Serie A

Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria

Empoli vs Sampdoria finished 2-4 in Serie A. Key event: 10' Manuel Pasqual (xG 0.76 · Left Foot · location 88.5%, 50%). Head to head: H2H last 8: 0-4-4. Home form: L W D W W; Away form: W W D W D. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.

EMP 2 - 4 Finished

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

Your time 22 Dec 2018, 14:00 Venue time 22 Dec 2018, 15:00 CET

Match preview 2 facts

Home form L W D W W 10 pts, goals 10-9, 2.00 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match

Away form W W D W D 11 pts, goals 11-4, 2.20 scored/match, 0.80 conceded/match

Shot map 26 shots · 6 goals

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

Empoli 10 shots · 1.25 xG · 2 goals

Sampdoria 16 shots · 1.9 xG · 4 goals

Attempt Goal Marker size = xG

Timeline 44 events

10' shot Manuel Pasqual EMP xG 0.76 · Left Foot · location 88.5%, 50%

11' Goal Manuel Pasqual 1–0 EMP Penalty

15' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM assist Dennis Praet · xG 0.67 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 96.2%, 51.9%

18' Yellow Joachim Andersen SAM Yellow card

20' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP assist Matías Silvestre · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.2%, 63.7%

22' shot Manuel Pasqual EMP assist Francesco Caputo · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 84.1%, 72.4%

24' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM assist Karol Linetty · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 81.7%, 69.9%

27' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Set Piece · location 85.3%, 62.6%

31' shot Gastón Ramírez SAM assist Fabio Quagliarella · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.9%, 62%

32' Yellow Afriyie Acquah EMP Yellow card

34' Yellow Francesco Caputo EMP Yellow card

40' shot Gastón Ramírez SAM assist Gregoire Defrel · xG 0.06 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 89.9%, 68.8%

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41' Goal Gastón Ramírez 1–1SAM assist Grégoire Defrel

44' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Giovanni Di Lorenzo · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 27.9%

47' shot Karol Linetty SAM assist Gastón Ramírez · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 68.7%, 59.9%

49' shot Lorenzo Tonelli SAM assist Dennis Praet · xG 0.13 · From Corner · location 95.6%, 48.8%

54' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 77.6%, 43.9%

63' shot Gregoire Defrel SAM assist Albin Ekdal · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 77.1%, 68.6%

63' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM assist Gastón Ramírez · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 95.5%, 36.1%

65' Sub Riccardo Saponara SAM on for Gastón Ramírez

67' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM assist Nicola Murru · xG 0.33 · Open Play · location 92%, 46.4%

68' shot Fabio Quagliarella SAM assist Nicola Murru · xG 0.07 · Open Play · location 93.4%, 52.7%

69' Goal Fabio Quagliarella 1–2SAM assist Nicola Murru

70' Yellow Fabio Quagliarella SAM Yellow card

72' Sub Miha Zajc EMP on for Jacob Rasmussen

74' shot Joachim Andersen SAM assist Jacopo Sala · xG 0.29 · Set Piece · location 90.5%, 49.9%

75' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Hamed Junior Traore · xG 0.11 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.6%, 66%

76' Goal Francesco Caputo 2–2EMP assist Hamed Junior Traorè

80' shot Nicola Murru SAM assist Karol Linetty · xG 0.01 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74%, 72.9%

82' shot Afriyie Acquah EMP xG 0.05 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 90.4%, 31%

82' shot Hamed Junior Traore EMP xG 0.02 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 81.3%, 67.2%

82' Yellow Albin Ekdal SAM Yellow card

83' shot Frederic Veseli EMP assist Francesco Caputo · xG 0.05 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 86.5%, 42.5%

84' Sub Salih Uçan EMP on for Afriyie Acquah

85' Sub Gianluca Caprari SAM on for Grégoire Defrel

85' Yellow Antonio La Gumina EMP Yellow card

86' shot Gianluca Caprari SAM assist Riccardo Saponara · xG 0.08 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 85.5%, 38.4%

86' Sub Jakub Jankto SAM on for Karol Linetty

87' Goal Gianluca Caprari 2–3SAM assist Riccardo Saponara

88' Yellow Gianluca Caprari SAM Yellow card

90+1' Goal Gianluca Caprari 2–4SAM assist Nicola Murru

90' shot Gianluca Caprari SAM assist Nicola Murru · xG 0.04 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.2%, 77.7%

93' shot Gianluca Caprari SAM xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.5%, 49.3%

95' shot Francesco Caputo EMP assist Salih Ucan · xG 0.1 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 88.5%, 37.3%

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 2-4-6

Sampdoria leads the last 12 head-to-head meetings: 4 wins, 2 losses, 6 draws. Latest meeting: 06 Apr 2026 · Sampdoria vs Empoli · 1 - 0.

