Palermo 2-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 27 February 2008
Result
Palermo 2-0 Empoli
Serie A · Wednesday 27 February 2008, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0
Palermo 2-0 Empoli: match report
Palermo won against Empoli 2-0 in Serie A on Wednesday 27 February 2008. The half-time score was 2-0.
Fábio Simplício opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Palermo's goals came from Fábio Simplício (14') and Leandro Rinaudo (38'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Palermo received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Palermo were 10th on 31 points from 24 and Empoli 14th on 25 points from 24. Palermo went on to finish that season 11th with 47 points, and Empoli 18th with 36.
Palermo lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Palermo win, 1 draw and 3 for Empoli.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-W-L-W-L and Empoli's W-W-W-L-L.
Key events
- 14'Goal · Fábio Simplício
- 38'Goal · Leandro Rinaudo
- 59'Yellow card · Edinson Cavani
- 63'Yellow card · Giulio Migliaccio
- 69'Yellow card · Davide Moro
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (3-5-2)
Alberto Fontana, Cristian Zaccardo, Mattia Cassani, Federico Balzaretti, Andrea Barzagli, Leandro Rinaudo, Giulio Migliaccio, Fábio Simplício, Edinson Cavani, Amauri, Giovanni Tedesco
Empoli line-up (4-3-2-1)
Davide Bassi, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Luca Antonini, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Luca Saudati