Sassuolo vs Empoli

24 February 2024 · Serie A · 2023/24 · Referee Gianluca Aureliano

Full time 2 – 3

Half-time: 0–1

Andrea Pinamonti 54’ (pen)
Gianmarco Ferrari 77’

Sebastiano Luperto 11’
M'Baye Niang 64’ (pen)
Simone Bastoni 90+4’

Match summary

Empoli beat Sassuolo 3-2 on the road, with the winner arriving in stoppage time. Empoli led 1-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Sebastiano Luperto put Empoli ahead with a header in the 11th minute, set up by Razvan Marin. In the second half, Andrea Pinamonti equalised from the penalty spot in the 54th minute, M'Baye Niang put Empoli back in front from the penalty spot in the 64th minute, Gianmarco Ferrari equalised with a header in the 77th minute, set up by Nedim Bajrami, and Simone Bastoni won it with a header in stoppage time, set up by Razvan Marin.

The chances backed that up: Empoli created 2.53 expected goals (xG) from 14 shots to Sassuolo's 1.60 from 19.

Match stats

19 Shots 14

5 Shots on Target 6

4 Corners 1

1 Yellow Cards 3

0 Red Cards 0

1.60 xG 2.53

0.84 Non-penalty xG 1.76

7 Deep Completions 6

Key events

Sassuolo Empoli

Kick-off

11’

Sebastiano Luperto
Assist: Razvan Marin0-1

Half-time0-1

Andrea Pinamonti
Penalty

1-1

54’

64’

M'Baye Niang
Penalty1-2

Gianmarco Ferrari
Assist: Nedim Bajrami

2-2

77’

90+4’

Simone Bastoni
Assist: Razvan Marin2-3

Full-time2-3

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Daniel Boloca

Empoli

Ardian Ismajli
Matteo Cancellieri
Simone Bastoni

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.

Sassuolo 1.60 xGEmpoli 2.53 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

Empoli attacking Sassuolo 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
Andrea Consigli	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Marcus Pedersen	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Ruan	DEF	90			2	0.09	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90	1		2	0.19	0.13	2
Josh Doig	DEF	90			2	0.08	0.05	1
Matheus Henrique	MID	90			2	0.03	0.03	1
Daniel Boloca	MID	48			0	0.00	0.00	0
Cristian Volpato	MID	70			0	0.00	0.00	0
Kristian Thorstvedt	MID	90			2	0.09	0.03	1
Armand Lauriente	MID	90			4	0.13	0.07	1
Andrea Pinamonti	FWD	90	1		2	0.81	0.16	2
Nedim Bajrami	Sub	42		1	3	0.17	0.08	2
Samuele Mulattieri	Sub	20			0	0.00	0.04	1
Gregoire Defrel	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Uros Racic	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	A	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Elia Caprile	GK	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Ardian Ismajli	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Sebastiano Luperto	DEF	90	1		1	0.55	0.00	0
Sebastian Walukiewicz	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Matteo Cancellieri	MID	90			1	0.04	0.52	1
Liberato Cacace	MID	90			0	0.00	0.13	1
Youssef Maleh	MID	90			2	0.12	0.03	1
Razvan Marin	MID	90		2	2	0.05	0.70	3
Nicolò Cambiaghi	MID	90			2	0.13	0.01	1
Viktor Kovalenko	MID	82			1	0.13	0.04	1
Alberto Cerri	FWD	57			0	0.00	0.08	1
M'Baye Niang	Sub	33	1		4	1.40	0.00	0
Simone Bastoni	Sub	8	1		1	0.10	0.00	0
Giuseppe Pezzella	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Mattia Destro	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0
Bartosz Bereszynski	Sub	1			0	0.00	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 42% Avg odds 2.26

Draw 29% Avg odds 3.33

Empoli win 29% Avg odds 3.30

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

Form going into the game

Sassuolo L L L D L

Empoli W D D W D

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Previous and next meeting

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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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