Empoli 1-2 Fiorentina: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 10 May 2015
Result
Empoli 1-2 Fiorentina
Serie A · Sunday 10 May 2015, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Empoli 1-2 Fiorentina: match report
Empoli lost to Fiorentina 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 10 May 2015. The half-time score was 1-1.
Josip Ilicic opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Empoli's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (28') and L. Mchedlidze (77'). Fiorentina scored through Josip Ilicic (4'), Mohamed Salah (57') and Josip Ilicic (68').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 40 points from 34 and Fiorentina 7th on 52 points from 34. Empoli went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Fiorentina 5th with 64.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Fiorentina in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Fiorentina.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-D-D-L and Fiorentina's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 23'Yellow card · Milan Badelj
- 28'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 33'Yellow card · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 57'Goal · Mohamed Salah
- 68'Goal · Josip Ilicic
- 77'Goal · L. Mchedlidze
- 82'Yellow card · L. Mchedlidze
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Vincent Laurini, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Lorenzo Tonelli, Nova Arianto, Daniele Croce, Matías Vecino, R. Saponara, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Fiorentina line-up (4-3-3)
Neto, Gonzalo Rodríguez, Micah Richards, Juan Manuel Vargas, José Basanta, M. Badelj, David Pizarro, Alberto Aquilani, Josip Ilicic, Alberto Gilardino, Federico Bernardeschi