Italian Serie A

Empoli vs Inter Milan 2024-25 Italian Serie A

  • Red Card 31': Saba Goglichidze
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0 - 3
  • 50': Davide Frattesi
  • 67': Davide Frattesi
  • 79': Lautaro Martínez

Lautaro sets Inter scoring mark in win over Empoli

Davide Frattesi scored twice and Lautaro Martínez added a third as Inter Milan eased to a 3-0 win at Empoli on Wednesday, closing the gap with Serie A leaders Napoli to four points after the home side had a man sent off.

Match Commentary

  • 31': Saba Goglichidze (Empoli) is shown the red card.
  • 38': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 45'+4': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Inter Milan 0.
  • 45': Substitution, Empoli. Mattia De Sciglio replaces Ola Solbakken.
  • 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Inter Milan 0.
  • 50': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Darmian with a headed pass.
  • 57': Substitution, Empoli. Giuseppe Pezzella replaces Tino Anjorin.
  • 57': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Youssef Maleh.
  • 62': Alessandro Bastoni (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Piotr Zielinski replaces Henrikh Mkhitaryan.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Benjamin Pavard replaces Alessandro Bastoni.
  • 65': Substitution, Inter Milan. Denzel Dumfries replaces Federico Dimarco.
  • 66': Substitution, Empoli. Pietro Pellegri replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
  • 67': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 2. Davide Frattesi (Inter Milan) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez.
  • 75': Substitution, Inter Milan. Mehdi Taremi replaces Marcus Thuram.
  • 77': Substitution, Empoli. Junior Sambia replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
  • 79': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 3. Lautaro Martínez (Inter Milan) left footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Nicolò Barella.
  • 81': Substitution, Inter Milan. Tomás Palacios replaces Stefan de Vrij.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,076

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+40 Internazionale 33 71 4
+27 Napoli 33 71 4
+36 Atalanta 33 64 7
+15 Bologna 33 60 5
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Statistics

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13 Fouls 12
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
1 Offsides 3
4 Corner Kicks 1
1 Saves 3
77.9 Possession 22.1
15 SHOTS 6
5 ON GOAL 1
0.3 On Target % 0.2
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
686 Accurate Passes 162
758 Passes 213
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
7 Accurate Crosses 4
26 Crosses 7
0.3 Cross % 0.6
42 Long Balls 48
29 Accurate Long Balls 16
0.7 Long Balls % 0.3
4 Blocked Shots 4
11 Effective Tackles 6
14 Tackles 10
0.8 Tackle % 0.6
3 Interceptions 9
5 Effective Clearances 33
5 Clearances 33

Line-Ups

EMP Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
23 Devis Vásquez (GK)
34 Adrian Ismajli
21 Mattia Viti
2 Saba Goglichidze Red Card
93 Youssef Maleh
8 Faustino Anjorin
13 Liberato Cacace Yellow Card
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
29 Lorenzo Colombo
10 Jacopo Fazzini
17 Ola Solbakken

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Yann Sommer (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij
95 Alessandro Bastoni Yellow Card
31 Yann Bisseck
22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan
16 Davide Frattesi
23 Nicolò Barella
32 Federico Dimarco
36 Matteo Darmian
10 Lautaro Martínez
9 Marcus Thuram

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