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61% Ball Possession SALERNITANA and 39% Ball Possession EMPOLI

           Salernitana  1 – 3  Empoli 

69′ Shon Weissman                                       23′ Alessandro Zanoli (own goal)
.                                                                              88 ‘ M’Baye Niang (pen)
.                                                                              94’  Matteo Cancellieri
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👉 Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 19th with 18 points and a negative goal difference of -21
Salernitana, 20th position with 13 points and a negative goal difference of -25

Tough situation for Salernitana still in the last position.  Empoli won the Serie A Week 24 game on Friday 9 February 2024 at the Arechi Stadium in Salerno, Italy.  It is a tough defeat for Salernitana seeing their dream for salvation a mirage.

Tris for Empoli, Salernitana knocked out at home. The score broke the deadlock in the 23rd minute, with an own goal by Zanoli. Inzaghi’s team equalized in the 69th minute with a header from Weissman. Empoli ahead at the end of the match. Fazzini earned a penalty, converted by Niang (88′). Cancellieri on the counterattack (assisted by Niang) closes the score in the 94th minute.

In the next round, Salernitana will play the away match against Inter, Empoli will face Fiorentina at home.

What a bad luck! Empoli opened the score in the 23rd minute with an own goal by Alessandro Zanoli defeating his goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa.

👉Salernitana 0 – 1 Empoli, 23rd minute, ⚽️ own goal by Alessandro Zanoli. https://t.co/dYeZrQaXBl

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

An INCREDIBLE (own) goal from Alessandro Zanoli. 🙃 pic.twitter.com/VHDVCwzlwf

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 9, 2024

Salernitana equalized in the 69th minute. Shon Weissman scored with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Antonio Candreva.

👉Salernitana 1 – 1 Empoli, 69th minute, ⚽️ goal by Shon Weissman equalized for @OfficialUSS1919 with a headed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Antonio Candreva. https://t.co/5OKQiG86JL pic.twitter.com/WMoI8ThJvn

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

Shon Weissman’s debut goal couldn’t have come at a better time for Salernitana 🙌 pic.twitter.com/QzuwqA0OcP

— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 9, 2024

Empoli broke the deadlock in the 88th minute with the penalty converted by M’Baye Niang with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by Marco Pellegrino.

👉Salernitana 1 – 2 Empoli, 88th minute, ⚽️ goal by M’Baye Niang converted a penalty for @EmpoliFC with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner. The penalty was conceded by Marco Pellegrino. https://t.co/9bKtE3jHn5

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

Empoli sealed the game in the 94th minute. Matteo Cancellieri scored with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by M’Baye Niang.

👉Salernitana 1 – 3 Empoli, 94th minute, ⚽️ goal by Matteo Cancellieri for @EmpoliFC with a left-footed shot to the bottom right corner. The assist is by M’Baye Niang. https://t.co/NOAMGDHbpn

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

✅ Stats before the game: The next match will be the eighth match in Serie A between Salernitana and Empoli, with the Granata having won only once previously (3D, 3P): 3-2 success, signed by a hat-trick from Marco Di Vaio, on 14 February 1999 – goals by Cerbone and Bonomi for the Azzurri. The seven matches between Salernitana and Empoli in Serie A saw both teams score on six occasions – with only the first leg being an exception, which the Tuscans won 1-0 – and recorded an average of 3.3 goals scored per game. Salernitana have drawn two of their three home games against Empoli in Serie A (1P) – conceding 2.3 goals per game on average in these matches -, including the most recent: 2-2 on 5 September 2022, under the guidance of current coach of the Azzurri, Davide Nicola. Salernitana have lost their last three home games and only once have they suffered multiple home defeats in a row in Serie A: six consecutive defeats between October 2021 and January 2022, under the guidance of Stefano Colantuono; Furthermore, the Granata are one of the three teams (with Augsburg and Hoffenheim) in the big-5 European leagues still without a clean sheet at home in 2023/24. Empoli are unbeaten in the three games played under Davide Nicola in Serie A (1W, 2D); among the six teams trained in the top flight before the Tuscans (Livorno, Crotone, Udinese, Genoa, Turin and Salernitana), only with one did the Azzurri coach avoid defeat in all the first four benches in the championship, with Torino between January and February 2021 (series reached five).

