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 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.
Key events
- 44'Goal · Tyronne Ebuehi
- 58'Goal · Marten de Roon
- 82'Yellow card · Liam Henderson
- 84'Yellow card · Filippo Bandinelli
- 84'Yellow card · Ademola Lookman
- 86'Goal · Rasmus Höjlund
- 88'Yellow card · José Luis Palomino
- 90+1'Yellow card · M. Ruggeri
Head-to-head
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