Empoli 1-2 Genoa: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 28 December 2024
Result
Empoli 1-2 Genoa
Serie A · Saturday 28 December 2024, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-2 Genoa: match report
Empoli lost to Genoa 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 28 December 2024. The half-time score was 0-0.
M. Badelj opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Empoli's goal came from Sebastiano Esposito (74'). Genoa scored through M. Badelj (46') and Caleb Ekuban (68').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 11th on 19 points from 17 and Genoa 13th on 16 points from 17. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 31 points, and Genoa 13th with 43.
Empoli lined up in a 4-4-2 and Genoa in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicola Leali of Genoa (8.8), ahead of Tino Anjorin (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 5 draws and 4 for Genoa.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-W-L-D and Genoa's L-D-D-W-D.
Key events
- 46'Goal · M. Badelj
- 52'Yellow card · Roberto D'Aversa
- 52'Yellow card · Roberto D'Aversa
- 54'Missed penalty · Sebastiano Esposito
- 66'Yellow card · Morten Thorsby
- 68'Goal · Caleb Ekuban
- 74'Goal · Sebastiano Esposito
- 79'Yellow card · Vitinha
- 81'Yellow card · Emmanuel Gyasi
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Saba Sazonov
- Ruslan Malinovskyi
- Nicolas Haas
- Honest Ahanor
- Pietro Pellegri
- Ola Solbakken
- Junior Messias
- Mattia Viti
- Alan Matturro
Empoli line-up (4-4-2)
Devis Vásquez, Saba Goglichidze, Ardian Ismajli, Giuseppe Pezzella, Liberato Cacace, Emmanuel Gyasi, Tino Anjorin, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Lorenzo Colombo, Sebastiano Esposito
Genoa line-up (4-2-3-1)
Nicola Leali, Brooke Norton-Cuffy, Mattia Bani, Johan Vásquez, Aarón Martín, M. Badelj, Morten Frendrup, Alessandro Zanoli, Morten Thorsby, Vitinha, Andrea Pinamonti