Empoli vs Sampdoria

22 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Gianpaolo Calvarese

Full time 2 – 4

Half-time: 1–1

  • Manuel Pasqual 11’ (pen)
  • Francesco Caputo 76’
  • Gastón Ramírez 41’
  • Fabio Quagliarella 69’
  • Gianluca Caprari 87’, 90+1’

Match summary

Sampdoria came from behind to win 4-2 away at Empoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Manuel Pasqual put Empoli ahead from the penalty spot in the 11th minute and Gastón Ramírez equalised in the 41st minute, set up by Gregoire Defrel. In the second half, Fabio Quagliarella put Sampdoria in front with a header in the 69th minute, set up by Nicola Murru, Francesco Caputo equalised in the 76th minute, set up by Hamed Junior Traore, Gianluca Caprari put Sampdoria back in front in the 87th minute, set up by Riccardo Saponara, and Caprari made it 2-4 in stoppage time, set up by Nicola Murru.

The chances backed that up: Sampdoria created 1.90 expected goals (xG) from 16 shots to Empoli's 1.25 from 10.

Match stats

Empoli Sampdoria
6 Shots 15
3 Shots on Target 12
8 Corners 5
3 Yellow Cards 4
0 Red Cards 0
1.25 xG 1.90
0.49 Non-penalty xG 1.90
5 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Empoli Sampdoria
Kick-off
Manuel Pasqual
Penalty1-0 (Empoli)
11’
41’
Gastón Ramírez
Assist: Gregoire Defrel1-1 (Sampdoria)
Half-time1-1
69’
Fabio Quagliarella
Assist: Nicola Murru1-2 (Sampdoria)
Francesco Caputo
Assist: Hamed Junior Traore2-2 (Empoli)
76’
87’
Gianluca Caprari
Assist: Riccardo Saponara2-3 (Sampdoria)
90+1’
Gianluca Caprari
Assist: Nicola Murru2-4 (Sampdoria)
Full-time2-4

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Afriyie Acquah
  • Francesco Caputo
  • Antonio La Gumina
Sampdoria
  • Joachim Andersen
  • Albin Ekdal
  • Fabio Quagliarella
  • Gianluca Caprari

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 1.25 1.90 11’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), 1-0 11’ 41’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), 1-1 41’ 69’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), 1-2 69’ 76’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), 2-2 76’ 87’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), 2-3 87’ 90+1’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), 2-4 90+1’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.25 1.90 11’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), 1-0 Pasqual 11’ 41’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), 1-1 Ramírez 41’ 69’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), 1-2 Quagliarella 69’ 76’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), 2-2 Caputo 76’ 87’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), 2-3 Caprari 87’ 90+1’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), 2-4 Caprari 90+1’
Empoli 1.25 xGSampdoria 1.90 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sampdoria attacking Empoli attacking 
11’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 16’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.67 xG, off target 68’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 75’ Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria), set piece, 0.29 xG, saved 50’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 76’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 90+6’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 21’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 69’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 41’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90+4’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 83’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Frederic Veseli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 45’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 90+1’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 23’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 32’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 55’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Nicola Murru (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 11’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 16’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.67 xG, off target 68’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 75’ Joachim Andersen (Sampdoria), set piece, 0.29 xG, saved 50’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.13 xG, saved 76’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, goal 90+6’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 21’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, blocked 87’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.08 xG, goal 69’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, goal 90+4’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 41’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 83’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 84’ Frederic Veseli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 64’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+1’ Gianluca Caprari (Sampdoria), open play, 0.04 xG, goal 45’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 23’ Manuel Pasqual (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 55’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 32’ Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 25’ Fabio Quagliarella (Sampdoria), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), set piece, 0.02 xG, off target 64’ Gregoire Defrel (Sampdoria), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 83’ Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, saved 48’ Karol Linetty (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 81’ Nicola Murru (Sampdoria), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Ivan Provedel GK900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF900 0.000.031
Frederic Veseli DEF901 0.050.000
Matías Silvestre DEF900 0.000.081
Jacob Rasmussen DEF730 0.000.000
Manuel Pasqual DEF9012 0.790.000
Ismael Bennacer MID900 0.000.000
Hamed Junior Traore MID9013 0.120.111
Afriyie Acquah MID851 0.050.000
Francesco Caputo FWD9013 0.240.082
Antonio La Gumina FWD900 0.000.000
Miha Zajc Sub170 0.000.000
Salih Ucan Sub50 0.000.101

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 41% Bet365 odds 2.30
Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.40
Sampdoria win 31% Bet365 odds 3.10

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

Form going into the game

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Sampdoria 1-2 Empoli, 12 May 19  All Empoli vs Sampdoria 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.