Empoli 3-1 Bologna: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 7 May 2017

Result

Empoli 3-1 Bologna

Serie A · Sunday 7 May 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Empoli · Bologna · Serie A predictions

Empoli 3-1 Bologna: match report

Empoli won against Bologna 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 7 May 2017. It was 2-1 at half-time.

Daniele Croce opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Empoli's goals came from Daniele Croce (5'), Manuel Pasqual (38') and Andrea Costa (46'). Bologna scored through Simone Verdi (11').

Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Bologna received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 29 points from 34 and Bologna 15th on 38 points from 34. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Bologna 15th with 41.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Bologna in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrea Costa of Empoli (8.7), ahead of Daniele Croce (8.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 2 draws and 0 for Bologna.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-W-D-L and Bologna's W-L-D-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Daniele CroceEmpoli · 1-0
  • 11'Goal · Simone VerdiBologna · 1-1
  • 16'Yellow card · Ladislav KrejciBologna
  • 38'Goal · Manuel PasqualEmpoli · 2-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Daniele GastaldelloBologna
  • 46'Goal · Andrea CostaEmpoli · 3-1
  • 65'Yellow card · Manuel PasqualEmpoli

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 2, Bologna 0.

Team news

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

Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, José Mauri, Assane Dioussé, Omar El Kaddouri, Daniele Croce, Manuel Pucciarelli, Mame Thiam

Bologna line-up (4-3-3)

Antonio Mirante, Emil Krafth, Ibrahima Mbaye, Domenico Maietta, Daniele Gastaldello, Erick Pulgar, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Godfred Donsah, Mike van Dijk, Mattia Destro, Ladislav Krejčí