Counter-Punch
Carrarese
Carrarese were happy without the ball and still created more — 0.77 xG from 41.0% possession.
- Possession
- 41.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.77
- Opponent xG
- 0.70
Serie B · Matchday 3Carrarese
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
Empoli
Bogdan Popov 74'
Serie B
Matchday 3Carrarese0–1Empoli
0.77
Expected goals
0.70
74′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: CAR 0.77, EMP 0.70.
Match report
Carrarese 0-1 Empoli
Empoli edged out Carrarese 1-0 at Stadio dei Marmi in Serie B. Popov opened the scoring for Empoli on 74'.
Expected goals finished Carrarese 0.77, Empoli 0.70. Empoli held 59.0% of the ball.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Carrarese graded out for counter-punch — 41.0% possession and 0.77 expected goals. Empoli graded out for passive possession — 59.0% possession and 0.70 expected goals.
Jacopo Seghetti came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Empoli across 90 minutes.
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
41%Possession59%
9Shots16
0.77xG0.70
What the numbers say
3 readsPassive Possession
Empoli
Empoli controlled the ball without ever turning it into danger — territory, not threat.
- Possession
- 59.0%
- Expected goals
- 0.70
- On target
- 2
- xG per 100 passes
- 0.11
Shooting From Range
Empoli
Empoli could not get inside the box and settled for distance — 63% of their shots came from outside it.
- Shots from range
- 10 of 16
- Share
- 63%
- xG per shot
- 0.04
Timeline
🔄45'
Filippo Di Stefano ↑ Joseph Ceesay ↓
Half-time
🟨51'
Luca Magnino
Foul
Jacopo Martini ↑ Luka Topalovic ↓
🔄60'
🔄61'
Bogdan Popov ↑ Steven Shpendi ↓
🔄61'
Filippo Bandinelli ↑ Edoardo Biondini ↓
Niccolò Belloni ↑ Gabriele parlanti ↓
🔄71'
Mattia Finotto ↑ Moustapha Cisse ↓
🔄71'
Matthias Braunöder ↑ Nicolas Schiavi ↓
🔄72'
⚽74'
Bogdan Popov — assist: Luca Magnino
🔄78'
Karim Zedadka ↑ Matteo Egan ↓
Nicolo Cudrig ↑ Fabio Andrea ↓
🔄78'
🔄82'
Duccio Degli Innocenti ↑ Edoardo Saporiti ↓
🟨87'
Filippo Di Stefano
Dissent
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadio dei Marmi, Carrara
RefereeGiuseppe Mucera, Italy
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 3
StatusMatch Finished