| Minute | Text commentary |
| 47' | First half comes to an end: 0-0 between Inter and Empoli after 45'. |
| 45' | Inter launch a counter attack as Barella plays in Dumfries, who crosses into the middle for Asllani, Grassi recovers and puts the ball out for a corner. |
| 45' | Two minutes of stoppage time. |
| 37' | Barella tries his luck from outside the box again after a corner: brilliant shot but it goes over. |
| 33' | First shot for Empoli, Pezzella goes on a solo run and shoots outside the area, the ball goes over. |
| 31' | Corner from Dimarco, the ball is cleared by the defence: Barella volleys from outside the box, but it goes over. |
| 30' | Taremi plays a though ball to Lautaro, who shoots with his left foot, but it goes wide. |
| 25' | Asllani plays the ball forward to Lautaro who controls and slams the ball into the near post from close range. Play halted due to a handball from the Inter forward. |
| 23' | Empoli are playing with great density in their own half, Inter trying to create spaces and chances. |
| 15' | Another big chance for Inter: Dumfries crosses from the right, Lautaro mishits as he is in between two players on the back post and can't direct his shot on goal. |
| 14' | Brilliant driven shot from Lautaro - who has come back on - the build up comes from a Dimarco corner: amazing save from Vasquez to save Empoli. |
| 7' | Lautaro goes to ground in the Empoli area after a challenge. Clear knock on the right shin, Thuram is warming up. |
| 1' | Inter vs Empoli is underway! Let's go, lads. Forza Inter! |
| 1' | EMPOLI (4-4-1-1): 23 Vasquez; 22 De Sciglio, 34 Ismajli, 21 Viti, 3 Pezzella; 11 Gyasi, 5 Grassi, 93 Maleh, 13 Cacace; 10 Fazzini; 29 Colombo. |
| 1' | INTER (3-5-2): 1 Sommer; 28 Pavard, 6 De Vrij, 30 Carlos Augusto; 2 Dumfries, 23 Barella, 21 Asllani, 7 Zielinski, 32 Dimarco; 99 Taremi, 10 Lautaro. |
| 1' | Inter in action at 20:45 CET at San Siro for matchday 21 of the Serie A. The Nerazzurri take on Empoli at the Meazza. |
| Minute | Text commentary |
| 49' | The match comes to an end! Inter have beaten Empoli 3-1! |
| 47' | Carlos goes close to scoring: good move in the Empoli area with a final cross from Barella. Carlos's header whistles past the post. |
| 45' | Four minutes of stoppage time. |
| 44' | GOALLLLL! 3-1!! Great play from Inter: Darmian plays Barella through and he passes to Arnautovic, who delivers the assist for Thuram. Tikus is as cold as ice and slots home past Vasquez! |
| 44' | Thuram |
| 43' | Sambia shoots from distance, the ball goes over the bar. |
| 40' | Darmian |
| 38' | Empoli shorten our lead: Esposito controls the ball, dribbles past one and then finishes from close range. |
| 38' | Esposito |
| 38' | Zurkowski (Cacace) |
| 38' | Sambia (Pezzella) |
| 34' | GOALLLLL! 2-0!!! Perfect corner from Asllani, Dumfries rises higher than everyone else to head it in! Fantastic! |
| 34' | Dumfries |
| 32' | Bastoni (Dimarco) |
| 32' | Arnautovic (Lautaro) |
| 32' | Dumfries takes the ball to shoot but it's blocked at the last second by Vasquez! |
| 31' | Barella takes the ball and shoots from distance, it goes over. |
| 28' | Henderson (Grassi) |
| 26' | Mkhitaryan and Thuram get straight into the thick of the action with a one-two in the area. The midfielder doesn't manage to control, the action breaks down. |
| 24' | Mkhitaryan (Zielinski) |
| 24' | Thuram (Taremi) |
| 21' | Goglichidze (De Sciglio) |
| 21' | Esposito (Fazzini) |
| 15' | Inter make an error in the build-up, Empoli get a shot away through Maleh, blocked for a corner. Big risk! |
| 14' | Lautaro again: he shoots from the edge of the area, but it is too central. Vasquez saves again. |
| 10' | EL TOROOOOOOO! Unbelievable goal from Lautaro! Right footed shot from outside the area which hits the back of the net, Vasquez gets a touch but can't save it. |
| 10' | Lautaro |
| 4' | Great defending from Carlos Augusto: an important block as he gets there before Colombo. |
| 4' | Corner from Asllani, which is met by De Vrij: Vasquez makes a comfortable save. |
| 1' | Back underway for the second half, neither side has made a change during the break. |