Empoli 2-2 AC Milan: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 23 January 2016

Result

Empoli 2-2 AC Milan

Serie A · Saturday 23 January 2016, 19:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Empoli 2-2 AC Milan: match report

Empoli drew with AC Milan 2-2 in Serie A on Saturday 23 January 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Carlos Bacca opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Empoli's goals came from Piotr Zielinski (32') and Massimo Maccarone (61'). AC Milan scored through Carlos Bacca (8') and Giacomo Bonaventura (48').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; AC Milan received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 8th on 31 points from 20 and AC Milan 6th on 32 points from 20. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and AC Milan 7th with 57.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and AC Milan in a 4-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Riccardo Montolivo (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 5 for AC Milan.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 8'Goal · Carlos BaccaAC Milan · 0-1
  • 32'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiEmpoli · 1-1
  • 36'Yellow card · Federico BarbaEmpoli
  • 48'Goal · Giacomo BonaventuraAC Milan · 1-2
  • 59'Yellow card · Keisuke HondaAC Milan
  • 60'Yellow card · Riccardo MontolivoAC Milan
  • 60'Yellow card · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli
  • 61'Goal · Massimo MaccaroneEmpoli · 2-2
  • 82'Yellow card · Mario BalotelliAC Milan
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Alessio RomagnoliAC Milan

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 3, AC Milan 5.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Raffaele Maiello, Piotr Zielinski, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

AC Milan line-up (4-4-2)

Gianluigi Donnarumma, Alessio Romagnoli, Ignazio Abate, Luca Antonelli, Alex, Keisuke Honda, Riccardo Montolivo, Giacomo Bonaventura, Andrea Bertolacci, M'Baye Niang, Carlos Bacca