Empoli 4-3 Cittadella: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 26 September 2009
Result
Empoli 4-3 Cittadella
Serie B · Saturday 26 September 2009, 13:30 UTC · half-time 2-2
Empoli 4-3 Cittadella: match report
Empoli beat Cittadella 4-3 in Serie B on Saturday 26 September 2009. The half-time score was 2-2.
Antimo Iunco opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Empoli's goals came from Éder (12', penalty), an own goal by Nicolò Cherubin (44'), Éder (52') and Francesco Marianini (90'). Cittadella scored through Antimo Iunco (2', penalty), D. Curiale (40') and Antimo Iunco (76').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Cittadella received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 6 points from 5 and Cittadella 10th on 8 points from 6. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 54 points, and Cittadella 5th with 66.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 0 draws and 1 for Cittadella.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-W-L-W and Cittadella's W-D-D-L-W.
Key events
- 1'Yellow card · Gabriele Angella
- 2'Penalty goal · Antimo Iunco
- 12'Penalty goal · Éder
- 40'Goal · D. Curiale
- 44'Yellow card · Andrea Pisani
- 44'Own goal · Nicolò Cherubin
- 52'Goal · Éder
- 64'Yellow card · Gianluca Musacci
- 67'Yellow card · T. Bellazzini
- 76'Goal · Antimo Iunco
- 83'Yellow card · Daniele Dalla Bona
- 90'Goal · Francesco Marianini
Head-to-head
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