Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona: result and report

Serie B · Wednesday 26 December 2012

Result

Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona

Serie B · Wednesday 26 December 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Empoli · Hellas Verona · Serie B predictions

Empoli 1-1 Hellas Verona: match report

Empoli drew with Hellas Verona 1-1 in Serie B on Wednesday 26 December 2012. The half-time score was 0-0.

Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 58th minute. Empoli's goal came from Riccardo Saponara (58'). Hellas Verona scored through Luca Ceccarelli (90+5').

Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Hellas Verona received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 6th on 30 points from 20 and Hellas Verona 3rd on 39 points from 20. Empoli went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Hellas Verona 3rd with 82.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 1 for Hellas Verona.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 39'Yellow card · Michelangelo AlbertazziHellas Verona
  • 58'Goal · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli · 1-0
  • 72'Yellow card · Armin BačinovičHellas Verona
  • 78'Yellow card · Luca CeccarelliHellas Verona
  • 83'Yellow card · Domenico MaiettaHellas Verona
  • 87'Yellow card · M. ValdifioriEmpoli
  • 90+5'Goal · Luca CeccarelliHellas Verona · 1-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 1, Hellas Verona 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up

Davide Bassi, Vasco Regini, Elseid Hysaj, Lorenzo Tonelli, Pietro Accardi, Davide Moro, Nova Arianto, R. Saponara, Franco Signorelli, Manuel Pucciarelli, Francesco Tavano

Hellas Verona line-up

Rafael, Michelangelo Albertazzi, Luca Ceccarelli, Matteo Abbate, Domenico Maietta, Paolo Grossi, Emil Hallfreðsson, Jorginho, Armin Bačinovič, Daniele Cacia, Andrea Cocco