Fiorentina 1-2 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 15 April 2017

Result

Fiorentina 1-2 Empoli

Serie A · Saturday 15 April 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Fiorentina · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Fiorentina 1-2 Empoli: match report

Fiorentina lost to Empoli 1-2 in Serie A on Saturday 15 April 2017. The half-time score was 0-1.

Omar El Kaddouri opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Fiorentina's goal came from Tello (64'). Empoli scored through Omar El Kaddouri (37') and Manuel Pasqual (90+3', penalty).

Discipline: Fiorentina received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Empoli received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Fiorentina were 8th on 52 points from 31 and Empoli 17th on 23 points from 31. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.

Fiorentina lined up in a 3-2-4-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Omar El Kaddouri of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Matías Vecino (7.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Fiorentina wins, 2 draws and 1 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 35'Yellow card · Daniele CroceEmpoli
  • 37'Goal · Omar El KaddouriEmpoli · 0-1
  • 54'Yellow card · Fran Martinez NionEmpoli
  • 55'Yellow card · Rade KrunicEmpoli
  • 64'Goal · TelloFiorentina · 1-1
  • 69'Yellow card · N. TomovićFiorentina
  • 73'Yellow card · Federico BarbaEmpoli
  • 82'Yellow card · Assane DiousséEmpoli
  • 86'Yellow card · Josip IlicicFiorentina
  • 90'Yellow card · Maximiliano OliveraFiorentina
  • 90+3'Penalty goal · Manuel PasqualEmpoli · 1-2
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Borja ValeroFiorentina
  • 90+5'Red card · Nikola KalinicFiorentina

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Fiorentina 7, draws 2, Empoli 1.

Team news

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

Ciprian Tătărușanu, Carlos Sánchez, Davide Astori, Nenad Tomovic, Matías Vecino, Federico Bernardeschi, Borja Valero, R. Saponara, Nikola Kalinić, Cristian Tello, Federico Chiesa

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

Lukasz Skorupski, Giuseppe Bellusci, Frédéric Veseli, Federico Barba, Manuel Pasqual, Omar El Kaddouri, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Marcel Büchel, Levan Mchedlidze, Mame Thiam