Serie A

Empoli 1-3 Genoa

Empoli vs Genoa finished 1-3 in Serie A. Key event: 4' Giovanni Di Lorenzo (xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 75.8%, 39.6%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 2-3-3. Home form: D L L L L; Away form: L D L W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

EMP 1 - 3 Finished

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Competition Serie A Season 2018/2019 Country Italy Venue Venue to confirm

Your time 28 Jan 2019, 19:30 Venue time 28 Jan 2019, 20:30 CET

Match preview 2 facts

Home form D L L L L 1 pts, goals 5-13, 1.00 scored/match, 2.60 conceded/match

Away form L D L W L 4 pts, goals 5-7, 1.00 scored/match, 1.40 conceded/match

Shot map 30 shots · 4 goals

Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.

Empoli 15 shots · 1.93 xG · 1 goal

Genoa 15 shots · 1.88 xG · 3 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 43 events

4' shot Giovanni Di Lorenzo EMP xG 0.01 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 75.8%, 39.6%

7' shot Cristian Romero GEN assist Darko Lazovic · xG 0.08 · From Corner · location 91.2%, 47.6%

9' shot Daniel Bessa GEN assist Esteban Rolón · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.9%, 65.5%

12' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP assist Manuel Pasqual · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.6%, 50.1%

12' shot Francesco Caputo EMP xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88%, 57.6%

13' shot Miguel Veloso GEN assist Rômulo · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.6%, 30.3%

14' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Manuel Pasqual · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.7%, 57.3%

16' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Giovanni Di Lorenzo · xG 0.16 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 95.9%, 39.1%

17' shot Christian Kouamé GEN assist Domenico Criscito · xG 0.16 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.3%, 64.8%

18' Goal Christian Kouamé 0–1 GEN assist Domenico Criscito

22' shot Darko Lazovic GEN assist Domenico Criscito · xG 0.32 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 98.3%, 61.2%

23' shot Rade Krunic EMP assist Miha Zajc · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 29.1%

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27' shot Rade Krunic EMP assist Francesco Caputo · xG 0.32 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.5%, 36.5%

29' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Ismael Bennacer · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 88.5%, 74.4%

31' shot Rômulo GEN assist Esteban Rolón · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 74.4%, 50.9%

31' shot Christian Kouamé GEN assist Darko Lazovic · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 91.6%, 34.9%

36' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Matías Silvestre · xG 0.28 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 95.6%, 59.2%

36' shot Manuel Pasqual EMP xG 0.03 · Left Foot · From Corner · location 81.1%, 67.8%

36' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 74.9%, 52.8%

39' Yellow Daniel Bessa GEN Yellow card

42' shot Christian Kouamé GEN assist Esteban Rolón · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 42.5%

45' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Ivan Provedel · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.4%, 69.3%

52' shot Darko Lazovic GEN assist Rômulo · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 87.9%, 39.4%

52' shot Darko Lazovic GEN xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 87%, 36.3%

57' Yellow Esteban Rolón GEN Yellow card

58' shot Davide Biraschi GEN xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Set Piece · location 85.2%, 56.9%

58' Sub Levan Mchedlidze EMP on for Rade Krunić

60' Yellow Jacob Rasmussen EMP Yellow card

62' shot Giovanni Di Lorenzo EMP xG 0.54 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 48.7%

63' shot Christian Kouamé GEN assist Davide Biraschi · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 93.2%, 29.8%

63' Goal Giovanni Di Lorenzo 1–1EMP Goal

65' shot Miha Zajc EMP assist Hamed Junior Traore · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 84.9%, 26.7%

68' shot Darko Lazovic GEN assist Christian Kouamé · xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92%, 31.8%

68' Sub Antonio Sanabria GEN on for Rômulo

69' shot Darko Lazovic GEN assist Daniel Bessa · xG 0.09 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 82.2%, 46.6%

70' Goal Darko Lazović 1–2GEN assist Daniel Bessa

72' shot Antonio Sanabria GEN assist Darko Lazovic · xG 0.64 · Open Play · location 97.4%, 52.8%

73' Goal Antonio Sanabria 1–3GEN assist Darko Lazović

74' Sub Salih Uçan EMP on for Hamed Junior Traorè

80' Sub Afriyie Acquah EMP on for Miha Zajc

87' Sub Giuseppe Pezzella GEN on for Esteban Rolón

89' Sub Pedro Pereira GEN on for Darko Lazović

91' shot Manuel Pasqual EMP xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Direct Freekick · location 74.4%, 54.8%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 1-5-6

Genoa leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 5 wins, 1 loss, 6 draws. Latest meeting: 25 Sep 2025 · Genoa vs Empoli · 3 - 1.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

25 Sep 2025

Genoa 3 - 1 Empoli

02 Mar 2025

Genoa 1 - 1 Empoli

28 Dec 2024

Empoli 1 - 2 Genoa

03 Feb 2024

Empoli 0 - 0 Genoa

02 Dec 2023

Genoa 1 - 1 Empoli

06 Mar 2022

Genoa 0 - 0 Empoli

05 Nov 2021

Empoli 2 - 2 Genoa

26 Aug 2018

Genoa 2 - 1 Empoli

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05 Mar 2017

Empoli 0 - 2 Genoa

16 Oct 2016

Genoa 0 - 0 Empoli

06 Mar 2016

Genoa 1 - 0 Empoli

24 Oct 2015

Empoli 2 - 0 Genoa

Team statistics 17 metrics

58% Ball Possession 42%

58% 42%

1.91 Expected Goals 1.87

50% 49%

15 Total Shots 15

50% 50%

4 Shots on Goal 7

36% 63%

1 Corner Kicks 3

25% 75%

8 Fouls 8

50% 50%

1 Yellow Cards 2

33% 66%

4 Goalkeeper Saves 3

57% 42%

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3 Blocked shots 2

3 Offsides 2

6 Free kicks 8

8 Shots off target 6

30 Throw-ins 13

8 Goal kicks 10

4 Total saves 3

1 Hit woodwork 0

10 Shots inside box 11

Lineups

97 Ionuț Radu GK 14 Davide Biraschi DEF 17 Cristian Romero DEF 87 Ervin Zukanović DEF 4 Domenico Criscito DEF 8 Rômulo MID 44 Miguel Veloso MID 18 Esteban Rolón MID 22 Darko Lazović FWD 11 Christian Kouamé FWD 24 Daniel Bessa FWD 1 Ivan Provedel GK 2 Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF 5 Frédéric Veseli DEF 26 Matías Silvestre DEF 32 Jacob Rasmussen DEF 23 Manuel Pasqual DEF 33 Rade Krunić MID 10 Ismaël Bennacer MID 8 Hamed Junior Traorè MID 6 Miha Zajc FWD 11 Francesco Caputo FWD

Genoa

4-3-3 · Manager Cesare Prandelli

97 I Ionuț Radu GK

14 D Davide Biraschi DEF

17 C Cristian Romero DEF

87 E Ervin Zukanović DEF

4 D Domenico Criscito · Captain DEF

8 R Rômulo MID

44 M Miguel Veloso MID

18 E Esteban Rolón MID

22 D Darko Lazović FWD

11 C Christian Kouamé FWD

24 D Daniel Bessa FWD

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9 A Antonio Sanabria FWD

13 G Giuseppe Pezzella DEF

32 P Pedro Pereira DEF

25 R Rok Vodišek GK

93 J Jandrei GK

33 I Ivan Lakićević DEF

3 K Koray Günter DEF

26 N Nicola Dalmonte FWD

45 I Iuri Medeiros MID

27 S Stefano Sturaro MID

19 G Goran Pandev FWD

Empoli

5-3-2 · Manager Giuseppe Iachini

1 I Ivan Provedel GK

2 G Giovanni Di Lorenzo DEF

5 F Frédéric Veseli DEF

26 M Matías Silvestre DEF

32 J Jacob Rasmussen DEF

23 M Manuel Pasqual · Captain DEF

33 R Rade Krunić MID

10 I Ismaël Bennacer MID

8 H Hamed Junior Traorè MID

6 M Miha Zajc FWD

11 F Francesco Caputo FWD

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7 L Levan Mchedlidze FWD

48 S Salih Uçan MID

18 A Afriyie Acquah MID

69 B Bartłomiej Drągowski GK

13 L Luca Antonelli DEF

27 J Joel Untersee DEF

44 N Nikola Pejović DEF

29 M Michał Marcjanik DEF

4 M Matteo Brighi MID

45 E Eduardo Bubacar Baldé FWD

9 A Alejandro Rodríguez FWD

66 S Samuel Mráz FWD