Empoli 2-0 Catania: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 24 February 2008
Result
Empoli 2-0 Catania
Serie A · Sunday 24 February 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-0 Catania: match report
Empoli defeated Catania 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 24 February 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.
Sebastian Giovinco opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Empoli's goals came from Sebastian Giovinco (36') and Alessandro Budel (78'). Catania did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Catania received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 22 points from 23 and Catania 14th on 23 points from 23. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Catania 17th with 37.
Empoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Catania in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 0 draws and 2 for Catania.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-L-L-L and Catania's L-L-L-D-L.
Key events
- 36'Goal · Sebastian Giovinco
- 67'Yellow card · Claudio Marchisio
- 67'Yellow card · Lino Marzorati
- 78'Goal · Alessandro Budel
- 84'Yellow card · Jorge Martínez Barrios
- 90'Yellow card · Sebastian Giovinco
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Davide Bassi, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Francesco Pratali, Luca Antonini, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Luca Saudati, Sebastian Giovinco
Catania line-up (4-3-3)
Ciro Polito, Lorenzo Stovini, Juan Manuel Vargas, Pablo Alvarez, Christian Terlizzi, Mark Edusei, Mariano Julio Izco, Davide Baiocco, Jorge Martínez Barrios, Giuseppe Mascara, Gionatha Spinesi