Fiorentina vs Empoli

3 April 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Luca Massimi

Full time 1 – 0

Half-time: 0–0

  • Nicolás González 58’

Match summary

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

Nicolás González put Fiorentina ahead in the 58th minute, set up by Cristiano Biraghi.

The chances backed that up: Fiorentina created 1.72 expected goals (xG) from 24 shots to Empoli's 0.21 from 5. Empoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

Fiorentina Empoli
24 Shots 5
11 Shots on Target 1
5 Corners 0
1 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 1
1.72 xG 0.21
1.72 Non-penalty xG 0.21
7 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Fiorentina Empoli
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Nicolás González
Assist: Cristiano Biraghi1-0 (Fiorentina)
58’
Full-time1-0

Bookings

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

Fiorentina
  • Lucas Torreira
Empoli
  • Sebastiano Luperto
  • Ardian Ismajli

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 1.72 0.21 58’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 1-0 58’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.72 0.21 58’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), 1-0 González 58’
Fiorentina 1.72 xGEmpoli 0.21 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Fiorentina attacking 
58’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.57 xG, goal 88’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+1’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 36’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 43’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 70’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 4’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 25’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 53’ Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 10’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 32’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 76’ Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 46’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 66’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.57 xG, goal 88’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.13 xG, saved 90+1’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.11 xG, off target 49’ Arthur Cabral (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, off target 51’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.10 xG, saved 32’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.08 xG, saved 36’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 90+4’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 18’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 70’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 43’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 14’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.05 xG, saved 35’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 25’ Lorenzo Tonelli (Empoli), set piece, 0.04 xG, saved 44’ Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 74’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 7’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 35’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Nicolás González (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 53’ Lorenzo Venuti (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 73’ Riccardo Saponara (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 44’ Alfred Duncan (Fiorentina), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 10’ Lucas Torreira (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 32’ Gaetano Castrovilli (Fiorentina), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 9’ Cristiano Biraghi (Fiorentina), set piece, 0.02 xG, saved 76’ Sofyan Amrabat (Fiorentina), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 66’ Nikola Milenkovic (Fiorentina), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Federico Di Francesco (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
Pietro Terracciano GK900 0.000.000
Lorenzo Venuti DEF902 0.070.000
Nikola Milenkovic DEF902 0.060.000
Igor Julio DEF900 0.000.021
Cristiano Biraghi DEF9011 0.020.653
Alfred Duncan MID902 0.100.092
Gaetano Castrovilli MID902 0.060.124
Lucas Torreira MID753 0.150.000
Nicolás González FWD9015 0.770.264
Arthur Cabral FWD903 0.340.000
Riccardo Saponara FWD813 0.140.112
Sofyan Amrabat Sub151 0.020.031
Riccardo Sottil Sub90 0.000.131
Youssef Maleh Sub10 0.000.000
Aleksa Terzic Sub10 0.000.000
José Callejón Sub10 0.000.111

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fiorentina win 61% Avg odds 1.57
Draw 22% Avg odds 4.30
Empoli win 17% Avg odds 5.75

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

Form going into the game

Fiorentina WLDWD
Empoli LLDLD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 2-1 Fiorentina, 27 Nov 21 Next meeting: Empoli 0-0 Fiorentina, 21 Aug 22  All Fiorentina 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.