Empoli 0-1 Inter: result and report
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016
Result
Empoli 0-1 Inter
Serie A · Wednesday 6 January 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 0-1 Inter: match report
Empoli were beaten by Inter 0-1 in Serie A on Wednesday 6 January 2016. It was 0-1 at half-time.
The only goal came from Mauro Icardi of Inter in the 45th minute.
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Inter received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 8th on 27 points from 17 and Inter 3rd on 36 points from 17. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Inter 4th with 67.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Inter in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Samir Handanović of Inter (8.1), ahead of Mário Rui (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 1 draw and 6 for Inter.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-W-W-D and Inter's L-W-W-L-W.
Key events
- 16'Yellow card · Jeison Murillo
- 26'Yellow card · L. Paredes
- 35'Yellow card · Marcelo Brozovic
- 45+1'Goal · Mauro Icardi
- 67'Yellow card · Daniele Croce
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Andrea Costa, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, R. Saponara, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Inter line-up (4-3-3)
Samir Handanović, Jeison Murillo, Miranda, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Yuto Nagatomo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Gary Medel, Marcelo Brozović, Mauro Icardi, Adem Ljajic, Ivan Perisic