Empoli 1-1 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2005
Result
Empoli 1-1 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 18 December 2005, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-1 Fiorentina: match report
Empoli drew with Fiorentina 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 18 December 2005. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Giampaolo Pazzini opened the scoring in the 70th minute. Empoli's goal came from Ighli Vannucchi (73'). Fiorentina scored through Giampaolo Pazzini (70').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 17 points from 15 and Fiorentina 3rd on 32 points from 15. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Fiorentina 4th with 74.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-L-L-W and Fiorentina's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 20'Yellow card · Riccardo Bonetto
- 28'Yellow card · Stefano Lucchini
- 35'Yellow card · Tomás Ujfalusi
- 60'Yellow card · Andrea Coda
- 70'Goal · Giampaolo Pazzini
- 73'Goal · Ighli Vannucchi
Team news
Empoli expected line-up
Gianluca Berti, Andrea Coda, Riccardo Bonetto, Francesco Pratali, Andrea Raggi, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Sergio Almirón, Francesco Tavano
Fiorentina line-up
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Marco Donadel, Stefano Fiore, Lars Jørgensen, Giampaolo Pazzini, Luca Toni, Cristian Brocchi