Empoli 0-2 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 27 January 2008
Result
Empoli 0-2 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 27 January 2008, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 0-2 Fiorentina: match report
Empoli were beaten by Fiorentina 0-2 in Serie A on Sunday 27 January 2008. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Adrian Mutu opened the scoring in the 85th minute. Empoli did not score. Fiorentina scored through Adrian Mutu (85') and Giampaolo Pazzini (90+3').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Fiorentina received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 19th on 16 points from 19 and Fiorentina 4th on 34 points from 19. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Fiorentina 4th with 66.
Empoli lined up in a 4-5-1 and Fiorentina in a 4-3-2-1.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 4 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-D-D-W and Fiorentina's W-W-W-D-L.
Key events
- 7'Yellow card · Nicola Pozzi
- 21'Yellow card · Tomás Ujfalusi
- 39'Yellow card · Marco Donadel
- 69'Yellow card · Francesco Pratali
- 85'Goal · Adrian Mutu
- 90'Yellow card · Richard Vanigli
- 90+3'Goal · Giampaolo Pazzini
- 90+4'Yellow card · Giampaolo Pazzini
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-5-1)
Davide Bassi, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Luca Antonini, Davide Moro, Francesco Marianini, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Nicola Pozzi, Sebastian Giovinco
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-2-1)
Sébastien Frey, Dario Dainelli, Alessandro Gamberini, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Marco Donadel, Riccardo Montolivo, Zdravko Kuzmanović, Mario Santana, Giampaolo Pazzini, Adrian Mutu