Empoli 3-4 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 26 November 2023

Result

Empoli 3-4 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 26 November 2023, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-2

Empoli 3-4 Sassuolo: match report

Empoli were beaten by Sassuolo 3-4 in Serie A on Sunday 26 November 2023. It was 2-2 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Empoli's goals came from Francesco Caputo (4', penalty), Jacopo Fazzini (30') and an own goal by Matías Viña (86'). Sassuolo scored through Andrea Pinamonti (12'), Matheus Henrique (22'), Domenico Berardi (66', penalty) and Domenico Berardi (90+2').

Discipline: Empoli received 4 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 10 points from 12 and Sassuolo 15th on 12 points from 12. Empoli went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Sassuolo 19th with 30.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo (8.8), ahead of Jeremy Toljan (8.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 6 for Sassuolo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Penalty goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 1-0
12'Goal · Andrea PinamontiSassuolo · 1-1
22'Goal · Matheus HenriqueSassuolo · 1-2
24'Yellow card · Jacopo FazziniEmpoli
30'Goal · Jacopo FazziniEmpoli · 2-2
31'Yellow card · Youssef MalehEmpoli
37'Yellow card · Matheus HenriqueSassuolo
50'Yellow card · Domenico BerardiSassuolo
66'Penalty goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 2-3
86'Own goal · Matías ViñaEmpoli · 3-3
90'Yellow card · Emmanuel GyasiEmpoli
90+2'Goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 3-4
90+3'Yellow card · Alberto GrassiEmpoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 0, Sassuolo 6.

Sassuolo 2-1 EmpoliSerie A · 30 Apr 2023
Empoli 1-0 SassuoloSerie A · 5 Nov 2022
Empoli 1-5 SassuoloSerie A · 9 Jan 2022
Sassuolo 1-2 EmpoliSerie A · 31 Oct 2021
Empoli 3-0 SassuoloSerie A · 17 Feb 2019
Sassuolo 3-1 EmpoliSerie A · 21 Sep 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Agustín ÁlvarezSassuolo · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Giuseppe PezzellaEmpoli · injury (Broken Ankle)
Pedro ObiangSassuolo · injury (Hamstring Muscle Injury)
Tommaso BaldanziEmpoli · injury (Ankle Sprain)

Empoli line-up (4-3-3)

Etrit Berisha, Bartosz Bereszyński, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Liberato Cacace, Jacopo Fazzini, Filippo Ranocchia, Youssef Maleh, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Francesco Caputo, Matteo Cancellieri

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

Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Ruan, Martin Erlić, Mattia Viti, Daniel Boloca, Matheus Henrique, Domenico Berardi, Kristian Thorstvedt, Armand Laurienté, Andrea Pinamonti