Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 31 October 2021
Result
Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 31 October 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli: match report
Sassuolo were beaten by Empoli 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 31 October 2021. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Sassuolo's goal came from an own goal by Lorenzo Tonelli (43'). Empoli scored through Andrea Pinamonti (83', penalty) and Szymon Zurkowski (90+2').
Discipline: Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 11th on 14 points from 10 and Empoli 12th on 12 points from 10. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 50 points, and Empoli 14th with 41.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Liam Henderson of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Gianmarco Ferrari (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sassuolo wins, 0 draws and 3 for Empoli.
Going into the match Sassuolo's last five read W-W-D-L-W and Empoli's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 40'Yellow card · Gianluca Scamacca
- 43'Own goal · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 61'Yellow card · Petar Stojanovic
- 66'Yellow card · Giacomo Raspadori
- 83'Penalty goal · Andrea Pinamonti
- 84'Yellow card · Andrea Pinamonti
- 87'Yellow card · Grégoire Defrel
- 90'Yellow card · Maxime López
- 90+2'Goal · Szymon Zurkowski
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Pedro Obiang
- Emmanuel Ekong
- Nicolás Schiappacasse
- Valerio Verre
- Jacopo Furlan
- Kaan Ayhan
- Filip Djuricic
- Filippo Romagna
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Vlad Chiricheș, Gianmarco Ferrari, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Davide Frattesi, Maxime Lopez, Hamed Traoré, Domenico Berardi, Gianluca Scamacca, Giacomo Raspadori
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Lorenzo Tonelli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Nicolas Haas, Leo Stulac, Filippo Bandinelli, Liam Henderson, Federico Di Francesco, Andrea Pinamonti