Italian Serie A

Monza vs Empoli, 2024-25 Italian Serie A

· Italian Serie A
Monza
  • 30': Samuele Birindelli
FT
1 - 3
Empoli
  • 49': Lorenzo Colombo
  • 51': Mattia Viti
  • 59': Semuel Pizzignacco (OG)

About

Monza are hosting Empoli at U-Power Stadium, Monza, 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.
  • 2': Hand ball by Gianluca Caprari (Monza).
  • 3': Offside, Empoli. Jacopo Fazzini is caught offside.
  • 4': Alessandro Bianco (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 4': Foul by Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli).
  • 6': Attempt saved. Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Liberato Cacace (Empoli) with an attempt from very close range is close, but misses to the right.
  • 10': Alessandro Bianco (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 10': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
  • 15': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli).
  • 15': Tomás Palacios (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 16': Attempt missed. Liam Henderson (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito.
  • 18': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
  • 18': Keita Baldé (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 19': Foul by Kevin Zeroli (Monza).
  • 19': Mattia Viti (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 20': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
  • 20': Gianluca Caprari (Monza) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 21': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Samuele Birindelli.
  • 22': Attempt blocked. Luca Marianucci (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Henderson with a cross.
  • 28': Attempt missed. Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Monza) right footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari.
  • 28': Andrea Carboni (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 28': Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
  • 30': Goal! Monza 1, Empoli 0. Samuele Birindelli (Monza) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari with a through ball following a fast break.
  • 32': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
  • 32': Tomás Palacios (Monza) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 34': Foul by Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli).
  • 34': Tomás Palacios (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Alessandro Bianco (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 36': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli).
  • 37': Attempt saved. Keita Baldé (Monza) right footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Andrea Carboni (Monza) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner.
  • 37': Offside, Monza. Keita Baldé is caught offside.
  • 38': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
  • 38': Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 40': Offside, Monza. Kevin Zeroli is caught offside.
  • 41': Alessandro Bianco (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 41': Foul by Alberto Grassi (Empoli).
  • 42': Attempt missed. Gianluca Caprari (Monza) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 43': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Arvid Brorsson.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, Monza 1, Empoli 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Monza 1, Empoli 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Colombo replaces Liam Henderson.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Saba Goglichidze replaces Luca Marianucci.
  • 46': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Kevin Zeroli.
  • 47': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) hits the bar with a left footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Liberato Cacace.
  • 49': Goal! Monza 1, Empoli 1. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jacopo Fazzini.
  • 50': Foul by Gianluca Caprari (Monza).
  • 50': Saba Goglichidze (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 51': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Samuele Birindelli.
  • 51': Goal! Monza 1, Empoli 2. Mattia Viti (Empoli) header from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Liberato Cacace with a cross following a corner.
  • 54': Substitution, Monza. Dany Mota replaces Kevin Zeroli.
  • 55': Substitution, Monza. Luca Caldirola replaces Tomás Palacios.
  • 55': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 55': Foul by Dany Mota (Monza).
  • 58': Attempt blocked. Gianluca Caprari (Monza) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keita Baldé.
  • 58': Corner, Monza. Conceded by Mattia Viti.
  • 59': Attempt saved. Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito with a through ball.
  • 59': Own Goal by Semuel Pizzignacco, Monza. Monza 1, Empoli 3.
  • 62': Foul by Samuele Birindelli (Monza).
  • 62': Mattia Viti (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 63': Alberto Grassi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 63': Foul by Dany Mota (Monza).
  • 65': Attempt blocked. Dany Mota (Monza) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Keita Baldé with a cross.
  • 65': Corner, Monza. Conceded by Jacopo Fazzini.
  • 66': Attempt missed. Andrea Carboni (Monza) header from the left side of the six yard box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Gianluca Caprari with a cross following a corner.
  • 67': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Luca Caldirola.
  • 69': Attempt blocked. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Jacopo Fazzini.
  • 69': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Andrea Carboni.
  • 70': Substitution, Empoli. Tino Anjorin replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
  • 70': Substitution, Monza. Patrick Ciurria replaces Gianluca Caprari.
  • 71': Substitution, Monza. Andrea Petagna replaces Keita Baldé.
  • 72': Arvid Brorsson (Monza) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 72': Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli).
  • 74': Foul by Alessandro Bianco (Monza).
  • 74': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 79': Substitution, Monza. Stefano Sensi replaces Alessandro Bianco.
  • 81': Hand ball by Tino Anjorin (Empoli).
  • 82': Attempt missed. Stefano Sensi (Monza) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
  • 83': Substitution, Empoli. Tyronne Ebuehi replaces Jacopo Fazzini.
  • 84': Offside, Monza. Samuele Birindelli is caught offside.
  • 85': Arvid Brorsson (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 85': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli).
  • 86': Dany Mota (Monza) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 86': Foul by Saba Goglichidze (Empoli).
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Patrick Ciurria (Monza) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
  • 87': Attempt blocked. Georgios Kyriakopoulos (Monza) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Stefano Sensi.
  • 87': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
  • 87': Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Monza) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 87': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Luca Caldirola (Monza) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 90': Fourth official has announced 3 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+1': Foul by Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro (Monza).
  • 90'+1': Tino Anjorin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+4': Delay in match because of an injury Samuele Birindelli (Monza).
  • 90'+4': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Monza 1, Empoli 3.
  • 0': Match ends, Monza 1, Empoli 3.

