Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2007

Result

Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria

Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria: match report

Empoli defeated Sampdoria 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 21 January 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.

Luca Saudati opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Empoli's goals came from Luca Saudati (56', penalty) and Davide Matteini (87'). Sampdoria did not score.

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

Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 25 points from 18 and Sampdoria 10th on 24 points from 19. Empoli went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Sampdoria 10th with 49.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sampdoria.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 56'Penalty goal · Luca SaudatiEmpoli · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Davide MoroEmpoli
  • 81'Yellow card · Emiliano BonazzoliSampdoria
  • 87'Goal · Davide MatteiniEmpoli · 2-0
  • 89'Yellow card · Pietro AccardiSampdoria
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Luigi SalaSampdoria
  • 90+5'Yellow card · Richard VanigliEmpoli

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 0, Sampdoria 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up

Daniele Balli, Stefano Lucchini, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Antonio Busce, Nicola Pozzi, Luca Saudati

Sampdoria line-up

Carlo Zotti, Pietro Accardi, Luigi Sala, Cristian Zenoni, Angelo Palombo, Gennaro Delvecchio, Fabio Bazzani, Francesco Flachi, Fabio Quagliarella, Christian Maggio, Daniele Franceschini