Empoli 2-1 Bologna: result and report

Empoli 2-1 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 9 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Empoli · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Empoli beat Bologna 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 9 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Empoli's goals came from Francesco Caputo (10') and Antonino La Gumina (80'). Bologna scored through Andrea Poli (41').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Bologna received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 13 points from 14 and Bologna 18th on 11 points from 14. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Bologna 10th with 44.

Empoli lined up in a 5-3-2 and Bologna in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Federico Mattiello of Bologna (8.4), ahead of Ivan Provedel (8.1).

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

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