Italian Serie A

Empoli vs Sampdoria, 2021-22 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Empoli
    FT
    0 - 3
    Sampdoria
    • 31': Francesco Caputo
    • 52': Francesco Caputo
    • 70': Antonio Candreva

    About

    Empoli are hosting Sampdoria at Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena, Empoli, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie A.

    Match Commentary

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 1': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 1': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
    • 2': Attempt saved. Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli) left footed shot from very close range is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Patrick Cutrone.
    • 3': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Emil Audero.
    • 5': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
    • 7': Offside, Empoli. Liam Henderson tries a through ball, but Patrick Cutrone is caught offside.
    • 9': Attempt missed. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Mikkel Damsgaard.
    • 9': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 11': Hand ball by Nicolas Haas (Empoli).
    • 12': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
    • 12': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 12': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
    • 13': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Emil Audero.
    • 14': Attempt saved. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
    • 14': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 15': Bartosz Bereszynski (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 15': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
    • 17': Offside, Empoli. Riccardo Marchizza tries a through ball, but Patrick Cutrone is caught offside.
    • 20': Offside, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto tries a through ball, but Patrick Cutrone is caught offside.
    • 22': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Omar Colley.
    • 22': Offside, Sampdoria. Mikkel Damsgaard tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
    • 25': Attempt blocked. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Sebastiano Luperto.
    • 26': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
    • 26': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
    • 26': Tommaso Augello (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 31': Goal! Empoli 0, Sampdoria 1. Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a through ball.
    • 34': Attempt missed. Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left.
    • 35': Foul by Morten Thorsby (Sampdoria).
    • 35': Nicolas Haas (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 37': Attempt blocked. Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Petar Stojanovic.
    • 37': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
    • 37': Offside, Empoli. Liam Henderson tries a through ball, but Leonardo Mancuso is caught offside.
    • 38': Foul by Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria).
    • 38': Petar Stojanovic (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 38': Offside, Empoli. Ardian Ismajli tries a through ball, but Patrick Cutrone is caught offside.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Riccardo Marchizza with a cross.
    • 41': Attempt blocked. Patrick Cutrone (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami with a through ball.
    • 42': Attempt saved. Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Fabio Quagliarella.
    • 42': Attempt blocked. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
    • 42': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
    • 43': Attempt missed. Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria) header from the centre of the box is just a bit too high. Assisted by Antonio Candreva with a cross following a corner.
    • 44': Attempt missed. Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
    • 45': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Sampdoria 1.
    • 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Sampdoria 1.
    • 47': Attempt saved. Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Francesco Caputo with a headed pass.
    • 47': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 48': Attempt saved. Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Antonio Candreva.
    • 48': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Guglielmo Vicario.
    • 49': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
    • 50': Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria) hits the bar with a right footed shot from very close range following a corner.
    • 51': Offside, Empoli. Nicolas Haas tries a through ball, but Nedim Bajrami is caught offside.
    • 52': Goal! Empoli 0, Sampdoria 2. Francesco Caputo (Sampdoria) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bartosz Bereszynski.
    • 54': Attempt missed. Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 56': Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Nicolas Haas.
    • 57': Substitution, Empoli. Filippo Bandinelli replaces Liam Henderson.
    • 58': Offside, Sampdoria. Antonio Candreva tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
    • 59': Adrien Silva (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 59': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
    • 59': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 62': Offside, Empoli. Nedim Bajrami tries a through ball, but Patrick Cutrone is caught offside.
    • 63': Substitution, Sampdoria. Kristoffer Askildsen replaces Morten Thorsby because of an injury.
    • 64': Foul by Mikkel Damsgaard (Sampdoria).
    • 64': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 66': Offside, Sampdoria. Mikkel Damsgaard tries a through ball, but Francesco Caputo is caught offside.
    • 67': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Maya Yoshida.
    • 67': Foul by Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria).
    • 67': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 68': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea Pinamonti replaces Leonardo Mancuso.
    • 68': Substitution, Empoli. Federico Di Francesco replaces Patrick Cutrone.
    • 69': Substitution, Sampdoria. Albin Ekdal replaces Adrien Silva.
    • 69': Substitution, Sampdoria. Fabio Depaoli replaces Mikkel Damsgaard.
    • 69': Attempt missed. Nedim Bajrami (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right from a direct free kick.
    • 70': Goal! Empoli 0, Sampdoria 3. Antonio Candreva (Sampdoria) right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Fabio Quagliarella.
    • 73': Foul by Kristoffer Askildsen (Sampdoria).
    • 73': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 73': Kristoffer Askildsen (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 74': Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 74': Foul by Maya Yoshida (Sampdoria).
    • 75': Attempt saved. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Federico Di Francesco.
    • 75': Attempt blocked. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
    • 75': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Tommaso Augello.
    • 76': Foul by Samuele Ricci (Empoli).
    • 76': Kristoffer Askildsen (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 77': Attempt saved. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Nedim Bajrami.
    • 78': Substitution, Empoli. Andrea La Mantia replaces Nedim Bajrami.
    • 80': Foul by Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli).
    • 80': Omar Colley (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Foul by Albin Ekdal (Sampdoria).
    • 81': Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 81': Attempt saved. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal.
    • 83': Substitution, Sampdoria. Ernesto Torregrossa replaces Francesco Caputo.
    • 83': Substitution, Sampdoria. Julian Chabot replaces Omar Colley.
    • 83': Foul by Andrea La Mantia (Empoli).
    • 83': Julian Chabot (Sampdoria) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 84': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Bartosz Bereszynski.
    • 84': Attempt blocked. Andrea La Mantia (Empoli) header from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Filippo Bandinelli with a cross.
    • 85': Attempt blocked. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Pinamonti.
    • 86': Foul by Ernesto Torregrossa (Sampdoria).
    • 86': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 86': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Andrea La Mantia with a headed pass.
    • 87': Foul by Fabio Depaoli (Sampdoria).
    • 87': Riccardo Marchizza (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 87': Ernesto Torregrossa (Sampdoria) is shown the yellow card.
    • 89': Foul by Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli).
    • 89': Kristoffer Askildsen (Sampdoria) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 90': Offside, Sampdoria. Albin Ekdal tries a through ball, but Ernesto Torregrossa is caught offside.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Riccardo Marchizza.
    • 90'+2': Federico Di Francesco (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Fabio Depaoli (Sampdoria).
    • 90'+4': Corner, Sampdoria. Conceded by Petar Stojanovic.
    • 90'+4': Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Sampdoria 3.
    • 0': Match ends, Empoli 0, Sampdoria 3.

