Roma vs Empoli

17 September 2023 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 7 – 0

Half-time: 3–0

  • Paulo Dybala 2’ (pen), 55’
  • Renato Sanches 8’
  • Alberto Grassi 35’ (og)
  • Bryan Cristante 79’
  • Romelu Lukaku 82’
  • Gianluca Mancini 86’

Match summary

Roma won comfortably, 7-0 at home to Empoli. Roma led 3-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Paulo Dybala put Roma ahead from the penalty spot in the 2nd minute, Renato Sanches made it 2-0 with a header in the 8th minute, set up by Rasmus Kristensen, and Grassi's own goal made it 3-0 in the 35th minute. In the second half, Dybala made it 4-0 in the 55th minute, set up by Bryan Cristante, Bryan Cristante made it 5-0 in the 79th minute, set up by Andrea Belotti, Romelu Lukaku made it 6-0 in the 82nd minute, set up by Andrea Belotti, and Gianluca Mancini made it 7-0 with a header in the 86th minute, set up by Bryan Cristante.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 2.52 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Empoli's 0.17 from 8.

Match stats

Roma Empoli
14 Shots 8
9 Shots on Target 2
2 Corners 6
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
2.49 xG 0.17
1.73 Non-penalty xG 0.17
6 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Roma Empoli
Kick-off
Paulo Dybala
Penalty1-0 (Roma)
2’
Renato Sanches
Assist: Rasmus Kristensen2-0 (Roma)
8’
Alberto Grassi
Own goal3-0 (Roma)
35’
Half-time3-0
Paulo Dybala
Assist: Bryan Cristante4-0 (Roma)
55’
Bryan Cristante
Assist: Andrea Belotti5-0 (Roma)
79’
Romelu Lukaku
Assist: Andrea Belotti6-0 (Roma)
82’
Gianluca Mancini
Assist: Bryan Cristante7-0 (Roma)
86’
Full-time7-0

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Renato Sanches
  • Paulo Dybala
Empoli
  • Youssef Maleh
  • Matteo Cancellieri

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 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.52 0.17 2’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), 1-0 2’ 8’ Renato Sanches (Roma), 2-0 8’ 35’ Alberto Grassi (Roma) own goal, 3-0 35’ 55’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), 4-0 55’ 79’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), 5-0 79’ 82’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), 6-0 82’ 86’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), 7-0 86’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.52 0.17 2’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), 1-0 Dybala 2’ 8’ Renato Sanches (Roma), 2-0 Sanches 8’ 35’ Alberto Grassi (Roma) own goal, 3-0 Grassi 35’ 55’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), 4-0 Dybala 55’ 79’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), 5-0 Cristante 79’ 82’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), 6-0 Lukaku 82’ 86’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), 7-0 Mancini 86’
Roma 2.52 xGEmpoli 0.17 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Roma attacking 
2’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 86’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 55’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 82’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 8’ Renato Sanches (Roma), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 59’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 85’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 21’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 14’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 31’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Edoardo Bove (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 7’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 34’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 67’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 42’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 46’ Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 35’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), own goal 2’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 86’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 55’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.40 xG, goal 82’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), open play, 0.30 xG, goal 8’ Renato Sanches (Roma), open play, 0.23 xG, goal 59’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), direct free kick, 0.08 xG, saved 85’ Andrea Belotti (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 85’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 21’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 66’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 14’ Romelu Lukaku (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 48’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 71’ Edoardo Bove (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 31’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 34’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 7’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 79’ Bryan Cristante (Roma), open play, 0.02 xG, goal 28’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 67’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, hit the woodwork 46’ Bartosz Bereszynski (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 42’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), set piece, 0.01 xG, blocked 42’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Alberto Grassi (Empoli), own goal
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Gianluca Mancini DEF9011 0.440.000
Diego Llorente DEF900 0.000.000
Evan Ndicka DEF900 0.000.000
Rasmus Kristensen MID9010 0.000.231
Leonardo Spinazzola MID870 0.000.072
Bryan Cristante MID90123 0.130.842
Leandro Paredes MID780 0.000.000
Renato Sanches MID4911 0.230.072
Romelu Lukaku FWD8712 0.340.000
Paulo Dybala FWD6725 1.290.000
Edoardo Bove Sub411 0.030.000
Andrea Belotti Sub2321 0.070.322
Riccardo Pagano Sub120 0.000.061
Sardar Azmoun Sub30 0.000.000
Stephan El Shaarawy Sub30 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 69% Avg odds 1.39
Draw 20% Avg odds 4.75
Empoli win 11% Avg odds 8.63

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

Form going into the game

Roma LWDLL
Empoli DLLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Roma 2-0 Empoli, 04 Feb 23 Next meeting: Empoli 2-1 Roma, 26 May 24  All Roma 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.