Empoli vs Sassuolo

9 January 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Manuel Volpi

Full time 1 – 5

Half-time: 1–2

Liam Henderson 16’

Domenico Berardi 13’ (pen)
Giacomo Raspadori 24’, 71’
Gianluca Scamacca 67’, 90+2’

Match summary

Sassuolo won comfortably, 5-1 away at Empoli. Sassuolo led 2-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Domenico Berardi put Sassuolo ahead from the penalty spot in the 13th minute, Liam Henderson equalised in the 16th minute, and Giacomo Raspadori put Sassuolo back in front in the 24th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi. In the second half, Gianluca Scamacca made it 1-3 in the 67th minute, set up by Domenico Berardi, Raspadori made it 1-4 in the 71st minute, and Scamacca made it 1-5 in stoppage time, set up by Davide Frattesi.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 4.09 expected goals (xG) from 25 shots to Empoli's 1.04 from 15. Empoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

15 Shots 25

4 Shots on Target 14

5 Corners 5

2 Yellow Cards 3

1 Red Cards 0

1.03 xG 4.05

1.03 Non-penalty xG 3.29

9 Deep Completions 11

Key events

Empoli Sassuolo

Kick-off

13’

Domenico Berardi
Penalty

0-1

Liam Henderson1-1

16’

24’

Giacomo Raspadori
Assist: Domenico Berardi

1-2

Half-time1-2

67’

Gianluca Scamacca
Assist: Domenico Berardi

1-3

71’

Giacomo Raspadori

1-4

90+2’

Gianluca Scamacca
Assist: Davide Frattesi

1-5

Full-time1-5

Bookings

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

Empoli

Mattia Viti

Sassuolo

Maxime Lopez
Domenico Berardi
Georgios Kyriakopoulos

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.

Empoli 1.04 xGSassuolo 4.09 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Sassuolo attacking Empoli attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Guglielmo Vicario	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Petar Stojanovic	DEF	90		1	0.11	0.06	2
Ardian Ismajli	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia Viti	DEF	63		0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Marchizza	DEF	48		0	0.00	0.00	0
Szymon Zurkowski	MID	90		0	0.00	0.03	1
Liam Henderson	MID	90	1	3	0.17	0.16	2
Leo Stulac	MID	48		1	0.02	0.00	0
Nedim Bajrami	MID	66		0	0.00	0.20	3
Andrea Pinamonti	FWD	79		3	0.11	0.00	0
Federico Di Francesco	FWD	28		0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Cutrone	Sub	62		7	0.63	0.00	0
Samuele Ricci	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Lorenzo Tonelli	Sub	42		0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Fiamozzi	Sub	24		0	0.00	0.02	1
Kristjan Asllani	Sub	11		0	0.00	0.11	1

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Jeremy Toljan	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.06	2
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vlad Chiriches	DEF	79			0	0.00	0.00	0
Rogerio	DEF	79			1	0.02	0.03	1
Maxime Lopez	MID	90			1	0.03	0.05	2
Abdou Harroui	MID	63			1	0.12	0.00	0
Domenico Berardi	MID	90	1	2	5	1.20	0.82	7
Giacomo Raspadori	MID	90	2		4	0.89	0.41	3
Georgios Kyriakopoulos	MID	90			3	0.09	0.11	2
Gregoire Defrel	FWD	64			1	0.05	0.00	0
Davide Frattesi	Sub	27		1	3	0.07	0.96	1
Gianluca Scamacca	Sub	26	2		4	1.53	0.03	1
Kaan Ayhan	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mert Müldür	Sub	11			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ruan	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 36% Avg odds 2.68

Draw 25% Avg odds 3.77

Sassuolo win 39% Avg odds 2.45

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

Form going into the game

Empoli W W D L D

Sassuolo D W D L D

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli, 31 Oct 21 Next meeting: Empoli 1-0 Sassuolo, 05 Nov 22 All Empoli vs Sassuolo 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.

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