Empoli 2-1 Crotone: result and report
Serie A · Monday 12 September 2016
Result
Empoli 2-1 Crotone
Serie A · Monday 12 September 2016, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Empoli 2-1 Crotone: match report
Empoli won against Crotone 2-1 in Serie A on Monday 12 September 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Giuseppe Bellusci opened the scoring in the 31st minute. Empoli's goals came from Giuseppe Bellusci (31') and Andrea Costa (56'). Crotone scored through Mario Sampirisi (45+2').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Crotone received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Empoli were 20th on 0 points from 2 and Crotone 19th on 0 points from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 32 points, and Crotone 17th with 34.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Crotone in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giuseppe Bellusci of Empoli (8.1), ahead of Andrea Costa (7.8).
Key events
- 23'Yellow card · Noë Dussenne
- 31'Goal · Giuseppe Bellusci
- 45+2'Goal · Mario Sampirisi
- 52'Yellow card · Lorenzo Crisetig
- 56'Goal · Andrea Costa
- 80'Second yellow · Noë Dussenne
- 90+4'Yellow card · Daniele Croce
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Marco Zambelli, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, José Mauri, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Andrés Tello, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Crotone line-up (3-5-2)
Alex Cordaz, Gianmarco Ferrari, Federico Ceccherini, Noë Dussenne, Marcus Rohdén, Lorenzo Crisetig, Aniello Salzano, Aleandro Rosi, Bruno Martella, Raffaele Palladino, Diego Falcinelli