Italian Serie A

Empoli vs Juventus 2024-25 Italian Serie A

Misfiring Juventus held to goalless draw at Empoli

Juventus were held to a 0-0 Serie A draw at Empoli on Saturday as Thiago Motta's side dropped more points after their goalless home stalemate against AS Roma before the international break.

Match Commentary

  • 45'+1': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Juventus 0.
  • 62': Bremer (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
  • 63': Substitution, Empoli. Pietro Pellegri replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
  • 66': Substitution, Juventus. Khéphren Thuram replaces Manuel Locatelli.
  • 66': Substitution, Juventus. Samuel Mbangula replaces Kenan Yildiz.
  • 67': Substitution, Juventus. Timothy Weah replaces Nicolás González.
  • 67': Substitution, Juventus. Nicolò Fagioli replaces Douglas Luiz.
  • 72': Khéphren Thuram (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 74': Pietro Pellegri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  • 77': Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Ekong replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
  • 77': Substitution, Empoli. Tino Anjorin replaces Alberto Grassi.
  • 90': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Liam Henderson.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie A

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,715

Italian Serie A Standings

POS TEAM GP GD PTS
+39 Internazionale 25 61 4
+22 AC Milan 24 53 1
+13 Napoli 25 50 5
+15 AS Roma 25 47 8
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Statistics

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10 Fouls 11
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
0 Offsides 0
8 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 3
65.9 Possession 34.1
15 SHOTS 8
3 ON GOAL 3
0.2 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
593 Accurate Passes 265
653 Passes 340
0.9 Pass Completion % 0.8
5 Accurate Crosses 3
20 Crosses 9
0.3 Cross % 0.3
39 Long Balls 45
20 Accurate Long Balls 14
0.5 Long Balls % 0.3
6 Blocked Shots 2
9 Effective Tackles 14
16 Tackles 24
0.6 Tackle % 0.6
4 Interceptions 5
5 Effective Clearances 21
5 Clearances 21

Line-Ups

EMP Empoli (3-4-2-1)

No. Name
23 Devis Vásquez (GK)
34 Adrian Ismajli
21 Mattia Viti
2 Saba Goglichidze
5 Alberto Grassi
6 Liam Henderson
3 Giuseppe Pezzella
11 Emmanuel Gyasi
29 Lorenzo Colombo
93 Youssef Maleh
99 Sebastiano Esposito

JUV Juventus (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Mattia Perin (GK)
3 Bremer Yellow Card
4 Federico Gatti
27 Andrea Cambiaso
15 Pierre Kalulu
8 Teun Koopmeiners
26 Douglas Luiz
5 Manuel Locatelli
9 Dusan Vlahovic
10 Kenan Yildiz
11 Nicolás González

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