Cosenza 0-2 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Monday 4 January 2021
Result
Cosenza 0-2 Empoli
Serie B · Monday 4 January 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Cosenza 0-2 Empoli: match report
Cosenza were beaten by Empoli 0-2 in Serie B on Monday 4 January 2021. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Marco Olivieri opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Cosenza did not score. Empoli scored through Marco Olivieri (45+1', penalty) and Leonardo Mancuso (88').
Discipline: Cosenza received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Cosenza were 15th on 15 points from 16 and Empoli 1st on 31 points from 16. Cosenza went on to finish that season 17th with 35 points, and Empoli 1st with 73.
Cosenza 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 Fabiano Parisi of Empoli (7.7), ahead of Alberto Brignoli (7.5).
Going into the match Cosenza's last five read D-D-D-L-W and Empoli's D-W-D-D-W.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Nicolas Haas
- 45'Yellow card · A. Tiritiello
- 45+1'Penalty goal · Marco Olivieri
- 52'Yellow card · Brayan Vera
- 69'Yellow card · Simone Romagnoli
- 77'Yellow card · D. Sciaudone
- 88'Goal · Leonardo Mancuso
Team news
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Cosenza line-up (3-4-1-2)
Wladimiro Falcone, Andrea Tiritiello, Riccardo Idda, Matteo Legittimo, Devid Eugene Bouah, Davide Petrucci, Ben Lhassine Kone, Brayan Vera, Mohamed Rayan Bahlouli, Ihsan Sacko, Ettore Gliozzi
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alberto Brignoli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Simone Romagnoli, Nicolò Casale, Fabiano Parisi, Samuele Ricci, Leo Stulac, Nicolas Haas, Nedim Bajrami, Ryder Matos, Marco Olivieri