Roma 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 22 March 2008

Result

Roma 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Saturday 22 March 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Roma 2-1 Empoli: match report

Roma beat Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 22 March 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

Max Tonetto opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Roma's goals came from Max Tonetto (36') and Christian Panucci (63'). Empoli scored through Sebastian Giovinco (50').

Discipline: Roma received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Empoli received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 2nd on 61 points from 29 and Empoli 20th on 26 points from 29. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 82 points, and Empoli 18th with 36.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-2-1.

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Yellow card · Andrea RaggiEmpoli
  • 36'Goal · Max TonettoRoma · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Felice PiccoloEmpoli
  • 43'Yellow card · Daniele De RossiRoma
  • 50'Goal · Sebastian GiovincoEmpoli · 1-1
  • 57'Red card · Simone PerrottaRoma
  • 61'Yellow card · Christian PanucciRoma
  • 63'Goal · Christian PanucciRoma · 2-1
  • 82'Yellow card · I. AbateEmpoli
  • 84'Yellow card · Mirko VučinićRoma

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Roma 2, draws 1, Empoli 2.

Team news

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

Doni, Matteo Ferrari, Max Tonetto, Marco Cassetti, David Pizarro, Ludovic Giuly, Daniele De Rossi, Simone Perrotta, Mancini, Francesco Totti, Christian Panucci

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

Davide Bassi, Felice Piccolo, Ignazio Abate, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Luca Antonini, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Sebastian Giovinco