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

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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.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Gennaro TutinoEmpoli · 1-0
  • 20'Goal · Leonardo MancusoEmpoli · 2-0
  • 34'Yellow card · Domenico MaiettaEmpoli
  • 39'Goal · Giovanni CrociataCrotone · 2-1
  • 45'Yellow card · Ahmad BenaliCrotone
  • 46'Yellow card · Jure BalkovecEmpoli
  • 61'Goal · Liam HendersonEmpoli · 3-1
  • 87'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
  • 87'Yellow card · Z. RuggieroCrotone
  • 90+4'Yellow card · A. GerboCrotone

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 4, Crotone 4.

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