Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2007
Result
Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria
Serie A · Sunday 21 January 2007, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 2-0 Sampdoria: match report
Empoli defeated Sampdoria 2-0 in Serie A on Sunday 21 January 2007. The half-time score was 0-0.
Luca Saudati opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Empoli's goals came from Luca Saudati (56', penalty) and Davide Matteini (87'). Sampdoria did not score.
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 25 points from 18 and Sampdoria 10th on 24 points from 19. Empoli went on to finish that season 7th with 54 points, and Sampdoria 10th with 49.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sampdoria.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-L-W-L-L and Sampdoria's D-L-W-W-D.
Key events
- 56'Penalty goal · Luca Saudati
- 72'Yellow card · Davide Moro
- 81'Yellow card · Emiliano Bonazzoli
- 87'Goal · Davide Matteini
- 89'Yellow card · Pietro Accardi
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luigi Sala
- 90+5'Yellow card · Richard Vanigli
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up
Daniele Balli, Stefano Lucchini, Lino Marzorati, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Ighli Vannucchi, Antonio Busce, Nicola Pozzi, Luca Saudati
Sampdoria line-up
Carlo Zotti, Pietro Accardi, Luigi Sala, Cristian Zenoni, Angelo Palombo, Gennaro Delvecchio, Fabio Bazzani, Francesco Flachi, Fabio Quagliarella, Christian Maggio, Daniele Franceschini