AC Milan 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 29 August 2015

Result

AC Milan 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Saturday 29 August 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

AC Milan 2-1 Empoli: match report

AC Milan defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 29 August 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Carlos Bacca opened the scoring in the 16th minute. AC Milan's goals came from Carlos Bacca (16') and Luiz Adriano (69'). Empoli scored through Riccardo Saponara (20').

Discipline: AC Milan received no yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

AC Milan went on to finish that season 7th with 57 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.

AC Milan lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Luiz Adriano of AC Milan (8.5), ahead of R. Saponara (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 AC Milan wins, 3 draws and 1 for Empoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

16'Goal · Carlos BaccaAC Milan · 1-0
20'Goal · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli · 1-1
27'Yellow card · Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli
42'Yellow card · Massimo MaccaroneEmpoli
69'Goal · Luiz AdrianoAC Milan · 2-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: AC Milan 4, draws 3, Empoli 1.

AC Milan 1-1 EmpoliSerie A · 15 Feb 2015
Empoli 2-2 AC MilanSerie A · 23 Sep 2014
Empoli 1-3 AC MilanSerie A · 9 Mar 2008
AC Milan 0-1 EmpoliSerie A · 21 Oct 2007
AC Milan 3-1 EmpoliSerie A · 7 Apr 2007
Empoli 0-0 AC MilanSerie A · 18 Nov 2006

Team news

AC Milan line-up (4-3-1-2)

Diego López, Mattia De Sciglio, Alessio Romagnoli, Cristián Zapata, Luca Antonelli, Suso, Antonio Nocerino, Nigel de Jong, Andrea Bertolacci, Luiz Adriano, Carlos Bacca

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli