Atalanta 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Friday 17 March 2023

Result

Atalanta 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Friday 17 March 2023, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Atalanta · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Atalanta 2-1 Empoli: match report

Atalanta defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Friday 17 March 2023. The half-time score was 0-1.

Tyronne Ebuehi opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Atalanta's goals came from Marten de Roon (58') and Rasmus Höjlund (86'). Empoli scored through Tyronne Ebuehi (44').

Discipline: Atalanta received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atalanta were 7th on 42 points from 26 and Empoli 14th on 28 points from 26. Atalanta went on to finish that season 6th with 64 points, and Empoli 14th with 43.

Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Davide Zappacosta of Atalanta (8.4), ahead of Matteo Ruggeri (8.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Atalanta wins, 3 draws and 2 for Empoli.

Going into the match Atalanta's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Empoli's L-L-L-D-D.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 44'Goal · Tyronne EbuehiEmpoli · 0-1
  • 58'Goal · Marten de RoonAtalanta · 1-1
  • 82'Yellow card · Liam HendersonEmpoli
  • 84'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
  • 84'Yellow card · Ademola LookmanAtalanta
  • 86'Goal · Rasmus HöjlundAtalanta · 2-1
  • 88'Yellow card · José Luis PalominoAtalanta
  • 90+1'Yellow card · M. RuggeriAtalanta

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Atalanta 5, draws 3, Empoli 2.

Team news

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

Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói, José Luis Palomino, Giorgio Scalvini, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Éderson, Matteo Ruggeri, Mario Pašalić, Duván Zapata, Luis Muriel

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

Samuele Perisan, Tyronne Ebuehi, Koni De Winter, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Alberto Grassi, Jacopo Fazzini, Tommaso Baldanzi, Martín Satriano, Francesco Caputo