Empoli 3-1 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 30 September 2007
Result
Empoli 3-1 Palermo
Serie A · Sunday 30 September 2007, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 3-1 Palermo: match report
Empoli beat Palermo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 30 September 2007. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Edinson Cavani opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Empoli's goals came from Nicola Pozzi (47'), Sebastian Giovinco (82') and Ighli Vannucchi (90+1', penalty). Palermo scored through Edinson Cavani (39').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Palermo received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 2 points from 5 and Palermo 6th on 10 points from 5. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Palermo 11th with 47.
Empoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Palermo in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Palermo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-D-L-L and Palermo's W-W-D-W-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Fabio Caserta
- 36'Yellow card · Luca Saudati
- 39'Goal · Edinson Cavani
- 47'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 56'Yellow card · Davide Moro
- 75'Second yellow · Fabio Caserta
- 79'Yellow card · Amauri
- 82'Goal · Sebastian Giovinco
- 83'Yellow card · Sebastian Giovinco
- 85'Yellow card · Roberto Guana
- 90+1'Penalty goal · Ighli Vannucchi
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-2-3-1)
Daniele Balli, Vittorio Tosto, Daniele Adani, Richard Vanigli, Andrea Raggi, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Guillermo Giacomazzi Suárez, Antonio Busce, Nicola Pozzi, Luca Saudati
Palermo line-up (4-3-2-1)
Alberto Fontana, Cristian Zaccardo, Andrea Barzagli, Leandro Rinaudo, Giulio Migliaccio, Roberto Guana, Edinson Cavani, Amauri, Bosko Jankovic, Fabio Caserta, Aimo Diana