Roma vs Empoli

4 February 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Federico Dionisi

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 2–0

  • Ibañez 2’
  • Tammy Abraham 6’

Match summary

Roma beat Empoli 2-0. Roma led 2-0 at half-time.

Ibañez put Roma ahead with a header in the 2nd minute, set up by Paulo Dybala and Tammy Abraham made it 2-0 with a header in the 6th minute, set up by Paulo Dybala.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 2.37 expected goals (xG) from 12 shots to Empoli's 1.42 from 11.

Match stats

Roma Empoli
12 Shots 11
6 Shots on Target 2
7 Corners 7
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2.28 xG 1.42
2.28 Non-penalty xG 1.42
2 Deep Completions 4

Key events

Roma Empoli
Kick-off
Ibañez
Assist: Paulo Dybala1-0 (Roma)
2’
Tammy Abraham
Assist: Paulo Dybala2-0 (Roma)
6’
Half-time2-0
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Nicola Zalewski
  • Edoardo Bove
Empoli
  • Liam Henderson

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 2.37 1.42 2’ Ibañez (Roma), 1-0 2’ 6’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 2-0 6’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 3.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 2.37 1.42 2’ Ibañez (Roma), 1-0 Ibañez 2’ 6’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), 2-0 Abraham 6’
Roma 2.37 xGEmpoli 1.42 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Roma attacking 
44’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), set piece, 0.95 xG, off target 47’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 6’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 2’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 24’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 29’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 69’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 37’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 90+2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 42’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Edoardo Bove (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Piccoli (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Martín Satriano (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Chris Smalling (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Fabiano Parisi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 44’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), set piece, 0.95 xG, off target 47’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.60 xG, saved 6’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.44 xG, goal 2’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.32 xG, goal 24’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.28 xG, saved 29’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), set piece, 0.28 xG, off target 69’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.12 xG, off target 47’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.11 xG, saved 90+2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 37’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 9’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 75’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 65’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 5’ Ibañez (Roma), from a corner, 0.05 xG, blocked 42’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 75’ Edoardo Bove (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 47’ Paulo Dybala (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, saved 53’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Roberto Piccoli (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 48’ Martín Satriano (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 22’ Chris Smalling (Roma), from a corner, 0.02 xG, blocked 47’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 62’ Fabiano Parisi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Gianluca Mancini DEF901 0.110.000
Chris Smalling DEF901 0.020.000
Ibañez DEF9012 0.370.000
Nicola Zalewski MID900 0.000.000
Stephan El Shaarawy MID870 0.000.041
Bryan Cristante MID900 0.000.091
Nemanja Matic MID900 0.000.000
Lorenzo Pellegrini MID901 0.100.322
Paulo Dybala MID7322 0.131.074
Tammy Abraham FWD9014 1.610.041
Edoardo Bove Sub171 0.040.101
Mehmet Zeki Çelik Sub30 0.000.000
Andrea Belotti Sub10 0.000.000
Diego Llorente Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 64% Avg odds 1.49
Draw 23% Avg odds 4.25
Empoli win 13% Avg odds 7.15

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

Form going into the game

Roma WDWWL
Empoli DDWWD

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Empoli 1-2 Roma, 12 Sep 22 Next meeting: Roma 7-0 Empoli, 17 Sep 23  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.