Empoli 3-0 Ascoli: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 9 May 2009
Result
Empoli 3-0 Ascoli
Serie B · Saturday 9 May 2009, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Empoli 3-0 Ascoli: match report
Empoli defeated Ascoli 3-0 in Serie B on Saturday 9 May 2009. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Nicola Pozzi opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Empoli's goals came from Nicola Pozzi (8'), Nicola Pozzi (19') and D. Corvia (65'). Ascoli did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received no yellow cards; Ascoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 6th on 57 points from 38 and Ascoli 10th on 51 points from 38. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Ascoli 14th with 52.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 3 for Ascoli.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Ascoli's L-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 8'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 15'Yellow card · Carlo Luisi
- 19'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 61'Yellow card · S. Pesce
- 65'Goal · D. Corvia
- 75'Yellow card · Edgar Çani
- 85'Yellow card · Massimo Mellucci
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Davide Bassi, Andrea Raggi, Luca Antonini, Lino Marzorati, Vittorio Tosto, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel
Ascoli expected line-up
Dimitrios Eleftheropoulos, Paolo Foglio, Matteo Melara, Stefano Lombardi, Viktor Boudianski, Simone Pesce, Stefano Guberti, Michele Paolucci, Andrea Soncin, Riccardo Corallo, Valentin Nastase