Palermo 0-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Monday 2 November 2015
Result
Palermo 0-1 Empoli
Serie A · Monday 2 November 2015, 20:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Palermo 0-1 Empoli: match report
Palermo were beaten by Empoli 0-1 in Serie A on Monday 2 November 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Riccardo Saponara of Empoli in the 53rd minute.
Discipline: Palermo received 6 yellow cards; Empoli received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Palermo were 16th on 11 points from 10 and Empoli 15th on 11 points from 10. Palermo went on to finish that season 17th with 39 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Palermo lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to R. Saponara of Empoli (8.3), ahead of Andrea Costa (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Palermo wins, 2 draws and 4 for Empoli.
Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-D-W-L-L and Empoli's D-W-L-W-L.
Key events
- 27'Yellow card · Gastón Brugman
- 34'Yellow card · Achraf Lazaar
- 34'Yellow card · Riccardo Saponara
- 43'Yellow card · Aljaz Struna
- 52'Yellow card · Siniša Anđelković
- 53'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 54'Yellow card · Andrea Rispoli
- 59'Yellow card · Robin Quaison
- 74'Yellow card · Mário Rui
- 88'Yellow card · Raffaele Maiello
Head-to-head
Team news
Palermo line-up (3-5-1-1)
Stefano Sorrentino, Siniša Anđelković, Giancarlo González, Aljaž Struna, Andrea Rispoli, Achraf Lazaar, O. Hiljemark, Gastón Brugman, Luca Rigoni, Alberto Gilardino, Franco Vázquez
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Raffaele Maiello, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Manuel Pucciarelli, Marko Livaja