Empoli 0-4 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 20 November 2016
Result
Empoli 0-4 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 20 November 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 0-4 Fiorentina: match report
Empoli were beaten by Fiorentina 0-4 in Serie A on Sunday 20 November 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Federico Bernardeschi opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Empoli did not score. Fiorentina scored through Federico Bernardeschi (26'), Josip Ilicic (47', penalty), Federico Bernardeschi (61') and Josip Ilicic (67').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 10 points from 12 and Fiorentina 10th on 17 points from 11. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Fiorentina 8th with 60.
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 Federico Bernardeschi of Fiorentina (9.1), ahead of Josip Ilicic (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 6 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-D-L-D-D and Fiorentina's D-W-D-W-D.
Key events
- 26'Goal · Federico Bernardeschi
- 35'Yellow card · Tello
- 36'Yellow card · N. Tomović
- 39'Yellow card · Giuseppe Bellusci
- 47'Penalty goal · Josip Ilicic
- 57'Yellow card · Borja Valero
- 61'Goal · Federico Bernardeschi
- 67'Goal · Josip Ilicic
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Giuseppe Bellusci, Frédéric Veseli, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Fiorentina line-up (4-2-3-1)
Ciprian Tătărușanu, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Davide Astori, Hrvoje Milić, Nenad Tomovic, M. Badelj, Federico Bernardeschi, Cristian Tello, Borja Valero, Josip Ilicic, Nikola Kalinić