Empoli 1-3 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 27 February 2016

Result

Empoli 1-3 Roma

Serie A · Saturday 27 February 2016, 17:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Empoli 1-3 Roma: match report

Empoli were beaten by Roma 1-3 in Serie A on Saturday 27 February 2016. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Federico Insúa opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Empoli's goal came from an own goal by Ervin Zukanovic (22'). Roma scored through Federico Insúa (5'), Miralem Pjanic (27') and Federico Insúa (74').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Roma received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 10th on 34 points from 26 and Roma 4th on 50 points from 26. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Roma 3rd with 80.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Roma in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Stephan El Shaarawy of Roma (8.6), ahead of Miralem Pjanić (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 5 for Roma.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Federico InsúaRoma · 0-1
  • 17'Yellow card · Miralem PjanicRoma
  • 17'Yellow card · M. PucciarelliEmpoli
  • 22'Own goal · Ervin ZukanovicEmpoli · 1-1
  • 27'Goal · Miralem PjanicRoma · 1-2
  • 41'Yellow card · Diego PerottiRoma
  • 63'Yellow card · Mário RuiEmpoli
  • 74'Goal · Federico InsúaRoma · 1-3
  • 90+4'Second yellow · Mário RuiEmpoli

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 2, Roma 5.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Mário Rui, Jorge Ribolzi, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

Roma line-up (4-3-3)

Wojciech Szczesny, Antonio Rüdiger, Lucas Digne, Maicon, Ervin Zukanović, Radja Nainggolan, Miralem Pjanić, Seydou Keita, Diego Perotti, Mohamed Salah, Stephan El Shaarawy