Italian Serie A

Sampdoria vs Empoli, 2018-2019 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Sampdoria
  • 90'+2': Fabio Quagliarella (P)
FT
1 - 2
Empoli
  • 56': Diego Farias
  • 75': Giovanni Di Lorenzo

About

Sampdoria are hosting Empoli at Luigi Ferraris, Genova, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 2': Foul by Matías Silvestre (Empoli).
  • 2': Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Foul by Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria).
  • 8': Marko Pajac (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 8': Attempt saved. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hamed Junior Traore with a through ball.
  • 8': Attempt blocked. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
  • 9': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Jacopo Sala.
  • 10': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Murru.
  • 10': Offside, Empoli. Hamed Junior Traore tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
  • 11': Dennis Praet (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 11': Foul by Cristian Dell'Orco (Empoli).
  • 13': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 14': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
  • 14': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 16': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Cristian Dell'Orco.
  • 16': Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 16': Foul by Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli).
  • 16': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
  • 18': Attempt saved. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Jacopo Sala with a cross.
  • 18': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
  • 21': Offside, Sampdoria. Fabio Quagliarella tries a through ball, but Manolo Gabbiadini is caught offside.
  • 23': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 23': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
  • 23': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 23': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
  • 28': Attempt missed. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
  • 30': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
  • 30': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
  • 30': Rade Krunic (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 30': Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 31': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 31': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Bartlomiej Dragowski.
  • 33': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
  • 35': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
  • 35': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 38': Delay in match because of an injury Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli).
  • 39': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 41': Attempt missed. Rade Krunic (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Diego Farias.
  • 42': Foul by Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria).
  • 42': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 43': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
  • 43': Frederic Veseli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Sampdoria 0, Empoli 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Sampdoria 0, Empoli 0.
  • 46': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Alex Ferrari.
  • 48': Foul by Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria).
  • 48': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Offside, Empoli. Ismael Bennacer tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
  • 49': Delay in match because of an injury Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli).
  • 50': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 52': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 52': Foul by Cristian Dell'Orco (Empoli).
  • 52': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
  • 53': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Marko Pajac.
  • 53': Attempt blocked. Jakub Jankto (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Praet.
  • 53': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Rade Krunic.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the left following a corner.
  • 54': Attempt missed. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is too high. Assisted by Marko Pajac with a cross following a fast break.
  • 56': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Empoli 1. Diego Farias (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Hamed Junior Traore.
  • 60': Attempt missed. Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Fabio Quagliarella.
  • 61': Attempt blocked. Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacopo Sala.
  • 61': Foul by Rade Krunic (Empoli).
  • 61': Jacopo Sala (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 62': Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 62': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
  • 63': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 65': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Lorenzo Tonelli.
  • 66': Foul by Francesco Caputo (Empoli).
  • 66': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 67': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
  • 70': Foul by Francesco Caputo (Empoli).
  • 70': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 71': Alex Ferrari (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 71': Foul by Frederic Veseli (Empoli).
  • 72': Substitution, Sampdoria. Marco Sau replaces Albin Ekdal.
  • 72': Substitution, Sampdoria. Ronaldo Vieira replaces Gianluca Caprari.
  • 73': Foul by Diego Farias (Empoli).
  • 73': Manolo Gabbiadini (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 74': Penalty Empoli. Diego Farias draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 74': Penalty conceded by Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 74': Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 75': Penalty saved! Francesco Caputo (Empoli) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the centre of the goal.
  • 75': Goal! Sampdoria 0, Empoli 2. Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal following a set piece situation.
  • 77': Attempt saved. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nicola Murru with a cross.
  • 78': Foul by Ronaldo Vieira (Sampdoria).
  • 78': Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 79': Substitution, Empoli. Afriyie Acquah replaces Diego Farias.
  • 79': Attempt blocked. Marko Pajac (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 79': Dennis Praet (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Foul by Rade Krunic (Empoli).
  • 79': Foul by Ismael Bennacer (Empoli).
  • 79': Marco Sau (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 80': Substitution, Sampdoria. Gastón Ramírez replaces Manolo Gabbiadini.
  • 86': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Afriyie Acquah.
  • 86': Attempt missed. Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Jakub Jankto with a cross following a corner.
  • 87': Substitution, Empoli. Leonardo Capezzi replaces Hamed Junior Traore.
  • 89': Offside, Sampdoria. Jacopo Sala tries a through ball, but Fabio Quagliarella is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Penalty Sampdoria. Marco Sau draws a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+1': Penalty conceded by Frederic Veseli (Empoli) after a foul in the penalty area.
  • 90'+2': Goal! Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 90'+2': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Ismael Bennacer.
  • 90'+3': Foul by Jacopo Sala (Sampdoria).
  • 90'+3': Matteo Brighi (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+7': Second Half ends, Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2.
  • 90'+7': Match ends, Sampdoria 1, Empoli 2.

Statistics

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15 Fouls 10
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 2
2 Corner Kicks 8
5 Saves 2
41.5 Possession 58.5
8 SHOTS 18
4 ON GOAL 6
0.5 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 1
1 Penalty Kicks Taken 1
329 Accurate Passes 497
411 Passes 571
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
1 Accurate Crosses 5
10 Crosses 28
0.1 Cross % 0.2
57 Long Balls 49
21 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 7
8 Effective Tackles 7
17 Tackles 15
0.5 Tackle % 0.5
6 Interceptions 18
30 Effective Clearances 9
30 Clearances 9

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Luigi Ferraris
Location: Genova, Italy
Attendance: 19,034

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 2 +3 6
2 Juventus 2 +3 6
3 Cremonese 2 +2 6
4 AS Roma 2 +2 6
Full Standings

Line-Ups

SAM Sampdoria (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
1 Emil Audero (GK)
25 Alex Ferrari
26 Lorenzo Tonelli Yellow Card
29 Nicola Murru
7 Jacopo Sala
27 Fabio Quagliarella
6 Albin Ekdal Yellow Card
17 Gianluca Caprari
14 Jakub Jankto
10 Dennis Praet
23 Manolo Gabbiadini
Sampdoria Substitutes:
Ronaldo Vieira, Karol Linetty, Riccardo Saponara, Júnior Tavares, Rafael, Marco Sau, Vid Belec, Bartosz Bereszynski, Grégoire Defrel, Gastón Ramírez.

EMP Empoli (3-1-4-2)

No. Name
69 Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK)
26 Matías Silvestre
39 Cristian Dell'Orco
5 Frederic Veseli
10 Ismaël Bennacer
33 Rade Krunic
8 Hamed Traoré
6 Marko Pajac
2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo Yellow Card
11 Francesco Caputo
17 Diego Farias
Empoli Substitutes:
Manuel Pasqual, Ivan Provedel, Afriyie Acquah, Jacob Rasmussen, Leonardo Capezzi, Filippo Perucchini, Matteo Brighi, Dimitris Nikolaou, Salih Ucan, Dimitri Oberlin.

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