Empoli 1-2 Juventus: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 27 October 2018

Result

Empoli 1-2 Juventus

Serie A · Saturday 27 October 2018, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Juventus · Serie A predictions

Empoli 1-2 Juventus: match report

Empoli were beaten by Juventus 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 27 October 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 28th minute. Empoli's goal came from Francesco Caputo (28'). Juventus scored through Cristiano Ronaldo (54', penalty) and Cristiano Ronaldo (70').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Juventus received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 6 points from 9 and Juventus 1st on 25 points from 9. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Juventus 1st with 90.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Juventus in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Miralem Pjanić of Juventus (8.6), ahead of Alex Sandro (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 9 for Juventus.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 1-0
  • 43'Yellow card · Federico BernardeschiJuventus
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Rodrigo BentancurJuventus
  • 54'Penalty goal · Cristiano RonaldoJuventus · 1-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Hamed Junior TraorèEmpoli
  • 70'Goal · Cristiano RonaldoJuventus · 1-2
  • 78'Yellow card · Paulo DybalaJuventus
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Salih UcanEmpoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 1, Juventus 9.

Team news

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

Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Luca Antonelli, Afriyie Acquah, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Rade Krunic, Miha Zajc, Francesco Caputo

Juventus line-up (4-4-2)

Wojciech Szczesny, Mattia De Sciglio, Daniele Rugani, Leonardo Bonucci, Alex Sandro, Federico Bernardeschi, Miralem Pjanić, Rodrigo Bentancur, Blaise Matuidi, Paulo Dybala, Cristiano Ronaldo