Empoli 1-1 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2007
Result
Empoli 1-1 Genoa
Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 1-1 Genoa: match report
Empoli drew with Genoa 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 December 2007. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sebastian Giovinco opened the scoring in the 45th minute. Empoli's goal came from Sebastian Giovinco (45+1'). Genoa scored through Andrea Masiello (88').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 13 points from 15 and Genoa 15th on 15 points from 15. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Genoa 10th with 48.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-3.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Genoa's L-D-L-L-D.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Matteo Paro
- 23'Yellow card · Cesare Bovo
- 37'Yellow card · Vittorio Tosto
- 39'Yellow card · Claudio Marchisio
- 45+1'Goal · Sebastian Giovinco
- 78'Yellow card · Nicola Pozzi
- 88'Goal · Andrea Masiello
- 89'Yellow card · Andrea Masiello
- 90+5'Yellow card · Julío de León Dailey
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Daniele Balli, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Nicola Pozzi, Sebastian Giovinco
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Abdoulay Konko, Fabiano Lima, Francesco Bega, Gaetano De Rosa, Alessandro Lucarelli, Julío de León Dailey, Omar Milanetto, Danilo Sacramento, Marco Rossi, Marco Borriello