Roma 3-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 17 October 2015
Result
Roma 3-1 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 17 October 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Roma 3-1 Empoli: match report
Roma beat Empoli 3-1 in Serie A on Saturday 17 October 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Miralem Pjanic opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Roma's goals came from Miralem Pjanic (56'), Daniele De Rossi (59') and Mohamed Salah (69'). Empoli scored through Marcel Büchel (75').
Discipline: Roma received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Roma were 4th on 14 points from 7 and Empoli 16th on 7 points from 7. Roma went on to finish that season 3rd with 80 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Roma lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Daniele De Rossi of Roma (8.4), ahead of Miralem Pjanić (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Roma wins, 2 draws and 2 for Empoli.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-L-D-W and Empoli's W-L-L-W-D.
Key events
- 37'Yellow card · Miralem Pjanic
- 39'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
- 56'Goal · Miralem Pjanic
- 59'Goal · Daniele De Rossi
- 69'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 75'Goal · Marcel Büchel
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (4-3-3)
Wojciech Szczesny, Lucas Digne, Leandro Castán, VasilīsTorosidīs, Konstantinos Manolas, Miralem Pjanić, Daniele De Rossi, Alessandro Florenzi, Mohamed Salah, Iago Falque, Gervinho
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Assane Dioussé, Leandro Paredes, Rade Krunic, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli