Sampdoria 2-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2005
Result
Sampdoria 2-0 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2005, 14:05 UTC · half-time 0-0
Sampdoria 2-0 Empoli: match report
Sampdoria beat Empoli 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 4 December 2005. The half-time score was 0-0.
Marco Borriello opened the scoring in the 78th minute. Sampdoria's goals came from Marco Borriello (78') and Francesco Flachi (87'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Sampdoria received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Sampdoria were 7th on 20 points from 13 and Empoli 12th on 17 points from 13. Sampdoria went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Empoli 11th with 45.
Going into the match Sampdoria's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Empoli's L-L-W-D-L.
Key events
- 26'Yellow card · Christian Rigano
- 57'Yellow card · Sergio Volpi
- 78'Goal · Marco Borriello
- 87'Goal · Francesco Flachi
Team news
Sampdoria line-up
Francesco Antonioli, Luigi Sala, Giulio Falcone, Max Tonetto, Marco Pisano, Cristian Zenoni, Sergio Volpi, Samuele Dalla Bona, Andrea Gasbarroni, Francesco Flachi, Emiliano Bonazzoli
Empoli expected line-up
Gianluca Berti, Andrea Coda, Riccardo Bonetto, Francesco Pratali, Andrea Raggi, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Sergio Almirón, Francesco Tavano