Sassuolo vs Empoli

21 September 2018 · Serie A · 2018/19 · Referee Federico La Penna

Full time 3 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

Kevin-Prince Boateng 13’
Gianmarco Ferrari 57’
Federico Di Francesco 85’

Francesco Caputo 1’

Match summary

Sassuolo came from behind to win 3-1 at home to Empoli. It was 1-1 at half-time.

In the first half, Francesco Caputo put Empoli ahead in the first minute and Kevin-Prince Boateng equalised in the 13th minute, set up by Federico Di Francesco. In the second half, Gianmarco Ferrari put Sassuolo in front with a header in the 57th minute, set up by Federico Di Francesco and Federico Di Francesco made it 3-1 in the 85th minute, set up by Pol Lirola.

The chances backed that up: Sassuolo created 2.10 expected goals (xG) from 23 shots to Empoli's 1.04 from 15. Empoli had a player sent off.

Match stats

20 Shots 16

10 Shots on Target 11

5 Corners 4

1 Yellow Cards 4

0 Red Cards 1

2.10 xG 1.04

2.10 Non-penalty xG 1.04

9 Deep Completions 10

Key events

Sassuolo Empoli

Kick-off

1’

Francesco Caputo0-1

Kevin-Prince Boateng
Assist: Federico Di Francesco

1-1

13’

Half-time1-1

Gianmarco Ferrari
Assist: Federico Di Francesco

2-1

57’

Federico Di Francesco
Assist: Pol Lirola

3-1

85’

Full-time3-1

Bookings

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

Sassuolo

Federico Di Francesco

Empoli

Miha Zajc
Rade Krunic
Leonardo Capezzi

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 2.10 xGEmpoli 1.04 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
Pol Lirola	DEF	90		1	2	0.03	0.73	2
Marlon Santos	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.00	0
Gianmarco Ferrari	DEF	90	1		1	0.06	0.06	1
Rogerio	DEF	90			0	0.00	0.02	1
Alfred Duncan	MID	90			1	0.07	0.09	2
Manuel Locatelli	MID	90			1	0.02	0.05	1
Stefano Sensi	MID	68			1	0.06	0.24	5
Federico Di Francesco	MID	90	1	2	4	0.86	0.64	3
Domenico Berardi	MID	82			5	0.19	0.03	2
Kevin-Prince Boateng	FWD	63	1		3	0.60	0.00	0
Khouma Babacar	Sub	27			2	0.10	0.00	0
Mehdi Bourabia	Sub	22			1	0.04	0.14	3
Enrico Brignola	Sub	8			2	0.07	0.00	0

Player	Pos	Min	G	Sh	xG	xA	KP
Pietro Terracciano	GK	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Giovanni Di Lorenzo	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.04	1
Matías Silvestre	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Domenico Maietta	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.00	0
Frederic Veseli	DEF	90		0	0.00	0.10	2
Rade Krunic	MID	90		1	0.07	0.06	1
Leonardo Capezzi	MID	82		1	0.08	0.07	1
Afriyie Acquah	MID	13		0	0.00	0.00	0
Miha Zajc	MID	72		6	0.40	0.00	0
Francesco Caputo	FWD	90	1	3	0.25	0.29	4
Antonio La Gumina	FWD	67		3	0.21	0.00	0
Ismael Bennacer	Sub	77		0	0.00	0.00	0
Samuel Mráz	Sub	23		0	0.00	0.00	0
Hamed Junior Traore	Sub	8		1	0.03	0.00	0

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Sassuolo win 45% Bet365 odds 2.10

Draw 29% Bet365 odds 3.30

Empoli win 26% Bet365 odds 3.60

Chances implied by the Bet365 odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Sassuolo W D W L

Empoli W L D L

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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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