Empoli 1-3 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 30 April 2017
Result
Empoli 1-3 Sassuolo
Serie A · Sunday 30 April 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Empoli 1-3 Sassuolo: match report
Empoli were beaten by Sassuolo 1-3 in Serie A on Sunday 30 April 2017. It was 1-2 at half-time.
Federico Peluso opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Empoli's goal came from M. Pucciarelli (24', penalty). Sassuolo scored through Federico Peluso (19'), Alessandro Matri (34') and Alfred Duncan (57').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 29 points from 33 and Sassuolo 12th on 39 points from 33. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Sassuolo 10th with 49.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Rade Krunic of Empoli (8.6), ahead of Andrea Consigli (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 3 for Sassuolo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-D-L-L and Sassuolo's D-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · Alfred Duncan
- 19'Goal · Federico Peluso
- 24'Penalty goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 34'Goal · Alessandro Matri
- 52'Yellow card · Timo Letschert
- 57'Goal · Alfred Duncan
- 66'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
- 81'Yellow card · Massimo Maccarone
- 82'Yellow card · Stefano Sensi
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Federico Barba, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, Omar El Kaddouri, Rade Krunic, Andrés Tello, Manuel Pucciarelli, Mame Thiam
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Timo Letschert, Claud Adjapong, Stefano Sensi, Alberto Aquilani, Alfred Duncan, Alessandro Matri, Domenico Berardi, Federico Ricci