Empoli vs Fiorentina

5 May 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Massimiliano Irrati

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Diego Farias 54’

Match summary

Empoli beat Fiorentina 1-0. It was goalless at half-time.

Diego Farias put Empoli ahead with a header in the 54th minute, set up by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

Fiorentina can feel hard done by, creating 2.46 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Empoli's 0.95 from 11. Fiorentina had a player sent off.

Match stats

Empoli Fiorentina
6 Shots 20
4 Shots on Target 11
4 Corners 7
3 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 1
0.95 xG 2.43
0.95 Non-penalty xG 2.43
5 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Empoli Fiorentina
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Diego Farias
Assist: Giovanni Di Lorenzo1-0 (Empoli)
54’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Ismael Bennacer
  • Giovanni Di Lorenzo
  • Marko Pajac
Fiorentina
  • Jordan Veretout
  • Edimilson Fernandes

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 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 2.46 54’ Diego Farias (Empoli), 1-0 54’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.95 2.46 54’ Diego Farias (Empoli), 1-0 Farias 54’
Empoli 0.95 xGFiorentina 2.46 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Fiorentina attacking Empoli attacking 
57’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 81’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 49’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 68’ Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 52’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 54’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 56’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 25’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 1’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 41’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Marko Pajac (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 72’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 85’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 57’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 11’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 14’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 1’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 72’ Vitor Hugo (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 90’ Gerson (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 74’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Vitor Hugo (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 57’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.64 xG, saved 81’ Dusan Vlahovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.47 xG, saved 49’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, saved 68’ Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), open play, 0.33 xG, saved 52’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.25 xG, off target 54’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 56’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, hit the woodwork 30’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 77’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 57’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 25’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 1’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 41’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 40’ Marko Pajac (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 6’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 72’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 72’ Federico Chiesa (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 57’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 85’ Giovanni Di Lorenzo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 36’ Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 81’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 14’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 11’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 46’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 45’ Marco Benassi (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 51’ Giovanni Simeone (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 69’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 72’ Vitor Hugo (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 1’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 29’ Luis Muriel (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 35’ Kevin Mirallas (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Germán Pezzella (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target 90’ Gerson (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 5’ Vitor Hugo (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Bartlomiej Dragowski GK900 0.000.000
Frederic Veseli DEF900 0.000.041
Matías Silvestre DEF900 0.000.000
Dimitris Nikolaou DEF900 0.000.000
Ismael Bennacer MID900 0.000.031
Giovanni Di Lorenzo MID9011 0.030.121
Rade Krunic MID902 0.390.062
Hamed Junior Traore MID901 0.020.000
Marko Pajac MID901 0.040.101
Francesco Caputo FWD903 0.140.462
Diego Farias FWD7513 0.320.000
Afriyie Acquah Sub150 0.000.000
Salih Ucan Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 42% Bet365 odds 2.30
Draw 26% Bet365 odds 3.60
Fiorentina win 32% Bet365 odds 3.00

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Empoli WLDLL
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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Fiorentina 3-1 Empoli, 16 Dec 18 Next meeting: Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina, 27 Nov 21  All Empoli vs Fiorentina 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.