Torino 3-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 26 December 2018
Result
Torino 3-0 Empoli
Serie A · Wednesday 26 December 2018, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Torino 3-0 Empoli: match report
Torino beat Empoli 3-0 in Serie A on Wednesday 26 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-0.
Nicolas N'Koulou opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Torino's goals came from Nicolas N'Koulou (44'), Lorenzo De Silvestri (49') and Iago Falque (75'). Empoli did not score.
Discipline: Torino received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Torino were 12th on 23 points from 17 and Empoli 15th on 16 points from 17. Torino went on to finish that season 7th with 63 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.
Torino lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Empoli in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Iago Falque of Torino (8.1), ahead of Nicolas N'Koulou (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Torino win, 5 draws and 4 for Empoli.
Going into the match Torino's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Empoli's L-L-W-D-W.
Key events
- 19'Yellow card · T. Rincón
- 42'Yellow card · Fran Martinez Nion
- 44'Goal · Nicolas N'Koulou
- 49'Goal · Lorenzo De Silvestri
- 56'Yellow card · Matías Silvestre
- 70'Yellow card · Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 75'Goal · Iago Falque
- 89'Red card · Rade Krunic
Head-to-head
Team news
Torino line-up (3-4-1-2)
Salvador Ichazo, Armando Izzo, Nicolas N'Koulou, Emiliano Moretti, Lorenzo De Silvestri, Tomás Rincón, Daniele Baselli, Ola Aina, Iago Falque, Simone Zaza, Andrea Belotti
Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Ivan Provedel, Frédéric Veseli, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Luca Antonelli, Samuel Mráz, Francesco Caputo