Empoli 2-0 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 10 April 2016
Result
Empoli 2-0 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 10 April 2016, 10:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-0 Fiorentina: match report
Empoli won against Fiorentina 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 10 April 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
M. Pucciarelli opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Empoli's goals came from M. Pucciarelli (41') and Piotr Zielinski (88'). Fiorentina did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 36 points from 31 and Fiorentina 5th on 56 points from 31. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Fiorentina 5th with 64.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Fiorentina in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Lorenzo Tonelli of Empoli (8.4), ahead of Matías Vecino (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 6 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Fiorentina's D-D-D-L-D.
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · U. Ćosić
- 24'Yellow card · Facundo Roncaglia
- 33'Yellow card · Matías Vecino
- 41'Goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 61'Yellow card · Marcos Alonso
- 75'Yellow card · Marcel Büchel
- 84'Yellow card · Davide Astori
- 88'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 89'Yellow card · Piotr Zielinski
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alberto Pelagotti, Vincent Laurini, Mário Rui, Jorge Ribolzi, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ciprian Tătărușanu, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Davide Astori, Marcos Alonso, Facundo Roncaglia, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Borja Valero, Cristian Tello, Josip Ilicic, Nikola Kalinić