Empoli 2-1 Livorno: result and report
Serie B · Monday 6 October 2008
Result
Empoli 2-1 Livorno
Serie B · Monday 6 October 2008, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1
Empoli 2-1 Livorno: match report
Empoli defeated Livorno 2-1 in Serie B on Monday 6 October 2008. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Antonio Candreva opened the scoring in the 4th minute. Empoli's goals came from D. Corvia (41') and Antonio Busce (73'). Livorno scored through Antonio Candreva (4').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Livorno received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 4th on 12 points from 6 and Livorno 13th on 8 points from 6. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Livorno 3rd with 68.
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 2 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Livorno.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Livorno's D-D-D-D-D.
Key events
- 4'Goal · Antonio Candreva
- 28'Yellow card · Aleandro Rosi
- 39'Yellow card · Leonardo Migliónico
- 41'Goal · D. Corvia
- 44'Yellow card · Alessandro Diamanti
- 55'Yellow card · Felice Piccolo
- 73'Goal · Antonio Busce
- 73'Yellow card · Antonio Busce
- 76'Yellow card · Massimo Loviso
- 82'Yellow card · Ighli Vannucchi
- 87'Yellow card · Riccardo Bonetto
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Davide Bassi, Andrea Raggi, Luca Antonini, Lino Marzorati, Vittorio Tosto, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel
Livorno expected line-up (3-5-2)
Dario Knezevic, Alessandro Grandoni, Giovanni Pasquale, Fabio Galante, David Balleri, Daniele De Vezze, Nico Pulzetti, Martin Bergvold, Antonio Filippini