Empoli 1-2 Venezia: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 11 September 2021
Result
Empoli 1-2 Venezia
Serie A · Saturday 11 September 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 1-2 Venezia: match report
Empoli lost to Venezia 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 11 September 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.
Thomas Henry opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Empoli's goal came from Nedim Bajrami (89', penalty). Venezia scored through Thomas Henry (13') and David Okereke (68').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Venezia received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 11th on 3 points from 2 and Venezia 20th on 0 points from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Venezia 20th with 27.
Empoli lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Venezia in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Thomas Henry of Venezia (8.2), ahead of Gianluca Busio (7.7).
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Ardian Ismajli
- 13'Goal · Thomas Henry
- 15'Yellow card · Mattia Aramu
- 34'Yellow card · Luca Lezzerini
- 44'Yellow card · Nicolas Haas
- 45+3'Yellow card · Dennis Johnsen
- 68'Goal · David Okereke
- 86'Yellow card · Daan Heymans
- 88'Yellow card · Niki Mäenpää
- 89'Penalty goal · Nedim Bajrami
Team news
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Empoli line-up (4-1-3-2)
Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Riccardo Marchizza, Samuele Ricci, Nicolas Haas, Nedim Bajrami, Filippo Bandinelli, Leonardo Mancuso, Patrick Cutrone
Venezia line-up (4-3-3)
Luca Lezzerini, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Mattia Caldara, Pietro Ceccaroni, David Schnegg, Luca Fiordilino, Antonio Junior Vacca, Gianluca Busio, Mattia Aramu, Thomas Henry, Dennis Johnsen