Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona: result and report
Serie B · Wednesday 26 December 2012
Result
Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona
Serie B · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona: match report
Empoli drew with Hellas Verona 1-1 in Serie B on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.
Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Empoli's goal came from Riccardo Saponara (58'). Hellas Verona scored through Luca Ceccarelli (90+5').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Hellas Verona received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 6th on 30 points from 20 and Hellas Verona 3rd on 39 points from 20. Empoli went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Hellas Verona 3rd with 82.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-W-W-D-W and Hellas Verona's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 39'Yellow card · Michelangelo Albertazzi
- 58'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 72'Yellow card · Armin Bačinovič
- 78'Yellow card · Luca Ceccarelli
- 83'Yellow card · Domenico Maietta
- 87'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 90+5'Goal · Luca Ceccarelli
Team news
Empoli line-up
Davide Bassi, Vasco Regini, Elseid Hysaj, Lorenzo Tonelli, Pietro Accardi, Davide Moro, Nova Arianto, R. Saponara, Franco Signorelli, Manuel Pucciarelli, Francesco Tavano
Hellas Verona line-up
Rafael, Michelangelo Albertazzi, Luca Ceccarelli, Matteo Abbate, Domenico Maietta, Paolo Grossi, Emil Hallfreðsson, Jorginho, Armin Bačinovič, Daniele Cacia, Andrea Cocco