Juventus vs Empoli, 2024-25 Italian Serie A
· Italian Serie A
84': Youssef MalehKolo Muani double inspires Juventus to 4-1 win over Empoli
A quick-fire double from new signing Randal Kolo Muani helped Juventus to a comeback 4-1 home win over lowly Empoli in Serie A on Sunday and lifted them into the top four.
Match Timeline
- 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
- 0': First Half begins.
- 3': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
- 4': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Nicolás González.
- 4': Goal! Juventus 0, Empoli 1. Mattia De Sciglio (Empoli) header from very close range to the centre of the goal following a corner.
- 6': Foul by Federico Gatti (Juventus).
- 6': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 10': Foul by Nicolás González (Juventus).
- 10': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 13': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Manuel Locatelli.
- 14': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Federico Gatti.
- 14': Attempt blocked. Mattia De Sciglio (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked.
- 15': Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 15': Foul by Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus).
- 15': Hand ball by Tino Anjorin (Empoli).
- 17': VAR Decision: No Penalty Empoli.
- 20': Foul by Luca Marianucci (Empoli).
- 20': Weston McKennie (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 23': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Ardian Ismajli.
- 24': Attempt saved. Nicolás González (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the top centre of the goal. Assisted by Weston McKennie with a cross.
- 24': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Devis Vásquez.
- 24': Attempt missed. Timothy Weah (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli following a corner.
- 25': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 25': Timothy Weah (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 26': Attempt missed. Nicolás González (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross following a set piece situation.
- 27': Foul by Ardian Ismajli (Empoli).
- 27': Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 28': Attempt missed. Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box misses to the right.
- 29': Federico Gatti (Juventus) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 29': Foul by Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli).
- 31': Attempt blocked. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz.
- 31': Foul by Nicolás González (Juventus).
- 31': Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Foul by Liberato Cacace (Empoli).
- 33': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 33': Attempt blocked. Weston McKennie (Juventus) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Randal Kolo Muani.
- 34': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
- 34': Ardian Ismajli (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 34': Foul by Federico Gatti (Juventus).
- 35': Attempt saved. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito.
- 36': Hand ball by Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus).
- 37': Foul by Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli).
- 37': Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 37': Emmanuel Gyasi (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 38': Attempt blocked. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 38': Attempt missed. Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners.
- 39': Foul by Manuel Locatelli (Juventus).
- 39': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 40': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus).
- 40': Liam Henderson (Empoli) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 41': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 41': Timothy Weah (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 41': Youssef Maleh (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Luca Marianucci.
- 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 1 minutes of added time.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Nicolò Savona (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz.
- 45'+2': First Half ends, Juventus 0, Empoli 1.
- 45': Second Half begins Juventus 0, Empoli 1.
- 48': Delay in match because of an injury Tino Anjorin (Empoli).
- 49': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 49': Substitution, Empoli. Szymon Zurkowski replaces Tino Anjorin because of an injury.
- 50': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Mattia De Sciglio.
- 51': Attempt missed. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito following a fast break.
- 51': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 51': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 53': Attempt blocked. Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) left footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Nicolás González.
- 53': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Mattia De Sciglio.
- 54': Attempt saved. Renato Veiga (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is saved in the bottom right corner.
- 54': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Liberato Cacace.
- 55': Attempt missed. Nicolás González (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz with a cross following a corner.
- 55': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 55': Kenan Yildiz (Juventus) wins a free kick on the left wing.
- 56': Attempt saved. Nicolás González (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is saved in the top right corner. Assisted by Teun Koopmeiners with a cross.
- 57': Hand ball by Kenan Yildiz (Juventus).
- 58': Foul by Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli).
- 58': Nicolò Savona (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 59': Delay in match because of an injury Devis Vásquez (Empoli).
- 59': Substitution, Empoli. Saba Goglichidze replaces Ardian Ismajli because of an injury.
- 60': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
- 60': Attempt saved. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Manuel Locatelli.
- 60': Corner, Juventus. Conceded by Devis Vásquez.
- 61': Attempt blocked. Federico Gatti (Juventus) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz with a cross.
- 61': Goal! Juventus 1, Empoli 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom left corner following a fast break.
- 64': Attempt blocked. Timothy Weah (Juventus) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Kenan Yildiz.
- 64': Goal! Juventus 2, Empoli 1. Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Timothy Weah.
- 65': Substitution, Juventus. Dusan Vlahovic replaces Kenan Yildiz.
