Empoli 2-1 Sampdoria: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 9 April 2006

Result

Empoli 2-1 Sampdoria

Serie A · Sunday 9 April 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Empoli 2-1 Sampdoria: match report

Empoli won against Sampdoria 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 9 April 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

A. Buscè opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Empoli's goals came from A. Buscè (29') and A. Buscè (49'). Sampdoria scored through Francesco Flachi (61', penalty).

Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Sampdoria received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 33 points from 32 and Sampdoria 10th on 38 points from 32. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 45 points, and Sampdoria 14th with 41.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sampdoria.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 28'Yellow card · Marcello CastelliniSampdoria
  • 29'Goal · A. BuscèEmpoli · 1-0
  • 40'Yellow card · Vittorio TostoEmpoli
  • 49'Goal · A. BuscèEmpoli · 2-0
  • 61'Penalty goal · Francesco FlachiSampdoria · 2-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 0, Sampdoria 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up

Daniele Balli, Andrea Coda, Vittorio Tosto, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Antonio Busce, Ighli Vannucchi, Francesco Tavano, Christian Rigano

Sampdoria line-up

Francesco Antonioli, Marcello Castellini, Giulio Falcone, Max Tonetto, Marco Pisano, Cristian Zenoni, Sergio Volpi, Samuele Dalla Bona, Angelo Palombo, Francesco Flachi, Aimo Diana