Italian Serie A

Empoli vs Inter Milan 2021-22 Italian Serie A

  • Red Card 52': Samuele Ricci
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  • 34': Danilo D'Ambrosio
  • 66': Federico Dimarco

Inter back to winning ways with comfortable victory at Empoli

Champions Internazionale got back to winning ways with a comfortable 2-0 victory at Empoli in Serie A on Wednesday.

Match Commentary

  • 24': Stefan de Vrij (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 29': Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 34': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1. Danilo D'Ambrosio (Inter Milan) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexis Sánchez.
  • 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Inter Milan 1.
  • 52': Samuele Ricci (Empoli) is shown the red card.
  • 57': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Nedim Bajrami.
  • 59': Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 66': Goal! Empoli 0, Inter Milan 2. Federico Dimarco (Inter Milan) left footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Lautaro Martínez with a cross.
  • 67': Substitution, Empoli. Leonardo Mancuso replaces Patrick Cutrone.
  • 67': Substitution, Empoli. Liam Henderson replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
  • 68': Substitution, Empoli. Kristjan Asllani replaces Szymon Zurkowski.
  • 72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Joaquín Correa replaces Alexis Sánchez.
  • 72': Substitution, Inter Milan. Matías Vecino replaces Marcelo Brozovic.
  • 75': Roberto Gagliardini (Inter Milan) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  • 80': Substitution, Inter Milan. Aleksandar Kolarov replaces Stefan de Vrij.
  • 82': Substitution, Empoli. Riccardo Fiamozzi replaces Petar Stojanovic.
  • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Stefano Sensi replaces Roberto Gagliardini.
  • 84': Substitution, Inter Milan. Edin Dzeko replaces Lautaro Martínez.
  • 90'+4': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Inter Milan 2.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 9,335

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+6 Internazionale 3 7 0
+6 Juventus 3 7 0
+2 Torino 3 7 0
+2 Udinese 3 7 0
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Statistics

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15 Fouls 20
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
3 Offsides 0
6 Corner Kicks 5
2 Saves 7
69.1 Possession 30.9
21 SHOTS 9
9 ON GOAL 3
0.4 On Target % 0.3
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
580 Accurate Passes 212
651 Passes 276
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
11 Accurate Crosses 4
21 Crosses 17
0.5 Cross % 0.2
62 Long Balls 42
44 Accurate Long Balls 20
0.7 Long Balls % 0.5
5 Blocked Shots 1
9 Effective Tackles 4
16 Tackles 11
0.6 Tackle % 0.4
9 Interceptions 6
17 Effective Clearances 19
17 Clearances 19

Line-Ups

EMP Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No. Name
13 Guglielmo Vicario (GK)
33 Sebastiano Luperto Yellow Card
34 Adrian Ismajli
65 Fabiano Parisi
30 Petar Stojanovic
99 Andrea Pinamonti
28 Samuele Ricci Red Card
27 Szymon Zurkowski
25 Filippo Bandinelli
10 Nedim Bajrami
9 Patrick Cutrone

INT Internazionale (3-5-2)

No. Name
1 Samir Handanovic (GK)
6 Stefan de Vrij Yellow Card
95 Alessandro Bastoni
33 Danilo D'Ambrosio
5 Roberto Gagliardini Yellow Card
23 Nicolò Barella
77 Marcelo Brozovic Yellow Card
32 Federico Dimarco
36 Matteo Darmian
10 Lautaro Martínez
7 Alexis Sánchez

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