Empoli 1-0 Palermo: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 7 January 2017
Result
Empoli 1-0 Palermo
Serie A · Saturday 7 January 2017, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-0 Palermo: match report
Empoli won against Palermo 1-0 in Serie A on Saturday 7 January 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Massimo Maccarone of Empoli in the 78th minute, from the penalty spot.
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Palermo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 14 points from 18 and Palermo 18th on 10 points from 18. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Palermo 19th with 26.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jorge Ribolzi of Empoli (7.8), ahead of Assane Dioussé (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 2 for Palermo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-D-L-L and Palermo's D-W-L-L-L.
Key events
- 57'Yellow card · Vincent Laurini
- 74'Yellow card · M. Morganella
- 76'Yellow card · Thiago Cionek
- 78'Penalty goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 90+2'Yellow card · Bruno Henrique
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Manuel Pasqual, Jorge Ribolzi, Assane Dioussé, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Levan Mchedlidze, Guido Marilungo
Palermo line-up (3-1-4-2)
Josip Posavec, Edoardo Goldaniga, Giancarlo González, Thiago Cionek, Andrea Rispoli, Alessandro Gazzi, Bruno Henrique, Mato Jajalo, Michel Morganella, Robin Quaison, Ilija Nestorovski