Empoli 4-1 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 9 December 2007
Result
Empoli 4-1 Cagliari
Serie A · Sunday 9 December 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Empoli 4-1 Cagliari: match report
Empoli defeated Cagliari 4-1 in Serie A on Sunday 9 December 2007. The half-time score was 2-0.
Nicola Pozzi opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Empoli's goals came from Nicola Pozzi (2'), Nicola Pozzi (10'), Nicola Pozzi (50') and Nicola Pozzi (64'). Cagliari scored through Daniele Conti (77').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 20th on 10 points from 14 and Cagliari 18th on 10 points from 14. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Cagliari 14th with 42.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-D-L and Cagliari's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 10'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 25'Yellow card · Michele Fini
- 34'Yellow card · M. Ferri
- 43'Yellow card · Joe Bizera Bastos
- 45'Yellow card · Sebastian Giovinco
- 50'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 64'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 71'Yellow card · Daniele Balli
- 77'Goal · Daniele Conti
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Daniele Balli, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Nicola Pozzi, Sebastian Giovinco
Cagliari line-up (4-3-3)
Vincenzo Marruocco, Joe Bizera Bastos, Michele Ferri, Alessandro Agostini, Alessandro Budel, Daniele Conti, Pasquale Foggia, Andrea Parola, Michele Fini, J. Larrivey, Luis Diego López Breijo