Atalanta vs Empoli

22 December 2024 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Ermanno Feliciani

Full time 3 – 2

Half-time: 2–1

  • Charles De Ketelaere 34’, 86’
  • Ademola Lookman 45+1’
  • Lorenzo Colombo 13’
  • Sebastiano Esposito 57’ (pen)

Match summary

Atalanta came from behind to win 3-2 at home to Empoli, with a late winner. Atalanta led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Lorenzo Colombo put Empoli ahead in the 13th minute, set up by Liam Henderson, Charles De Ketelaere equalised with a header in the 34th minute, set up by Davide Zappacosta, and Ademola Lookman put Atalanta in front in first-half stoppage time, set up by Nicolo Zaniolo. In the second half, Sebastiano Esposito equalised from the penalty spot in the 57th minute and De Ketelaere won it in the 86th minute, set up by Mario Pasalic.

The chances backed that up: Atalanta created 2.09 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Empoli's 1.22 from 7.

Match stats

Atalanta Empoli
16 Shots 7
7 Shots on Target 3
6 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.08 xG 1.22
2.08 Non-penalty xG 0.46
3 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Atalanta Empoli
Kick-off
13’
Lorenzo Colombo
Assist: Liam Henderson0-1 (Empoli)
Charles De Ketelaere
Assist: Davide Zappacosta1-1 (Atalanta)
34’
Ademola Lookman
Assist: Nicolo Zaniolo2-1 (Atalanta)
45+1’
Half-time2-1
57’
Sebastiano Esposito
Penalty2-2 (Empoli)
Charles De Ketelaere
Assist: Mario Pasalic3-2 (Atalanta)
86’
Full-time3-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Atalanta
  • Nicolo Zaniolo
Empoli
  • Giuseppe Pezzella

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.09 1.22 13’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), 0-1 13’ 34’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), 1-1 34’ 45+1’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), 2-1 45+1’ 57’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 2-2 57’ 86’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), 3-2 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.09 1.22 13’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), 0-1 Colombo 13’ 34’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), 1-1 De Ketelaere 34’ 45+1’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), 2-1 Lookman 45+1’ 57’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 2-2 Esposito 57’ 86’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), 3-2 De Ketelaere 86’
Atalanta 2.09 xGEmpoli 1.22 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Atalanta attacking 
57’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 61’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 42’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), set piece, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), from a corner, 0.18 xG, saved 5’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 13’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 24’ Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 11’ Éderson (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 86’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 60’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+5’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 69’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 84’ Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 36’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 19’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 65’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Atalanta), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 46’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), open play, 0.50 xG, goal 61’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.36 xG, saved 42’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), set piece, 0.33 xG, hit the woodwork 33’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), from a corner, 0.18 xG, saved 5’ Berat Gjimshiti (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.14 xG, saved 13’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.13 xG, goal 24’ Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), set piece, 0.12 xG, saved 34’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 86’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 11’ Éderson (Atalanta), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 60’ Ademola Lookman (Atalanta), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 90+5’ Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 69’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 45’ Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Lazar Samardzic (Atalanta), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 36’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 62’ Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 19’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 5’ Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 65’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Atalanta), set piece, 0.03 xG, off target 42’ Davide Zappacosta (Atalanta), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 75’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Marco Carnesecchi GK900 0.000.000
Sead Kolasinac DEF902 0.160.071
Odilon Kossounou DEF900 0.000.000
Berat Gjimshiti DEF722 0.470.000
Raoul Bellanova MID820 0.000.000
Davide Zappacosta MID7211 0.010.523
Éderson MID901 0.080.092
Mario Pasalic MID9011 0.050.081
Charles De Ketelaere MID9025 0.660.462
Ademola Lookman MID7212 0.570.122
Mateo Retegui FWD200 0.000.000
Nicolo Zaniolo Sub7011 0.030.501
Matteo Ruggeri Sub180 0.000.000
Lazar Samardzic Sub181 0.050.000
Isak Hien Sub180 0.000.051
Juan Cuadrado Sub80 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Atalanta win 75% Avg odds 1.27
Draw 16% Avg odds 5.83
Empoli win 9% Avg odds 10.48

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Atalanta 2-0 Empoli, 28 Apr 24 Next meeting: Empoli 0-5 Atalanta, 23 Feb 25  All Atalanta vs Empoli meetings

Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.