Empoli 1-2 Roma: result and report

Serie A · Monday 12 September 2022

Result

Empoli 1-2 Roma

Serie A · Monday 12 September 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Empoli 1-2 Roma: match report

Empoli were beaten by Roma 1-2 in Serie A on Monday 12 September 2022. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Paulo Dybala opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Empoli's goal came from Filippo Bandinelli (43'). Roma scored through Paulo Dybala (17') and Tammy Abraham (71').

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Roma received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 4 points from 5 and Roma 8th on 10 points from 5. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Roma 7th with 63.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Roma in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Paulo Dybala of Roma (8.2), ahead of Roger Ibañez (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 8 for Roma.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · Paulo DybalaRoma · 0-1
  • 27'Yellow card · Fabiano ParisiEmpoli
  • 43'Goal · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli · 1-1
  • 60'Yellow card · Ardian IsmajliEmpoli
  • 65'Yellow card · Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproEmpoli
  • 71'Goal · Tammy AbrahamRoma · 1-2
  • 80'Missed penalty · Lorenzo PellegriniRoma
  • 87'Red card · Jean-Daniel Akpa AkproEmpoli
  • 89'Yellow card · Zeki CelikRoma

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 2, Roma 8.

Team news

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Nicolas Haas, Răzvan Marin, Filippo Bandinelli, Marko Pjaca, Martín Satriano, Sam Lammers

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

Rui Patrício, Gianluca Mancini, Chris Smalling, Roger Ibañez, Zeki Çelik, Bryan Cristante, Nemanja Matić, Leonardo Spinazzola, Paulo Dybala, Lorenzo Pellegrini, Tammy Abraham