Empoli 0-3 Juventus: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 2 October 2016

Result

Empoli 0-3 Juventus

Serie A · Sunday 2 October 2016, 10:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Empoli · Juventus · Serie A predictions

Empoli 0-3 Juventus: match report

Empoli were beaten by Juventus 0-3 in Serie A on Sunday 2 October 2016. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Paulo Dybala opened the scoring in the 65th minute. Empoli did not score. Juventus scored through Paulo Dybala (65'), Gonzalo Higuaín (67') and Gonzalo Higuaín (70').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Juventus received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 4 points from 6 and Juventus 1st on 15 points from 6. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Juventus 1st with 91.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Juventus in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gonzalo Higuaín of Juventus (9.1), ahead of Alex Sandro (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 7 for Juventus.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Yellow card · Wade ElliottJuventus
  • 62'Yellow card · Manuel PasqualEmpoli
  • 65'Goal · Paulo DybalaJuventus · 0-1
  • 67'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus · 0-2
  • 69'Yellow card · José MauriEmpoli
  • 70'Goal · Gonzalo HiguaínJuventus · 0-3

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 1, Juventus 7.

Team news

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

Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Giuseppe Bellusci, Manuel Pasqual, Jorge Ribolzi, José Mauri, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Andrés Tello, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

Juventus line-up (3-5-2)

Gianluigi Buffon, Giorgio Chiellini, Andrea Barzagli, Leonardo Bonucci, Miralem Pjanić, Sami Khedira, Juan Cuadrado, Hernanes, Alex Sandro, Gonzalo Higuaín, Paulo Dybala