Empoli 2-2 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Friday 5 November 2021

Result

Empoli 2-2 Genoa

Serie A · Friday 5 November 2021, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1

Empoli · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Empoli 2-2 Genoa: match report

Empoli drew with Genoa 2-2 in Serie A on Friday 5 November 2021. The half-time score was 0-1.

Domenico Criscito opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Empoli's goals came from Federico Di Francesco (62') and Szymon Zurkowski (71'). Genoa scored through Domenico Criscito (13', penalty) and Flavio Bianchi (89').

Discipline: Empoli received no yellow cards; Genoa received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 11th on 15 points from 11 and Genoa 17th on 8 points from 11. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Genoa 19th with 28.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Szymon Żurkowski of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Felipe Caicedo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 4 for Genoa.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-L-W-L-L and Genoa's D-D-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Penalty goal · Domenico CriscitoGenoa · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · N. RovellaGenoa
  • 62'Goal · Federico Di FrancescoEmpoli · 1-1
  • 64'Yellow card · Stefano SturaroGenoa
  • 71'Goal · Szymon ZurkowskiEmpoli · 2-1
  • 74'Yellow card · Andrea MasielloGenoa
  • 83'Yellow card · J. VásquezGenoa
  • 89'Goal · Flavio BianchiGenoa · 2-2

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Guglielmo Vicario, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Lorenzo Tonelli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Leo Stulac, Nicolas Haas, Filippo Bandinelli, Liam Henderson, Federico Di Francesco, Andrea Pinamonti

Genoa line-up (3-4-1-2)

Salvatore Sirigu, Andrea Masiello, Johan Vásquez, Domenico Criscito, Davide Biraschi, M. Badelj, Nicolò Rovella, Andrea Cambiaso, Pablo Galdames, Stefano Sturaro, Felipe Caicedo