Empoli 1-1 Avellino: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 17 January 2009
Result
Empoli 1-1 Avellino
Serie B · Saturday 17 January 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Empoli 1-1 Avellino: match report
Empoli drew with Avellino 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 17 January 2009. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Ferdinando Sforzini opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Empoli's goal came from Francesco Lodi (27'). Avellino scored through Ferdinando Sforzini (23').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Avellino received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 5th on 32 points from 20 and Avellino 20th on 20 points from 20. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Avellino 21st with 42.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-W-W and Avellino's W-L-D-L-L.
Key events
- 8'Yellow card · T. Vaskó
- 23'Goal · Ferdinando Sforzini
- 26'Yellow card · Raffaele De Martino
- 26'Yellow card · Ighli Vannucchi
- 27'Goal · Francesco Lodi
- 43'Yellow card · C. Pasquato
- 66'Yellow card · F. Cosenza
- 82'Yellow card · Desmond N'Ze Kouassi
- 90'Yellow card · Felice Piccolo
- 90'Yellow card · Ferdinando Sforzini
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