The story
Empoli beat Udinese 2-1 at Stadio Comunale Carlo Castellani in Serie A, matchday 12.
Empoli's goals came from Miha Zajc (41') and Francesco Caputo (51'); Ignacio Pussetto (81') replied for Udinese.
It was 1-0 at half-time.
Rodrigo de Paul missed a penalty for Udinese (80').
Udinese had 61% of the ball and 31 shots to Empoli's 14.
Match stats
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Key moments
- 41' Miha Zajc Goal · Empoli 1-0 Assist: Francesco Caputo
- 51' Francesco Caputo Goal · Empoli 2-0 Assist: Rade Krunic
- 80' Rodrigo de Paul Penalty missed · Udinese
- 81' Ignacio Pussetto Goal · Udinese 2-1 Assist: Darwin Machís
Line-ups
Empoli
- Ivan ProvedelGoalkeeper
- Giovanni Di LorenzoDefender
- Matías SilvestreDefender
- Luca AntonelliDefender
- Domenico MaiettaDefender
- Hamed Traorèoff 90'Midfielder
- Ismaël BennacerMidfielder
- Rade Krunicoff 82'Midfielder
- Miha Zajcoff 60'Midfielder
- Afriyie AcquahMidfielder
- Francesco CaputoForward
Udinese
- Juan MussoGoalkeeper
- William Troost-EkongDefender
- Samir Caetanooff 64'Defender
- Jens LarsenDefender
- Molla WaguéDefender
- Hidde ter Avestoff 83'Defender
- Rodrigo de PaulMidfielder
- Rolando MandragoraMidfielder
- Seko FofanaMidfielder
- Ignacio PussettoForward
- Kevin LasagnaForward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (8)
- 21' 🟨 Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 25' 🟨 Rolando Mandragora
- 40' 🟨 Seko Fofana
- 41' ⚽ Miha Zajcassist Francesco Caputo
- 45+1' 🟨 Rade Krunic
- 51' ⚽ Francesco Caputoassist Rade Krunic
- 80' ✕ Rodrigo de Paul missed penalty
- 81' ⚽ Ignacio Pussettoassist Darwin Machís
Head to head
0Empoli wins4Draws2Udinese wins

