Bologna 2-3 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 19 December 2015
Result
Bologna 2-3 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 19 December 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 2-2
Bologna 2-3 Empoli: match report
Bologna were beaten by Empoli 2-3 in Serie A on Saturday 19 December 2015. It was 2-2 at half-time.
M. Pucciarelli opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Bologna's goals came from Franco Brienza (36') and Mattia Destro (45'). Empoli scored through M. Pucciarelli (24'), Massimo Maccarone (42') and Massimo Maccarone (48').
Discipline: Bologna received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Bologna were 13th on 19 points from 16 and Empoli 9th on 24 points from 16. Bologna went on to finish that season 14th with 42 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Bologna lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Massimo Maccarone of Empoli (8.6), level with Manuel Pucciarelli (8.6).
Going into the match Bologna's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Empoli's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 24'Goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 34'Yellow card · Andrea Costa
- 36'Goal · Franco Brienza
- 42'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 45'Goal · Mattia Destro
- 48'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 55'Yellow card · Vincent Laurini
- 57'Yellow card · Lukasz Skorupski
- 65'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 74'Yellow card · E. Pulgar
- 87'Yellow card · S. Taïder
Team news
Bologna line-up (4-3-3)
Antonio Mirante, Marios Oikonomou, Luca Rossettini, Adam Masina, Daniele Gastaldello, Lorenzo Crisetig, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Godfred Donsah, Mattia Destro, Franco Brienza, Anthony Mounier
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli