Empoli vs Juventus, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie AMisfiring Juventus held to goalless draw at Empoli
Juventus were held to a 0-0 Serie A draw at Empoli on Saturday as Thiago Motta's side dropped more points after their goalless home stalemate against AS Roma before the international break.
Match Commentary
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 5': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz.
- 5': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 5': Alberto Grassi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 5': Foul by Bremer (Juventus).
- 8': Attempt blocked. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás González with a headed pass.
- 8': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 10': Federico Gatti (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli).
- 12': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Pierre Kalulu.
- 15': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 18': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 18': Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 19': Attempt saved. Youssef Maleh (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Lorenzo Colombo.
- 25': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 27': Attempt blocked. Nicolás González (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Pierre Kalulu.
- 28': Attempt missed. Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Douglas Luiz.
- 33': Attempt missed. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito.
- 36': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Giuseppe Pezzella.
- 36': Attempt saved. Federico Gatti (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross.
- 36': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Devis Vásquez.
- 37': Attempt missed. Bremer (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross following a corner.
- 38': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 38': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 41': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Douglas Luiz.
- 41': Attempt missed. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Liam Henderson with a cross following a corner.
- 41': Attempt blocked. Mattia Viti (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the six yard box is blocked. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
- 41': Federico Gatti (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
- 42': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus).
- 42': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 44': Douglas Luiz (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 44': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 45': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
- 45': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 45': Fourth official has announced %injmins% minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Juventus 0.
- 45': Second Half begins Empoli 0, Juventus 0.
- 46': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Mattia Viti.
- 47': Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Douglas Luiz with a cross following a corner.
- 48': Attempt saved. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) right footed shot from long range on the right is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 49': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 49': Pierre Kalulu (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 50': Attempt saved. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Nicolás González with a through ball.
- 51': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Kenan Yildiz.
- 53': Attempt saved. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from the right side of the six yard box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso with a cross.
- 54': Foul by Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli).
- 54': Pierre Kalulu (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 56': Attempt blocked. Bremer (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz.
- 58': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus).
- 58': Giuseppe Pezzella (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
- 59': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 62': Foul by Bremer (Juventus).
- 62': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 62': Bremer (Juventus) is shown the yellow card.
- 63': Foul by Pierre Kalulu (Juventus).
- 63': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 63': Substitution, Empoli. Pietro Pellegri replaces Lorenzo Colombo.
- 64': Foul by Federico Gatti (Juventus).
- 64': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 66': Substitution, Juventus. Khéphren Thuram replaces Manuel Locatelli.
- 66': Substitution, Juventus. Samuel Mbangula replaces Kenan Yildiz.
- 67': Substitution, Juventus. Timothy Weah replaces Nicolás González.
- 67': Substitution, Juventus. Nicolò Fagioli replaces Douglas Luiz.
- 72': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Juventus).
- 72': Pietro Pellegri (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 72': Khéphren Thuram (Juventus) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 73': Attempt saved. Alberto Grassi (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Pietro Pellegri.
- 74': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Samuel Mbangula.
- 74': Attempt missed. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high.
- 74': Pietro Pellegri (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 75': Delay in match because of an injury Federico Gatti (Juventus).
- 76': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 77': Substitution, Empoli. Emmanuel Ekong replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
- 77': Substitution, Empoli. Tino Anjorin replaces Alberto Grassi.
- 79': Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 79': Foul by Mattia Viti (Empoli).
- 80': Attempt missed. Andrea Cambiaso (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli.
- 80': Foul by Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus).
- 80': Tino Anjorin (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 82': Attempt missed. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the right. Assisted by Nicolò Fagioli.
- 84': Federico Gatti (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 86': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Juventus).
- 86': Liam Henderson (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 86': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Fagioli (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrea Cambiaso.
- 87': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Youssef Maleh.
- 89': Foul by Samuel Mbangula (Juventus).
- 89': Saba Goglichidze (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 90': Substitution, Empoli. Nicolas Haas replaces Liam Henderson.
- 90'+1': Attempt missed. Youssef Maleh (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
- 90'+5': Attempt blocked. Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is blocked. Assisted by Pietro Pellegri.
- 90'+5': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Federico Gatti.
- 90'+6': Second Half ends, Empoli 0, Juventus 0.
- 0': Match ends, Empoli 0, Juventus 0.
Statistics
 JUV |
EMP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 10 | Fouls | 11 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 0 | Offsides | 0 |
| 8 | Corner Kicks | 4 |
| 3 | Saves | 3 |
| 65.9 | Possession | 34.1 |
| 15 | SHOTS | 8 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 3 |
| 0.2 | On Target % | 0.4 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 593 | Accurate Passes | 265 |
| 653 | Passes | 340 |
| 0.9 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 5 | Accurate Crosses | 3 |
| 20 | Crosses | 9 |
| 0.3 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 39 | Long Balls | 45 |
| 20 | Accurate Long Balls | 14 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.3 |
| 6 | Blocked Shots | 2 |
| 9 | Effective Tackles | 14 |
| 16 | Tackles | 24 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.6 |
| 4 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 5 | Effective Clearances | 21 |
| 5 | Clearances | 21 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,715
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 15,715
Serie A Standings
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Napoli | 11 | +10 | 25 |
| 2 | Internazionale | 11 | +12 | 24 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 11 | +15 | 22 |
| 4 | Fiorentina | 11 | +13 | 22 |
Line-Ups
Empoli (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Devis Vásquez (GK) |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 21 | Mattia Viti |
| 2 | Saba Goglichidze |
| 5 | Alberto Grassi |
| 6 | Liam Henderson |
| 3 | Giuseppe Pezzella |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 29 | Lorenzo Colombo |
| 93 | Youssef Maleh |
| 99 | Sebastiano Esposito |
Juventus (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mattia Perin (GK) |
| 3 | Bremer  |
| 4 | Federico Gatti |
| 27 | Andrea Cambiaso |
| 15 | Pierre Kalulu |
| 8 | Teun Koopmeiners |
| 26 | Douglas Luiz |
| 5 | Manuel Locatelli |
| 9 | Dusan Vlahovic |
| 10 | Kenan Yildiz |
| 11 | Nicolás González |
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