Italian Serie A

FT Sunday, February 2, 2025
Empoli LDLLD 1
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Juventus DWDLL 4
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Allianz Stadium · 40,160 att.

Match Report

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Kolo Muani double inspires Juventus to 4-1 win over Empoli

A quick-fire double from new signing Randal Kolo Muani helped Juventus to a comeback 4-1 home win over lowly Empoli in Serie A on Sunday and lifted them into the top four.

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Team Stats

13
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
0
1
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
6
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
2
44.1
Possession
55.9
10
SHOTS
23
3
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
217
Accurate Passes
304
306
Passes
382
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.8
2
Accurate Crosses
9
12
Crosses
24
0.2
Cross %
0.4
55
Long Balls
48
19
Accurate Long Balls
22
0.3
Long Balls %
0.5
4
Blocked Shots
8
12
Effective Tackles
18
21
Tackles
22
0.6
Tackle %
0.8
8
Interceptions
5
24
Effective Clearances
18
24
Clearances
18

Head to Head

JUV leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

JUV · 4-2-3-1

  1. 29Michele Di GregorioG
  2. 12Renato VeigaCD-L
  3. 4Federico GattiCD-R
  4. 37Nicolò SavonaLB
  5. 22Timothy WeahRB
  6. 16Weston McKennieAM
  7. 8Teun KoopmeinersLM
  8. 5Manuel LocatelliRM
  9. 20Randal Kolo MuaniF
  10. 10Kenan YildizAM-L
  11. 11Nico GonzálezAM-R

EMP · 3-4-2-1

  1. 23Devis VásquezG
  2. 34Adrian IsmajliCD
  3. 35Luca MarianucciCD-L
  4. 22Mattia De SciglioCD-R
  5. 8Faustino AnjorinCM-L
  6. 6Liam HendersonCM-R
  7. 13Liberato CacaceLM
  8. 11Emmanuel GyasiRM
  9. 29Lorenzo ColomboF
  10. 93Youssef MalehCF-L
  11. 99Sebastiano EspositoCF-R

Timeline

  1. 4' Goal! Juventus 0, Empoli 1. Mattia De Sciglio (Empoli) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
  2. 37' Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  3. 41' Youssef Maleh (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 49' Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Tino Anjorin because of an injury.
  5. 59' Substitution, Empoli. Saba Goglichidze replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
  6. 61' Goal! Juventus 1, Empoli 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
  7. 64' Goal! Juventus 2, Empoli 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timothy Weah.
  8. 65' Substitution, Juventus. Dusan Vlahovic replaces Kenan Yildiz.
  9. 84' Second yellow card to Youssef Maleh (Empoli) for a bad foul.
  10. 85' Substitution, Juventus. Khéphren Thuram replaces Weston McKennie.
  11. 86' Substitution, Juventus. Francisco Conceição replaces Nicolás González because of an injury.
  12. 90' Goal! Juventus 3, Empoli 1. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
  13. 90'+1' Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Tosto replaces Luca Marianucci.
  14. 90'+2' Substitution, Empoli. Ismael Konaté replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
  15. 90'+2' Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Bacci replaces Liam Henderson.
  16. 90'+2' Goal! Juventus 4, Empoli 1. Francisco Conceição (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram with a through ball following a fast break.

Serie A News

All news
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