Empoli 2-0 Genoa: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 24 October 2015

Result

Empoli 2-0 Genoa

Serie A · Saturday 24 October 2015, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Genoa · Serie A predictions

Empoli 2-0 Genoa: match report

Empoli defeated Genoa 2-0 in Serie A on Saturday 24 October 2015. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Rade Krunic opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Empoli's goals came from Rade Krunic (44') and Piotr Zielinski (57'). Genoa did not score.

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Genoa received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 17th on 7 points from 8 and Genoa 12th on 10 points from 8. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Genoa 10th with 46.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Genoa in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Piotr Zielinski of Empoli (8.3), ahead of Rade Krunic (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 0 for Genoa.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-L-L-W and Genoa's W-D-W-L-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Yellow card · Giovanni MarcheseGenoa
  • 34'Yellow card · Ezequiel MuñozGenoa
  • 35'Yellow card · Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli
  • 44'Goal · Rade KrunicEmpoli · 1-0
  • 52'Yellow card · S. GakpéGenoa
  • 57'Goal · Piotr ZielinskiEmpoli · 2-0
  • 64'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiEmpoli
  • 84'Yellow card · Marko LivajaEmpoli

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 3, Genoa 0.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

Genoa line-up (3-4-3)

Mattia Perin, Armando Izzo, Giovanni Marchese, Ezequiel Muñoz, Olivier Ntcham, Tino Costa, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Diego Perotti, Serge Gakpé, Leonardo Pavoletti