Empoli 2-1 Ascoli: result and report

Empoli 2-1 Ascoli

Serie B · Saturday 7 December 2019, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Empoli · Ascoli · Serie B predictions

Empoli defeated Ascoli 2-1 in Serie B on Saturday 7 December 2019. The half-time score was 0-1.

R. Brosco opened the scoring in the 24th minute. Empoli's goals came from Jure Balkovec (57') and Antonino La Gumina (90+3'). Ascoli scored through R. Brosco (24').

Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Ascoli received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 13th on 18 points from 14 and Ascoli 6th on 21 points from 14. Empoli went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Ascoli 17th with 46.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Ascoli in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Jure Balkovec of Empoli (8.8), ahead of Nicola Leali (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 2 for Ascoli.

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