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📺 Click the video to watch Salernitana 1 – 3 Empoli highlights, Friday 9 February 2024

🇮🇹  Referee Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia will be assisted by Damiano Di Iorio from the section of Vco and Domenico Palermo from the section of Bari. The Fourth Official will be Luca Zufferli from the section of Udine. The VAR will be Massimiliano Irrati from the section of Pistoia. The AVAR will be Simone Sozza from the section of Seregno.

Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSS1919

Alle 20.45 allo StadioArechi la sfida contro la Salernitana; ecco la formazione scelta da mister Nicola ⬇

EMPOLI: Caprile; Grassi, Gyasi, Cacace, Cerri, Bereszynski, Zurkowski, Cambiaghi, Maleh, Luperto, Ismajli pic.twitter.com/DaqVcdsr3u

— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) February 9, 2024

Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliFC

Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliFC

Photo via twitter.com/EmpoliFC

🇮🇹 👉 Salernitana vs Empoli, Match Officials
Serie A Week 24

🗓️ Friday 9 February 2024
🏟️ Arechi Stadium
⏲️ 20:45

🙍‍♂️ Referee: MARIANI
🚩 Assistants: DI IORIO – PALERMO
4⃣ Fourth Official: ZUFFERLI
🥅 VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: SOZZA@SerieA_EN https://t.co/bdcjQJ0A7c pic.twitter.com/u4HJKdA0Tc

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

👉 First half Salernitana 0 – 1 Empoli

⚽️ Goal: 23′ Alessandro Zanoli (own goal)

🟨 Booked: 21′ Youssef Maleh (E), 42′ Alessandro Zanoli (S)

✍ Ball Possession: 54% @OfficialUSS1919 and 46% @EmpoliFC

✅ https://t.co/uBgIW8IWja https://t.co/Sp9oR9ZLQX

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

👉Result Salernitana 1 – 3 Empoli

⚽️ Goal: 23′ Alessandro Zanoli (own goal), 69′ Shon Weissman (S), 88′ M’Baye Niang (pen)(E), 94′ Matteo Cancellieri (E)

✍ Ball Possession: 61% @OfficialUSS1919 and 39% @EmpoliFC

✅ https://t.co/uBgIW8IWja@SerieASitdown @TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/RXtKpCG9My

— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 9, 2024

Photo twitter.com/empolifc

2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 24

Salernitana 1 – 3 Empoli
Friday 9 February 2024
Arechi Stadium
Salerno, Italy

20:45

Referee: MARIANI
Assistants: DI IORIO – PALERMO
Fourth Official:  ZUFFERLI
VAR: IRRATI
AVAR: SOZZA

⚽️ Goals:

🟨 Booked:

✅  Official lineups – formations – tabellino:

👉 Lineup Salernitana (3-4-2-1): Ochoa; Pierozzi, Boateng, Pellegrino; Zanoli, Basic, Maggiore, Bradaric; Candreva, Kastanos; Dia.

Subs: Costil, Allocca, Pirola, Sambia, Gomis, Coulibaly, Legowski, Martegani, Tchaouna, Simy, Vignato, Weissman, Ikwuemesi.

Coach:  Filippo Inzaghi.

👉 Lineup Empoli (3-4-2-1): Caprile; Bereszynski, Ismajli, Luperto; Gyasi, Grassi, Maleh, Cacace; Zurkowski, Cambiaghi; Cerri. A disp: Berisha, Perisan, Goglichidze, Pezzella, Bastoni, Kovalenko, Fazzini, Shpendi, Niang, Cancellieri, Destro.

Subs: Berisha, Perisan, Goglichidze, Pezzella, Bastoni, Kovalenko, Fazzini, Shpendi, Niang, Cancellieri, Destro.

Coach: Davide Nicola.