Empoli 0-2 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 6 October 2018

Result

Empoli 0-2 Roma

Serie A · Saturday 6 October 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

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Empoli 0-2 Roma: match report

Empoli lost to Roma 0-2 in Serie A on Saturday 6 October 2018. The half-time score was 0-1.

S. Nzonzi opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Empoli did not score. Roma scored through S. Nzonzi (36') and Edin Dzeko (85').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 5 points from 7 and Roma 10th on 11 points from 7. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Roma 6th with 66.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Roma in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Robin Olsen of Roma (8.1), ahead of Konstantinos Manolas (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 6 for Roma.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Ismaël BennacerEmpoli
  • 36'Goal · S. NzonziRoma · 0-1
  • 49'Yellow card · Luca PellegriniRoma
  • 58'Missed penalty · Francesco CaputoEmpoli
  • 83'Yellow card · Matías SilvestreEmpoli
  • 85'Goal · Edin DzekoRoma · 0-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 3, Roma 6.

Team news

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

Pietro Terracciano, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Frédéric Veseli, Afriyie Acquah, Leonardo Capezzi, Ismaël Bennacer, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Francesco Caputo

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

Robin Olsen, José Faria, Konstantinos Manolas, Federico Fazio, Luca Pellegrini, Steven Nzonzi, Daniele De Rossi, Cengiz Ünder, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Stephan El Shaarawy, Edin Džeko