Roma 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Roma 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Monday 11 March 2019, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-1

Roma · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Roma beat Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 11 March 2019. The half-time score was 2-1.

Federico Insúa opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Roma's goals came from Federico Insúa (9') and Patrik Schick (33'). Empoli scored through an own goal by Juan Jesus (12').

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

Going into the game Roma were 6th on 44 points from 26 and Empoli 17th on 22 points from 26. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 66 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Roma lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephan El Shaarawy of Roma (8.1), ahead of Alessandro Florenzi (7.7).

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 L-W-W-W-D and Empoli's D-L-W-L-D.