Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2009

Result

Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo

Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Empoli · Sassuolo · Serie B predictions

Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo: match report

Empoli defeated Sassuolo 3-2 in Serie B on Saturday 21 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.

Gaetano Masucci opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Empoli's goals came from Antonio Busce (33'), Nicola Pozzi (77') and Nicola Pozzi (79'). Sassuolo scored through Gaetano Masucci (26') and Filippo Pensalfini (45').

Discipline: Empoli received 4 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 44 points from 31 and Sassuolo 4th on 50 points from 31. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Sassuolo 7th with 60.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · Sebastiano GirelliSassuolo
  • 26'Goal · Gaetano MasucciSassuolo · 0-1
  • 26'Yellow card · Davide MoroEmpoli
  • 33'Goal · Antonio BusceEmpoli · 1-1
  • 34'Yellow card · Andrea PoliSassuolo
  • 45'Goal · Filippo PensalfiniSassuolo · 1-2
  • 60'Yellow card · Filippo PensalfiniSassuolo
  • 66'Yellow card · Fabrizio AnselmiSassuolo
  • 77'Goal · Nicola PozziEmpoli · 2-2
  • 79'Goal · Nicola PozziEmpoli · 3-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Francesco LodiEmpoli
  • 84'Yellow card · M. ValdifioriEmpoli
  • 86'Yellow card · Luca SaudatiEmpoli

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 0, Sassuolo 0.

Team news

Empoli expected line-up (4-4-1-1)

Davide Bassi, Andrea Raggi, Luca Antonini, Lino Marzorati, Vittorio Tosto, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel