Empoli 3-1 Crotone: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 1 February 2020
Result
Empoli 3-1 Crotone
Serie B · Saturday 1 February 2020, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Empoli 3-1 Crotone: match report
Empoli defeated Crotone 3-1 in Serie B on Saturday 1 February 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.
Gennaro Tutino opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Empoli's goals came from Gennaro Tutino (17'), Leonardo Mancuso (20') and Liam Henderson (61'). Crotone scored through Giovanni Crociata (39').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Crotone received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 24 points from 21 and Crotone 3rd on 34 points from 21. Empoli went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Crotone 2nd with 68.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Crotone in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gennaro Tutino of Empoli (8.5), ahead of Giovanni Crociata (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 4 for Crotone.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-L-D-L-D and Crotone's L-W-W-W-W.
Key events
- 17'Goal · Gennaro Tutino
- 20'Goal · Leonardo Mancuso
- 34'Yellow card · Domenico Maietta
- 39'Goal · Giovanni Crociata
- 45'Yellow card · Ahmad Benali
- 46'Yellow card · Jure Balkovec
- 61'Goal · Liam Henderson
- 87'Yellow card · Filippo Bandinelli
- 87'Yellow card · Z. Ruggiero
- 90+4'Yellow card · A. Gerbo
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-3)
Alberto Brignoli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Simone Romagnoli, Domenico Maietta, Jure Balkovec, Davide Frattesi, Samuele Ricci, Liam Henderson, Nedim Bajrami, Leonardo Mancuso, Gennaro Tutino
Crotone line-up (3-5-2)
Alex Cordaz, Vladimir Golemic, Nicolás Spolli, Guillaume Gigliotti, Mattia Mustacchio, Ahmad Benali, Andrea Barberis, Giovanni Crociata, Antonio Mazzotta, Kristiano Samuel Armenteros, Maxi López