Statistics

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16 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 0
0 Red Cards 0
1 Offsides 3
6 Corner Kicks 2
3 Saves 2
31.7 Possession 68.3
9 SHOTS 12
4 ON GOAL 4
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
230 Accurate Passes 588
294 Passes 653
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
3 Accurate Crosses 4
17 Crosses 14
0.2 Cross % 0.3
40 Long Balls 54
14 Accurate Long Balls 31
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
2 Blocked Shots 4
8 Effective Tackles 7
13 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
7 Interceptions 5
20 Effective Clearances 27
20 Clearances 27

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: U-Power Stadium
Location: Monza, Italy
Attendance: 7,742

Serie A Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Napoli 38 +32 82
2 Internazionale 38 +44 81
3 Atalanta 38 +41 74
4 Juventus 38 +23 70
Full Standings

Line-Ups

MON Monza (3-5-2)

No. Name
21 Semuel Pizzignacco (GK)
2 Arvid Brorsson
22 Tomas Palacios
44 Andrea Carboni
7 Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro
18 Kevin Zeroli
42 Alessandro Bianco
77 Georgios Kyriakopoulos
19 Samuele Birindelli
10 Gianluca Caprari
17 Keita Baldé
Monza Substitutes:
Stefano Sensi, Andrea Mazza, Gaetano Castrovilli, Leonardo Colombo, Kacper Urbanski, Luca Caldirola, Patrick Ciurria, Nicolò Postiglione, Stefan Lekovic, Samuele Vignato, Dany Mota, Andrea Petagna, Kevin Martins, Stefano Turati.

EMP Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
23 Devis Vásquez (GK)
34 Adrian Ismajli Yellow Card
21 Mattia Viti
35 Luca Marianucci
5 Alberto Grassi
6 Liam Henderson
3 Giuseppe Pezzella
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
99 Sebastiano Esposito
13 Liberato Cacace
10 Jacopo Fazzini
Empoli Substitutes:
Junior Sambia, Jacopo Bacci, Mattia De Sciglio, Marco Silvestri, Saba Goglichidze, Federico Brancolini, Tyronne Ebuehi, Lorenzo Tosto, Ismael Konaté, Lorenzo Colombo, Ola Solbakken, Viktor Kovalenko, Thomas Campaniello, Jacopo Seghetti, Faustino Anjorin.

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