Empoli 2-0 Cagliari: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 19 August 2018

Result

Empoli 2-0 Cagliari

Serie A · Sunday 19 August 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Cagliari · Serie A predictions

Empoli 2-0 Cagliari: match report

Empoli beat Cagliari 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 19 August 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rade Krunic opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Empoli's goals came from Rade Krunic (14') and Francesco Caputo (51'). Cagliari did not score.

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Cagliari received 3 yellow cards.

Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Cagliari 15th with 41.

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 Afriyie Acquah of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Pietro Terracciano (7.7).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 4 for Cagliari.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Rade KrunicEmpoli · 1-0
  • 28'Yellow card · L. AntonelliEmpoli
  • 44'Yellow card · F. RomagnaCagliari
  • 51'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-0
  • 66'Yellow card · Leonardo CapezziEmpoli
  • 76'Yellow card · Nicolò BarellaCagliari
  • 90'Yellow card · Jacob RasmussenEmpoli
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Fabio PisacaneCagliari

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 2, Cagliari 4.

Team news

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

Pietro Terracciano, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Jacob Rasmussen, Luca Antonelli, Afriyie Acquah, Leonardo Capezzi, Rade Krunic, Miha Zajc, Antonino La Gumina, Francesco Caputo

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

Alessio Cragno, Paolo Faragò, Luca Ceppitelli, Filippo Romagna, Charalampos Lykogiannis, Lucas Castro, Onur Cinel, Artur Ioniță, Nicolò Barella, Diego Farias, Leonardo Pavoletti