Cagliari 4-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 5 February 2006

Result

Cagliari 4-1 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 5 February 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Cagliari 4-1 Empoli: match report

Cagliari beat Empoli 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 5 February 2006. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Nelson Abeijón Pessi opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Cagliari's goals came from Nelson Abeijón Pessi (1'), Mauro Esposito (19'), Óscar Suazo Velázquez (36') and Mauro Esposito (61'). Empoli scored through F. Tavano (59').

Discipline: Cagliari received 4 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cagliari were 17th on 19 points from 22 and Empoli 18th on 19 points from 22. Cagliari went on to finish that season 16th with 39 points, and Empoli 11th with 45.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Cagliari wins, 0 draws and 1 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Nelson Abeijón PessiCagliari · 1-0
  • 2'Yellow card · Nelson Abeijón PessiCagliari
  • 19'Goal · Mauro EspositoCagliari · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Antonio LangellaCagliari
  • 36'Goal · Óscar Suazo VelázquezCagliari · 3-0
  • 59'Goal · F. TavanoEmpoli · 3-1
  • 61'Goal · Mauro EspositoCagliari · 4-1
  • 68'Yellow card · Fabrizio FiciniEmpoli
  • 71'Yellow card · Massimo GobbiCagliari
  • 79'Yellow card · Alessandro AgostiniCagliari

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Cagliari 0, draws 0, Empoli 1.

Team news

Cagliari line-up

Antonio Chimenti, Joe Bizera Bastos, Michele Canini, Francesco Bega, Massimo Gobbi, Alessandro Agostini, Daniele Conti, Mauro Esposito, Nelson Abeijón Pessi, Antonio Langella, Óscar Suazo Velázquez

Empoli line-up

Gianluca Berti, Stefano Lucchini, Andrea Coda, Vittorio Tosto, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Francesco Lodi, Fabrizio Ficini, Nicola Pozzi, Francesco Tavano