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Showing 8 of 12 head-to-head matches.

06 Apr 2026

Sampdoria 1 - 0 Empoli

28 Oct 2025

Empoli 1 - 1 Sampdoria

15 May 2023

Sampdoria 1 - 1 Empoli

16 Jan 2023

Empoli 1 - 0 Sampdoria

19 Feb 2022

Sampdoria 2 - 0 Empoli

19 Sep 2021

Empoli 0 - 3 Sampdoria

12 May 2019

Sampdoria 1 - 2 Empoli

15 Jan 2017

Sampdoria 0 - 0 Empoli

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21 Aug 2016

Empoli 0 - 1 Sampdoria

12 Mar 2016

Empoli 1 - 1 Sampdoria

29 Oct 2015

Sampdoria 1 - 1 Empoli

24 May 2015

Empoli 1 - 1 Sampdoria

Team statistics 17 metrics

29% Ball Possession 71%

29% 71%

1.25 Expected Goals 1.90

39% 60%

10 Total Shots 16

38% 61%

3 Shots on Goal 11

21% 78%

8 Corner Kicks 5

61% 38%

16 Fouls 12

57% 42%

3 Yellow Cards 4

42% 57%

7 Goalkeeper Saves 1

87% 12%

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3 Blocked shots 2

4 Offsides 6

11 Free kicks 16

4 Shots off target 3

14 Throw-ins 16

3 Goal kicks 7

7 Total saves 1

0 Hit woodwork 0

9 Shots inside box 9

Lineups

1 Emil Audero GK 7 Jacopo Sala DEF 26 Lorenzo Tonelli DEF 3 Joachim Andersen DEF 29 Nicola Murru DEF 10 Dennis Praet MID 6 Albin Ekdal MID 16 Karol Linetty MID 11 Gastón Ramírez MID 92 Grégoire Defrel FWD 27 Fabio Quagliarella 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 18 Afriyie Acquah MID 10 Ismaël Bennacer MID 8 Hamed Junior Traorè MID 20 Antonio La Gumina FWD 11 Francesco Caputo FWD

Sampdoria

4-3-1-2 · Manager Marco Giampaolo

1 E Emil Audero GK

7 J Jacopo Sala DEF

26 L Lorenzo Tonelli DEF

3 J Joachim Andersen DEF

29 N Nicola Murru DEF

10 D Dennis Praet MID

6 A Albin Ekdal MID

16 K Karol Linetty MID

11 G Gastón Ramírez MID

92 G Grégoire Defrel FWD

27 F Fabio Quagliarella · Captain FWD

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5 R Riccardo Saponara MID

17 G Gianluca Caprari FWD

14 J Jakub Jankto MID

72 V Vid Belec GK

33 R Rafael Cabral GK

22 J Junior Tavares DEF

15 O Omar Colley DEF

25 A Alex Ferrari DEF

18 M Maxime Leverbe DEF

95 G Gabriele Rolando DEF

4 R Ronaldo Vieira MID

99 D Dawid Kownacki 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

18 A Afriyie Acquah MID

10 I Ismaël Bennacer MID

8 H Hamed Junior Traorè MID

20 A Antonio La Gumina FWD

11 F Francesco Caputo FWD

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6 M Miha Zajc MID

48 S Salih Uçan MID

21 P Pietro Terracciano GK

99 A Andrea Fulignati GK

22 D Domenico Maietta DEF

27 J Joel Untersee DEF

13 L Luca Antonelli DEF

28 L Leonardo Capezzi MID

4 M Matteo Brighi MID

7 L Levan Mchedlidze FWD

9 A Alejandro Rodríguez FWD

66 S Samuel Mráz FWD

Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria

Match preview 2 facts

Shot map 26 shots · 6 goals

Timeline 44 events

Head-to-head H2H last 12: 2-4-6

Recent form

Team statistics 17 metrics

Lineups

Sampdoria

Empoli