Inter vs Empoli

6 May 2022 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Gianluca Manganiello

Full time 4 – 2

Half-time: 2–2

Simone Romagnoli 40’ (og)
Lautaro Martínez 45’, 64’
Alexis Sánchez 90+4’

Andrea Pinamonti 5’
Kristjan Asllani 28’

Match summary

Inter came back from 2 goals down to win 4-2 at home to Empoli. It was 2-2 at half-time.

In the first half, Andrea Pinamonti put Empoli ahead in the 5th minute, set up by Szymon Zurkowski, Kristjan Asllani made it 0-2 in the 28th minute, set up by Riccardo Fiamozzi, Romagnoli's own goal pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 40th minute, and Lautaro Martínez equalised in the 45th minute, set up by Hakan Calhanoglu. In the second half, Martínez put Inter in front in the 64th minute and Alexis Sánchez made it 4-2 in stoppage time, set up by Arturo Vidal.

The chances backed that up: Inter created 5.58 expected goals (xG) from 37 shots to Empoli's 0.68 from 4.

Match stats

37 Shots 4

10 Shots on Target 2

15 Corners 2

1 Yellow Cards 0

0 Red Cards 0

5.56 xG 0.68

5.56 Non-penalty xG 0.68

27 Deep Completions 2

Key events

Inter Empoli

Kick-off

5’

Andrea Pinamonti
Assist: Szymon Zurkowski0-1

28’

Kristjan Asllani
Assist: Riccardo Fiamozzi0-2

Simone Romagnoli
Own goal

1-2

40’

Lautaro Martínez
Assist: Hakan Calhanoglu

2-2

45’

Half-time2-2

Lautaro Martínez

3-2

64’

Alexis Sánchez
Assist: Arturo Vidal

4-2

90+4’

Full-time4-2

Bookings

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

Inter

Lautaro Martínez

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.

Inter 5.58 xGEmpoli 0.68 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Empoli attacking Inter 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
Samir Handanovic	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Stefan de Vrij	DEF	90			3	0.21	0.00	0
Milan Skriniar	DEF	90			3	0.23	0.11	2
Federico Dimarco	DEF	73			3	0.18	0.69	3
Denzel Dumfries	MID	80			3	0.13	0.16	2
Ivan Perisic	MID	90			2	0.09	1.42	7
Marcelo Brozovic	MID	90			0	0.00	0.18	3
Nicolò Barella	MID	90			4	0.12	0.51	3
Hakan Calhanoglu	MID	73		1	3	0.12	0.57	7
Joaquín Correa	FWD	85			3	1.00	0.08	1
Lautaro Martínez	FWD	73	2		7	1.49	0.00	0
Edin Dzeko	Sub	17			4	0.80	0.00	0
Arturo Vidal	Sub	17		1	0	0.00	1.01	2
Danilo D'Ambrosio	Sub	17			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Darmian	Sub	10			0	0.00	0.14	1
Alexis Sánchez	Sub	5	1		2	1.22	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Guglielmo Vicario	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Riccardo Fiamozzi	DEF	81		1	0	0.00	0.30	1
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.01	1
Simone Romagnoli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Fabiano Parisi	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Filippo Bandinelli	MID	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Leo Stulac	MID	72			1	0.03	0.00	0
Szymon Zurkowski	MID	64		1	0	0.00	0.34	1
Kristjan Asllani	MID	90	1		1	0.30	0.00	0
Andrea Pinamonti	FWD	90	1		2	0.36	0.00	0
Nedim Bajrami	FWD	64			0	0.00	0.00	0
Liam Henderson	Sub	26			0	0.00	0.00	0
Patrick Cutrone	Sub	19			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ardian Ismajli	Sub	18			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marco Benassi	Sub	9			0	0.00	0.00	0
Federico Di Francesco	Sub	7			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Inter win 85% Avg odds 1.14

Draw 10% Avg odds 9.47

Empoli win 5% Avg odds 18.45

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

Form going into the game

Inter W W W L W

Empoli L D L W L

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Previous and next meeting

Previous meeting: Empoli 0-2 Inter, 27 Oct 21 Next meeting: Inter 0-1 Empoli, 23 Jan 23 All Inter 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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