    Statistics

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    10 Fouls 10
    2 Yellow Cards 2
    0 Red Cards 0
    4 Offsides 7
    8 Corner Kicks 8
    4 Saves 4
    46.5 Possession 53.5
    14 SHOTS 15
    7 ON GOAL 4
    0.5 On Target % 0.3
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    267 Accurate Passes 312
    360 Passes 398
    0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
    3 Accurate Crosses 5
    15 Crosses 34
    0.2 Cross % 0.1
    75 Long Balls 51
    40 Accurate Long Balls 25
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.5
    2 Blocked Shots 6
    8 Effective Tackles 6
    18 Tackles 10
    0.4 Tackle % 0.6
    11 Interceptions 9
    28 Effective Clearances 11
    28 Clearances 11

    Game Information

    Competition: Italian Serie A

    Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
    Location: Empoli, Italy
    Attendance: 3,064

    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

    EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

    No. Name
    13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
    33 Sebastiano Luperto Yellow Card
    34 Adrian Ismajli
    3 Riccardo Marchizza
    30 Petar Stojanovic
    9 Patrick Cutrone
    28 Samuele Ricci
    10 Nedim Bajrami
    8 Liam Henderson
    32 Nicolas Haas
    7 Leonardo Mancuso
    Empoli Substitutes:
    Szymon Zurkowski, Jacopo Furlan, Mattia Viti, Leo Stulac, Fabiano Parisi, Filippo Bandinelli, Andrea La Mantia, Simone Romagnoli, Kristjan Asllani, Andrea Pinamonti, Federico Di Francesco, Samir Ujkani.

    SAM Sampdoria (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    1 Emil Audero (GK)
    15 Omar Colley
    22 Maya Yoshida
    3 Tommaso Augello
    24 Bartosz Bereszynski
    5 Adrien Silva
    2 Morten Thorsby
    38 Mikkel Damsgaard
    87 Antonio Candreva
    27 Fabio Quagliarella
    10 Francesco Caputo
    Sampdoria Substitutes:
    Nicola Murru, Albin Ekdal, Simone Trimboli, Nicola Ravaglia, Riccardo Ciervo, Jeff Chabot, Ernesto Torregrossa, Kristoffer Askildsen, Fabio Depaoli, Wladimiro Falcone, Radu Dragusin, Alex Ferrari.

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