Empoli 2, AS Roma 1. Cancellieri opened it in the 13th minute, Aouar levelled on the stroke of half time, and Niang settled it in the 90th. So Roma kept the ball for 67% of the match and lost it in the last minute. Here is the thing worth noticing. Empoli, with a third of the possession, put 7 shots on target to Roma's 3, and finished with the higher expected goals. They did not need the ball. They needed the chances, and they took the ones that counted. Roma had more of everything except the two moments that decided the scoreline. Empoli move up quietly. Roma go home with the possession stat and nothing else to show for it.