Atalanta 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Atalanta 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Tuesday 20 December 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Atalanta · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Atalanta beat Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Tuesday 20 December 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.

L. Mchedlidze opened the scoring in the 51st minute. Atalanta's goals came from F. Kessie (74') and Marco D'Alessandro (90+4'). Empoli scored through L. Mchedlidze (51').

Discipline: Atalanta received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Atalanta were 6th on 29 points from 17 and Empoli 17th on 14 points from 17. Atalanta went on to finish that season 4th with 72 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.

Atalanta lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Papu Gómez of Atalanta (8.6), ahead of Remo Freuler (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Atalanta wins, 4 draws and 1 for Empoli.

Going into the match Atalanta's last five read D-L-L-W-W and Empoli's W-D-L-L-L.