Fiorentina vs Empoli

16 December 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Piero Giacomelli

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Kevin Mirallas 40’
Giovanni Simeone 59’
Bryan Dabo 78’

Rade Krunic 24’

Match summary

Fiorentina came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Empoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Rade Krunic put Empoli ahead in the 24th minute, set up by Francesco Caputo and Kevin Mirallas equalised in the 40th minute, set up by Giovanni Simeone. In the second half, Giovanni Simeone put Fiorentina in front with a header in the 59th minute and Bryan Dabo made it 3-1 in the 78th minute.

There was little between the sides on chances: Fiorentina created 1.59 expected goals (xG) from 21 shots, Empoli 1.39 from 11.

Match stats

15 Shots 8

9 Shots on Target 4

2 Corners 3

2 Yellow Cards 1

0 Red Cards 0

1.59 xG 1.39

1.59 Non-penalty xG 1.39

7 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Fiorentina Empoli

Kick-off

24’

Rade Krunic
Assist: Francesco Caputo0-1

Kevin Mirallas
Assist: Giovanni Simeone

1-1

40’

Half-time1-1

Giovanni Simeone

2-1

59’

Bryan Dabo

3-1

78’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Fiorentina

Gerson
Marco Benassi

Empoli

Rade Krunic

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.

Fiorentina 1.59 xGEmpoli 1.39 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Empoli attacking Fiorentina attacking

Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Alban Lafont	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Germán Pezzella	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Vitor Hugo	DEF	90			2	0.27	0.00	0
Federico Ceccherini	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Federico Chiesa	MID	90			8	0.40	0.06	2
Gerson	MID	90			2	0.08	0.04	2
Christian Nørgaard	MID	76			0	0.00	0.03	1
Cristiano Biraghi	MID	90			1	0.07	0.00	0
Marco Benassi	MID	90			2	0.04	0.20	2
Giovanni Simeone	FWD	90	1	1	3	0.54	0.14	2
Kevin Mirallas	FWD	76	1		2	0.13	0.31	4
Valentin Eysseric	Sub	14			0	0.00	0.11	1
Bryan Dabo	Sub	14	1		1	0.06	0.00	0
David Hancko	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Ivan Provedel	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Frederic Veseli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matías Silvestre	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Maietta	DEF	90			1	0.02	0.00	0
Luca Antonelli	DEF	72			1	0.08	0.00	0
Rade Krunic	MID	90	1		1	0.71	0.15	2
Hamed Junior Traore	MID	73			0	0.00	0.21	3
Ismael Bennacer	MID	54			1	0.05	0.02	1
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90		1	4	0.35	0.78	2
Antonio La Gumina	FWD	90			3	0.20	0.00	0
Leonardo Capezzi	Sub	36			0	0.00	0.00	0
Joel Untersee	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Miha Zajc	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Fiorentina win 55% Bet365 odds 1.75

Draw 25% Bet365 odds 3.75

Empoli win 20% Bet365 odds 4.75

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

Form going into the game

Fiorentina D D D L D

Empoli L W W D W

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Previous and next meeting

Next meeting: Empoli 1-0 Fiorentina, 05 May 19 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.

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