Marko ArnautovicSUB
  7. 40Alessandro CalligarisSUB
  8. 15Francesco AcerbiSUB
  9. 49Giacomo De PieriSUB
  10. 95Alessandro BastoniSUB
  11. 16Davide FrattesiSUB
  12. 36Matteo DarmianSUB
  13. 17Tajon BuchananSUB

EMP · 5-3-2

  1. 23Devis VásquezG
  2. 34Adrian IsmajliCD
  3. 21Mattia VitiCD-L
  4. 22Mattia De SciglioCD-R
  5. 3Giuseppe PezzellaLB
  6. 11Emmanuel GyasiRB
  7. 5Alberto GrassiCM
  8. 13Liberato CacaceCM-L
  9. 93Youssef MalehCM-R
  10. 29Lorenzo ColomboCF-L
  11. 10Jacopo FazziniCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 6Liam HendersonSUB
  2. 99Sebastiano EspositoSUB
  3. 27Szymon ZurkowskiSUB
  4. 90Ismael KonatéSUB
  5. 31Lorenzo TostoSUB
  6. 12Jacopo SeghettiSUB
  7. 1Samuele PerisanSUB
  8. 35Luca MarianucciSUB
  9. 7Junior SambiaSUB
  10. 41Anders AsmussenSUB
  11. 2Saba GoglichidzeSUB

Timeline

  1. 55' Goal! Inter Milan 1, Empoli 0. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  2. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Esposito replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  3. 66' Substitution, Empoli. Saba Goglichidze replaces Mattia De Sciglio.
  4. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Henrikh Mkhitaryan replaces Piotr Zielinski.
  5. 69' Substitution, Inter Milan. Marcus Thuram replaces Mehdi Taremi.
  6. 73' Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Alberto Grassi.
  7. 77' Substitution, Inter Milan. Alessandro Bastoni replaces Federico Dimarco.
  8. 78' Substitution, Inter Milan. Marko Arnautovic replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  9. 79' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 0. Denzel Dumfries (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Kristjan Asllani with a cross following a corner.
  10. 83' Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Liberato Cacace.
  11. 83' Substitution, Empoli. Junior Sambia replaces Giuseppe Pezzella.
  12. 84' Goal! Inter Milan 2, Empoli 1. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liam Henderson with a cross.
  13. 85' Substitution, Inter Milan. Matteo Darmian replaces Benjamin Pavard.
  14. 89' Goal! Inter Milan 3, Empoli 1. Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Marko Arnautovic.

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