Empoli 2-0 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 24 October 2015
Result
Empoli 2-0 Genoa
Serie A · Saturday 24 October 2015, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-0 Genoa: match report
Empoli defeated Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 24 October 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Rade Krunic opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Empoli's goals came from Rade Krunic (44') and Piotr Zielinski (57'). Genoa did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 7 points from 8 and Genoa 12th on 10 points from 8. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Genoa 10th with 46.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Empoli (8.3), ahead of Rade Krunic (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 0 for Genoa.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Genoa's W-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 29'Yellow card · Giovanni Marchese
- 34'Yellow card · Ezequiel Muñoz
- 35'Yellow card · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 44'Goal · Rade Krunic
- 52'Yellow card · S. Gakpé
- 57'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 64'Yellow card · Piotr Zielinski
- 84'Yellow card · Marko Livaja
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Genoa line-up (3-4-3)
Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Giovanni Marchese, Ezequiel Muñoz, Olivier Ntcham, Tino Costa, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Diego Perotti, Serge Gakpé, Leonardo Pavoletti