Empoli vs Sassuolo

17 February 2019 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Maurizio Mariani

Full time 3 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Rade Krunic 34’
  • Afriyie Acquah 37’
  • Diego Farias 60’

Match summary

Empoli won comfortably, 3-0 at home to Sassuolo. Empoli led 2-0 at half-time.

Rade Krunic put Empoli ahead in the 34th minute, set up by Ismael Bennacer, Afriyie Acquah made it 2-0 in the 37th minute, set up by Diego Farias, and Diego Farias made it 3-0 in the 60th minute, set up by Ismael Bennacer.

The chances backed that up: Empoli created 1.51 expected goals (xG) from 7 shots to Sassuolo's 0.62 from 8.

Match stats

Empoli Sassuolo
7 Shots 5
6 Shots on Target 2
3 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.51 xG 0.62
1.51 Non-penalty xG 0.62
8 Deep Completions 8

Key events

Empoli Sassuolo
Kick-off
Rade Krunic
Assist: Ismael Bennacer1-0 (Empoli)
34’
Afriyie Acquah
Assist: Diego Farias2-0 (Empoli)
37’
Half-time2-0
Diego Farias
Assist: Ismael Bennacer3-0 (Empoli)
60’
Full-time3-0

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Manuel Pasqual
Sassuolo
  • Stefano Sensi
  • Mehdi Bourabia
  • Domenico Berardi

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.62 34’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), 1-0 34’ 37’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), 2-0 37’ 60’ Diego Farias (Empoli), 3-0 60’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.51 0.62 34’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), 1-0 Krunic 34’ 37’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), 2-0 Acquah 37’ 60’ Diego Farias (Empoli), 3-0 Farias 60’
Empoli 1.51 xGSassuolo 0.62 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Sassuolo attacking Empoli attacking 
60’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 37’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 34’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 66’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 76’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 22’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Antonio La Gumina (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 29’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 25’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 60’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.51 xG, goal 37’ Afriyie Acquah (Empoli), open play, 0.37 xG, goal 34’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 66’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.33 xG, off target 76’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), from a corner, 0.14 xG, off target 22’ Rade Krunic (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 84’ Antonio La Gumina (Empoli), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 52’ Diego Farias (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 29’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 7’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 25’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 30’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 75’ Manuel Locatelli (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 63’ Khouma Babacar (Sassuolo), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 51’ Domenico Berardi (Sassuolo), open play, 0.01 xG, saved
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 0.000.000
Matías Silvestre DEF900 0.000.000
Cristian Dell'Orco DEF900 0.000.000
Giovanni Di Lorenzo MID900 0.000.091
Manuel Pasqual MID900 0.000.061
Ismael Bennacer MID9020 0.000.842
Rade Krunic MID8812 0.420.062
Afriyie Acquah MID7911 0.370.000
Francesco Caputo FWD901 0.060.000
Diego Farias FWD68112 0.570.371
Antonio La Gumina Sub221 0.090.000
Matteo Brighi Sub110 0.000.091
Salih Ucan Sub20 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 35% Bet365 odds 2.70
Draw 28% Bet365 odds 3.40
Sassuolo win 37% Bet365 odds 2.60

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

Form going into the game

Empoli LDLDL
Sassuolo LDWDL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Sassuolo 3-1 Empoli, 21 Sep 18 Next meeting: Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli, 31 Oct 21  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.