Empoli 2-1 ChievoVerona: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 12 March 2006
Result
Empoli 2-1 ChievoVerona
Serie A · Sunday 12 March 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 2-1 ChievoVerona: match report
Empoli beat ChievoVerona 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 12 March 2006. The half-time score was 0-0.
Christian Rigano opened the scoring in the 71st minute. Empoli's goals came from Christian Rigano (71') and F. Tavano (79'). ChievoVerona scored through Matteo Brighi (82').
Discipline: Empoli received 4 yellow cards; ChievoVerona received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 23 points from 28 and ChievoVerona 7th on 41 points from 28. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and ChievoVerona 7th with 54.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for ChievoVerona.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-L-W and ChievoVerona's D-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 22'Yellow card · Ighli Vannucchi
- 26'Yellow card · Federico Giunti
- 61'Yellow card · Francesco Pratali
- 71'Goal · Christian Rigano
- 79'Goal · F. Tavano
- 82'Goal · Matteo Brighi
- 87'Yellow card · Paolo Zanetti
- 90+4'Yellow card · Andrea Raggi
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up
Daniele Balli, Andrea Coda, Vittorio Tosto, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Davide Moro, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Ighli Vannucchi, Francesco Tavano, Christian Rigano
ChievoVerona line-up
Alberto Fontana, Marco Malagó, Giuseppe Scurto, Franco Semioli, Matteo Brighi, Simone Tiribocchi, Amauri, Lorenzo D'Anna, Federico Giunti, Daniele Franceschini, Salvatore Lanna