Roma 7-0 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 17 September 2023

Result

Roma 7-0 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 17 September 2023, 18:45 UTC · half-time 3-0

Roma 7-0 Empoli: match report

Roma defeated Empoli 7-0 in Serie A on Sunday 17 September 2023. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Paulo Dybala opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Roma's goals came from Paulo Dybala (2', penalty), Renato Sanches (8'), an own goal by Alberto Grassi (35'), Paulo Dybala (55'), Bryan Cristante (79'), Romelu Lukaku (82') and Gianluca Mancini (86'). Empoli did not score.

Discipline: Roma received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Roma were 19th on 1 point from 3 and Empoli 20th on 0 points from 3. Roma went on to finish that season 6th with 63 points, and Empoli 16th with 36.

Roma lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Bryan Cristante of Roma (9.4), ahead of Paulo Dybala (8.5).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 9 Roma wins, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Penalty goal · Paulo DybalaRoma · 1-0
8'Goal · Renato SanchesRoma · 2-0
35'Own goal · Alberto GrassiRoma · 3-0
38'Yellow card · Paulo DybalaRoma
39'Yellow card · Matteo CancellieriEmpoli
39'Yellow card · Renato SanchesRoma
55'Goal · Paulo DybalaRoma · 4-0
58'Yellow card · Youssef MalehEmpoli
79'Goal · Bryan CristanteRoma · 5-0
82'Goal · Romelu LukakuRoma · 6-0
86'Goal · Gianluca ManciniRoma · 7-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Roma 9, draws 1, Empoli 0.

Roma 2-0 EmpoliSerie A · 4 Feb 2023
Empoli 1-2 RomaSerie A · 12 Sep 2022
Empoli 2-4 RomaSerie A · 23 Jan 2022
Roma 2-0 EmpoliSerie A · 3 Oct 2021
Roma 2-1 EmpoliSerie A · 11 Mar 2019
Empoli 0-2 RomaSerie A · 6 Oct 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Marash KumbullaRoma · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Tammy AbrahamRoma · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Elia CaprileEmpoli · injury (Distortion of the ankle)
Lorenzo PellegriniRoma · injury (Adductor problems)
Houssem AouarRoma · injury (Biceps femoris muscle injury)

Roma line-up (3-5-2)

Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Diego Llorente, Evan Ndicka, Rasmus Nissen Kristensen, Bryan Cristante, Leandro Paredes, Renato Sanches, Leonardo Spinazzola, Paulo Dybala, Romelu Lukaku

Empoli line-up (4-3-3)

Etrit Berisha, Bartosz Bereszyński, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Sebastiano Luperto, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jacopo Fazzini, Alberto Grassi, Youssef Maleh, Matteo Cancellieri, Mattia Destro, Nicolò Cambiaghi