Roma 1-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 31 January 2015
Result
Roma 1-1 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 31 January 2015, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Roma 1-1 Empoli: match report
Roma drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday 31 January 2015. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Roma's goal came from Maicon (57'). Empoli scored through Massimo Maccarone (39', penalty).
Discipline: Roma received 4 yellow cards and 1 red card; Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Roma were 2nd on 40 points from 20 and Empoli 15th on 18 points from 20. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 69 points, and Empoli 16th with 41.
Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Roma wins, 1 draw and 2 for Empoli.
Going into the match Roma's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Empoli's L-D-L-D-D.
Key events
- 37'Red card · K. Manolas
- 39'Penalty goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 43'Yellow card · Riccardo Saponara
- 45+2'Second yellow · Riccardo Saponara
- 50'Yellow card · Daniele Croce
- 57'Goal · Maicon
- 58'Yellow card · Alessandro Florenzi
- 71'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 90+1'Yellow card · Davide Astori
- 90+1'Yellow card · Davide Astori
- 90+4'Yellow card · Radja Nainggolan
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma expected line-up (4-3-3)
Morgan De Sanctis, Konstantinos Manolas, José Holebas, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Alessandro Florenzi, Radja Nainggolan, Seydou Keita, Miralem Pjanić, Gervinho, Francesco Totti
Empoli expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Nova Arianto, Matías Vecino, Daniele Croce, Mike van Dijk