Roma 2-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 1 April 2017
Result
Roma 2-0 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 1 April 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0
Roma 2-0 Empoli: match report
Roma defeated Empoli 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 1 April 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Edin Dzeko opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Roma's goals came from Edin Dzeko (12') and Edin Dzeko (56'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Roma received no yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Roma were 2nd on 65 points from 29 and Empoli 17th on 22 points from 29. Roma went on to finish that season 2nd with 87 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.
Roma lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Radja Nainggolan of Roma (8.3), level with Leandro Paredes (8.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Roma wins, 3 draws and 1 for Empoli.
Going into the match Roma's last five read W-W-L-W-W and Empoli's L-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Edin Dzeko
- 43'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
- 56'Goal · Edin Dzeko
Head-to-head
Team news
Roma line-up (3-4-2-1)
Wojciech Szczesny, Antonio Rüdiger, Federico Fazio, Konstantinos Manolas, Radja Nainggolan, Leandro Paredes, Bruno Peres, Mário Rui, Diego Perotti, Edin Džeko, Mohamed Salah
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Frédéric Veseli, Federico Barba, Manuel Pasqual, Omar El Kaddouri, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Marcel Büchel, Mame Thiam, Guido Marilungo