Empoli 2-1 Livorno: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 18 May 2008

Result

Empoli 2-1 Livorno

Serie A · Sunday 18 May 2008, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Livorno · Serie A predictions

Empoli 2-1 Livorno: match report

Empoli defeated Livorno 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 18 May 2008. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Buscè opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Empoli's goals came from A. Buscè (10') and Luca Saudati (56'). Livorno scored through Alessandro Diamanti (84').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Livorno received no yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 19th on 33 points from 37 and Livorno 20th on 30 points from 37. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 36 points, and Livorno 20th with 30.

Empoli lined up in a 4-4-1-1 and Livorno in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 2 draws and 2 for Livorno.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · A. BuscèEmpoli · 1-0
  • 11'Yellow card · A. BuscèEmpoli
  • 15'Yellow card · Vittorio TostoEmpoli
  • 56'Goal · Luca SaudatiEmpoli · 2-0
  • 84'Goal · Alessandro DiamantiLivorno · 2-1

Head-to-head

5 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 2, Livorno 2.

Team news

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

Davide Bassi, Vittorio Tosto, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Luca Antonini, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel, Luca Saudati

Livorno line-up (3-5-2)

Alfonso De Lucia, Dario Knezevic, Sidny, Matteo Melara, Martin Bergvold, Daniele De Vezze, Massimo Loviso, Fausto Rossini, Antonio Filippini, Giuliano Giannichedda, Erjon Bogdani