Empoli 1-1 Mantova: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 20 December 2008
Result
Empoli 1-1 Mantova
Serie B · Saturday 20 December 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 1-1 Mantova: match report
Empoli drew with Mantova 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 20 December 2008. The half-time score was 0-1.
Giorgio Corona opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Empoli's goal came from Luca Saudati (79'). Mantova scored through Giorgio Corona (36').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card and 1 red card; Mantova received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 4th on 31 points from 18 and Mantova 12th on 24 points from 18. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Mantova 13th with 52.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-W-W-L-D and Mantova's D-D-L-L-W.
Key events
- 31'Red card · Ighli Vannucchi
- 34'Yellow card · Federico Rizzi
- 35'Yellow card · Gaetano Caridi
- 36'Goal · Giorgio Corona
- 40'Yellow card · Vittorio Tosto
- 75'Yellow card · Dario Passoni
- 79'Goal · Luca Saudati
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