- 66': Foul by Liam Henderson (Empoli).
- 66': Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 67': Attempt missed. Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
- 67': Foul by Weston McKennie (Juventus).
- 67': Liberato Cacace (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 68': Attempt missed. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Luca Marianucci.
- 68': Foul by Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus).
- 68': Saba Goglichidze (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 69': Attempt missed. Szymon Zurkowski (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is too high. Assisted by Youssef Maleh.
- 72': Attempt saved. Liam Henderson (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Sebastiano Esposito.
- 74': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Federico Gatti.
- 78': Foul by Renato Veiga (Juventus).
- 78': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 81': Attempt blocked. Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Liam Henderson.
- 81': Corner, Empoli. Conceded by Renato Veiga.
- 82': Attempt missed. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Nicolò Savona with a cross.
- 84': Attempt blocked. Liberato Cacace (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
- 84': Foul by Youssef Maleh (Empoli).
- 84': Nicolás González (Juventus) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
- 84': Second yellow card to Youssef Maleh (Empoli) for a bad foul.
- 85': Substitution, Juventus. Khéphren Thuram replaces Weston McKennie.
- 86': Substitution, Juventus. Francisco Conceição replaces Nicolás González because of an injury.
- 88': Foul by Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus).
- 88': Mattia De Sciglio (Empoli) wins a free kick on the right wing.
- 88': Attempt blocked. Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli) right footed shot from the left side of the box is blocked.
- 88': Offside, Empoli. Liam Henderson is caught offside.
- 90': Goal! Juventus 3, Empoli 1. Dusan Vlahovic (Juventus) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
- 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 4 minutes of added time.
- 90'+1': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Tosto replaces Luca Marianucci.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Empoli. Ismael Konaté replaces Sebastiano Esposito.
- 90'+2': Substitution, Empoli. Jacopo Bacci replaces Liam Henderson.
- 90'+2': Goal! Juventus 4, Empoli 1. Francisco Conceição (Juventus) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Khéphren Thuram with a through ball following a fast break.
- 90'+4': Foul by Khéphren Thuram (Juventus).
- 90'+4': Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
- 90'+5': Second Half ends, Juventus 4, Empoli 1.
- 0': Match ends, Juventus 4, Empoli 1.
Statistics
 EMP |
JUV |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 14 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 1 | Offsides | 0 |
| 6 | Corner Kicks | 8 |
| 4 | Saves | 2 |
| 44.1 | Possession | 55.9 |
| 10 | SHOTS | 23 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 0 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 0 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 217 | Accurate Passes | 304 |
| 306 | Passes | 382 |
| 0.7 | Pass Completion % | 0.8 |
| 2 | Accurate Crosses | 9 |
| 12 | Crosses | 24 |
| 0.2 | Cross % | 0.4 |
| 55 | Long Balls | 48 |
| 19 | Accurate Long Balls | 22 |
| 0.3 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 4 | Blocked Shots | 8 |
| 12 | Effective Tackles | 18 |
| 21 | Tackles | 22 |
| 0.6 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 8 | Interceptions | 5 |
| 24 | Effective Clearances | 18 |
| 24 | Clearances | 18 |
Game Information
Competition: Italian Serie A
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 40,160
Venue: Allianz Stadium
Location: Torino, Italy
Attendance: 40,160
Serie A Table
| # | TEAM | GP | GD | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Internazionale | 26 | +35 | 57 |
| 2 | Napoli | 26 | +21 | 56 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 26 | +33 | 54 |
| 4 | Juventus | 26 | +22 | 49 |
Line-Ups
Juventus (4-2-3-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 29 | Michele Di Gregorio (GK) |
| 12 | Renato Veiga |
| 4 | Federico Gatti |
| 37 | Nicolò Savona |
| 22 | Timothy Weah |
| 16 | Weston McKennie |
| 8 | Teun Koopmeiners |
| 5 | Manuel Locatelli |
| 20 | Randal Kolo Muani |
| 10 | Kenan Yildiz |
| 11 | Nicolás González |
Empoli (3-4-2-1)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 23 | Devis Vásquez (GK) |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 35 | Luca Marianucci |
| 22 | Mattia De Sciglio |
| 8 | Faustino Anjorin |
| 6 | Liam Henderson |
| 13 | Liberato Cacace |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi  |
| 29 | Lorenzo Colombo |
| 93 | Youssef Maleh |
| 99 | Sebastiano Esposito |
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