Genoa 0-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 27 April 2008
Result
Genoa 0-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 27 April 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Genoa 0-1 Empoli: match report
Genoa lost to Empoli 0-1 in Serie A on Sunday 27 April 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from I. Abate of Empoli in the 15th minute.
Discipline: Genoa received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Empoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 8th on 48 points from 34 and Empoli 19th on 30 points from 34. Genoa went on to finish that season 10th with 48 points, and Empoli 18th with 36.
Genoa lined up in a 3-4-3 and Empoli in a 4-4-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Empoli's L-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 15'Goal · I. Abate
- 23'Yellow card · Ighli Vannucchi
- 31'Yellow card · Fabiano Lima
- 33'Yellow card · Davide Moro
- 36'Yellow card · I. Abate
- 63'Yellow card · Luciano Figueroa Herrera
- 75'Yellow card · Marco Rossi
- 88'Red card · Marco Di Vaio
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa expected line-up (3-4-3)
Rubinho, Abdoulay Konko, Fabiano Lima, Domenico Criscito, Alessandro Lucarelli, Cesare Bovo, Julío de León Dailey, Omar Milanetto, Marco Rossi, Marco Borriello, Giuseppe Sculli
Empoli line-up (4-4-2)
Daniele Balli, Felice Piccolo, Ignazio Abate, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Luca Antonini, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Sebastian Giovinco