Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 22 December 2018
Result
Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria
Serie A · Saturday 22 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Empoli 2-4 Sampdoria: match report
Empoli were beaten by Sampdoria 2-4 in Serie A on Saturday 22 December 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Manuel Pasqual opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Empoli's goals came from Manuel Pasqual (11', penalty) and Francesco Caputo (76'). Sampdoria scored through G. Ramírez (41'), Fabio Quagliarella (69'), Gianluca Caprari (87') and Gianluca Caprari (90+1').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Sampdoria received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 16 points from 16 and Sampdoria 9th on 23 points from 16. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Sampdoria 9th with 53.
Empoli lined up in a 5-3-2 and Sampdoria in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gianluca Caprari of Sampdoria (9.2), ahead of Gastón Ramírez (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 4 for Sampdoria.
Key events
- 11'Penalty goal · Manuel Pasqual
- 18'Yellow card · Joachim Andersen
- 32'Yellow card · Afriyie Acquah
- 34'Yellow card · Francesco Caputo
- 41'Goal · G. Ramírez
- 69'Goal · Fabio Quagliarella
- 70'Yellow card · Fabio Quagliarella
- 76'Goal · Francesco Caputo
- 82'Yellow card · Albin Ekdal
- 85'Yellow card · Antonino La Gumina
- 87'Goal · Gianluca Caprari
- 88'Yellow card · Gianluca Caprari
- 90+1'Goal · Gianluca Caprari
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (5-3-2)
Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Frédéric Veseli, Matías Silvestre, Jacob Rasmussen, Manuel Pasqual, Afriyie Acquah, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Antonino La Gumina, Francesco Caputo
Sampdoria line-up (4-3-1-2)
Emil Audero, Jacopo Sala, Lorenzo Tonelli, Joachim Andersen, Nicola Murru, Dennis Praet, Albin Ekdal, Karol Linetty, Gastón Ramírez, Grégoire Defrel, Fabio Quagliarella