Empoli 0-1 Atalanta: result and report
Serie A · Thursday 24 September 2015
Result
Empoli 0-1 Atalanta
Serie A · Thursday 24 September 2015, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 0-1 Atalanta: match report
Empoli lost to Atalanta 0-1 in Serie A on Thursday 24 September 2015. The half-time score was 0-1.
The only goal came from Rafael Tolói of Atalanta in the 31st minute.
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Atalanta received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 4 points from 4 and Atalanta 12th on 5 points from 4. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Atalanta 13th with 45.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Atalanta in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Papu Gómez of Atalanta (8.4), ahead of Gabriel Paletta (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 2 for Atalanta.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-D-L-L and Atalanta's D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 31'Goal · Rafael Tolói
- 34'Yellow card · Mauricio Pinilla
- 41'Yellow card · Maxi Moralez
- 48'Yellow card · Alberto Grassi
- 85'Yellow card · Riccardo Saponara
- 88'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
- 90'Yellow card · Gianpaolo Bellini
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Ronaldo, Leandro Paredes, Massimo Maccarone, Alessandro Piu
Atalanta line-up (4-3-3)
Marco Sportiello, Rafael Tolói, Andrea Masiello, Gabriel Paletta, Boukary Dramé, Marten de Roon, Jasmin Kurtic, Alberto Grassi, Papu Gómez, Maxi Moralez, Mauricio Pinilla