Empoli 1-4 Atalanta: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 17 October 2021

Result

Empoli 1-4 Atalanta

Serie A · Sunday 17 October 2021, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Empoli 1-4 Atalanta: match report

Empoli were beaten by Atalanta 1-4 in Serie A on Sunday 17 October 2021. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Josip Ilicic opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Empoli's goal came from Federico Di Francesco (30'). Atalanta scored through Josip Ilicic (11'), Josip Ilicic (26'), an own goal by Mattia Viti (49') and Duván Zapata (89').

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Atalanta received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 10th on 9 points from 7 and Atalanta 8th on 11 points from 7. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Atalanta 8th with 59.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Atalanta in a 3-4-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mario Pašalić of Atalanta (8.8), ahead of Josip Ilicic (8.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 4 draws and 5 for Atalanta.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

11'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 0-1
26'Goal · Josip IlicicAtalanta · 0-2
30'Goal · Federico Di FrancescoEmpoli · 1-2
37'Yellow card · Riccardo MarchizzaEmpoli
46'Yellow card · Leo StulacEmpoli
49'Own goal · Mattia VitiAtalanta · 1-3
67'Missed penalty · Josip IlicicAtalanta
67'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
69'Yellow card · Remo FreulerAtalanta
80'Yellow card · José Luis PalominoAtalanta
89'Goal · Duván ZapataAtalanta · 1-4

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 4, Atalanta 5.

Atalanta 0-0 EmpoliSerie A · 15 Apr 2019
Empoli 3-2 AtalantaSerie A · 25 Nov 2018
Empoli 0-1 AtalantaSerie A · 21 May 2017
Atalanta 2-1 EmpoliSerie A · 20 Dec 2016
Atalanta 0-0 EmpoliSerie A · 7 Feb 2016
Empoli 0-1 AtalantaSerie A · 24 Sep 2015

Team news

Unavailable

Samuele RicciEmpoli · injury (Muscle Injury)
Jacopo FurlanEmpoli · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Robin GosensAtalanta · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Hans HateboerAtalanta · injury (Foot Injury)
Matteo PessinaAtalanta · injury (Disrupted Calf Muscle)
Berat DjimsitiAtalanta · injury (Fractured Arm)
Jérémie BogaAtalanta · injury (Fever)

Empoli line-up (4-3-3)

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Simone Romagnoli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Nicolas Haas, Leo Stulac, Szymon Żurkowski, Federico Di Francesco, Andrea Pinamonti, Liam Henderson

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

Juan Musso, Rafael Tolói, Merih Demiral, José Luis Palomino, Davide Zappacosta, Marten de Roon, Teun Koopmeiners, Joakim Maehle, Mario Pašalić, Josip Ilicic, Luis Muriel