Roma vs Empoli

3 October 2021 · Serie A · 2021/22 · Referee Giovanni Ayroldi

Full time 2 – 0

Half-time: 1–0

  • Lorenzo Pellegrini 42’
  • Henrikh Mkhitaryan 48’

Match summary

Roma won 2-0 at home to Empoli. Roma led 1-0 at half-time.

Lorenzo Pellegrini put Roma ahead in the 42nd minute, set up by Henrikh Mkhitaryan and Henrikh Mkhitaryan made it 2-0 in the 48th minute.

The chances backed that up: Roma created 1.88 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Empoli's 0.44 from 11.

Match stats

Roma Empoli
18 Shots 11
7 Shots on Target 3
5 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 3
0 Red Cards 0
1.86 xG 0.44
1.86 Non-penalty xG 0.44
11 Deep Completions 1

Key events

Roma Empoli
Kick-off
Lorenzo Pellegrini
Assist: Henrikh Mkhitaryan1-0 (Roma)
42’
Half-time1-0
Henrikh Mkhitaryan2-0 (Roma)
48’
Full-time2-0

Bookings

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

Roma
  • Gianluca Mancini
  • Nicolo Zaniolo
Empoli
  • Petar Stojanovic
  • Samuele Ricci
  • Nicolas Haas

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.88 0.44 42’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), 1-0 42’ 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 2-0 48’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.88 0.44 42’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), 1-0 Pellegrini 42’ 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), 2-0 Mkhitaryan 48’
Roma 1.88 xGEmpoli 0.44 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Roma attacking 
72’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.53 xG, blocked 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 70’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 42’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 72’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 16’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 48’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 52’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 11’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Ebrima Darboe (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 62’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 88’ Patrick Cutrone (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 41’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 46’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 34’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 21’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 38’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 74’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 72’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), from a corner, 0.53 xG, blocked 48’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.33 xG, goal 70’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 2’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, blocked 42’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.10 xG, goal 72’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.09 xG, saved 48’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 52’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.08 xG, saved 16’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.08 xG, off target 11’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 62’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.07 xG, off target 19’ Ebrima Darboe (Roma), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 88’ Patrick Cutrone (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, saved 27’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 68’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 6’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 7’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 25’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 29’ Henrikh Mkhitaryan (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 41’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, off target 38’ Lorenzo Pellegrini (Roma), open play, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ Gianluca Mancini (Roma), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 46’ Tammy Abraham (Roma), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, blocked 34’ Nicolo Zaniolo (Roma), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 15’ Andrea Pinamonti (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 38’ Leonardo Mancuso (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, saved 65’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, blocked 21’ Federico Di Francesco (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, saved 74’ Samuele Ricci (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Rui Patrício GK900 0.000.000
Rick Karsdorp DEF900 0.000.152
Gianluca Mancini DEF901 0.040.000
Chris Smalling DEF900 0.000.000
Matias Viña DEF850 0.000.041
Jordan Veretout MID900 0.000.562
Ebrima Darboe MID651 0.060.000
Nicolo Zaniolo MID861 0.030.051
Lorenzo Pellegrini MID9016 0.450.173
Henrikh Mkhitaryan MID90113 0.420.253
Tammy Abraham FWD906 0.880.000
Bryan Cristante Sub250 0.000.000
Riccardo Calafiori Sub50 0.000.000
Stephan El Shaarawy Sub40 0.000.000
Nicola Zalewski Sub10 0.000.000
Ibañez Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Roma win 69% Avg odds 1.38
Draw 18% Avg odds 5.37
Empoli win 13% Avg odds 7.39

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

Form going into the game

Roma WWLWL
Empoli WLLWW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Roma 2-1 Empoli, 11 Mar 19 Next meeting: Empoli 2-4 Roma, 23 Jan 22  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.