Empoli 2-0 Cagliari: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 17 December 2016
Result
Empoli 2-0 Cagliari
Serie A · Saturday 17 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-0 Cagliari: match report
Empoli beat Cagliari 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 17 December 2016. The half-time score was 1-0.
L. Mchedlidze opened the scoring in the 8th minute. Empoli's goals came from L. Mchedlidze (8') and L. Mchedlidze (72'). Cagliari did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received 6 yellow cards; Cagliari received 5 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 11 points from 16 and Cagliari 15th on 20 points from 16. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Cagliari 12th with 47.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Cagliari in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Levan Mchedlidze of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Lukasz Skorupski (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 3 for Cagliari.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-L-L-L-W and Cagliari's L-D-W-L-L.
Key events
- 5'Yellow card · Simone Padoin
- 8'Goal · L. Mchedlidze
- 14'Yellow card · Riccardo Saponara
- 35'Yellow card · Andrea Costa
- 42'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
- 43'Yellow card · Federico Melchiorri
- 45+2'Yellow card · G. Marilungo
- 55'Yellow card · D. Dessena
- 57'Yellow card · Diego Farias
- 65'Yellow card · L. Mchedlidze
- 71'Yellow card · Mauricio Isla
- 72'Goal · L. Mchedlidze
- 80'Red card · Roberto Colombo
- 81'Missed penalty · João Pedro
- 90+1'Yellow card · Alberto Gilardino
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Levan Mchedlidze, Guido Marilungo
Cagliari line-up (4-3-1-2)
Marco Storari, Bruno Alves, Mauricio Isla, Fabio Pisacane, Luca Ceppitelli, Daniele Dessena, Diego Farias, Nicolò Barella, Simone Padoin, Federico Melchiorri, Marco Sau