Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2009
Result
Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo
Serie B · Saturday 21 March 2009, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Empoli 3-2 Sassuolo: match report
Empoli defeated Sassuolo 3-2 in Serie B on Saturday 21 March 2009. The half-time score was 1-2.
Gaetano Masucci opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Empoli's goals came from Antonio Busce (33'), Nicola Pozzi (77') and Nicola Pozzi (79'). Sassuolo scored through Gaetano Masucci (26') and Filippo Pensalfini (45').
Discipline: Empoli received 4 yellow cards; Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 44 points from 31 and Sassuolo 4th on 50 points from 31. Empoli went on to finish that season 5th with 67 points, and Sassuolo 7th with 60.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 0 draws and 0 for Sassuolo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-W-D-L and Sassuolo's D-D-L-W-W.
Key events
- 13'Yellow card · Sebastiano Girelli
- 26'Goal · Gaetano Masucci
- 26'Yellow card · Davide Moro
- 33'Goal · Antonio Busce
- 34'Yellow card · Andrea Poli
- 45'Goal · Filippo Pensalfini
- 60'Yellow card · Filippo Pensalfini
- 66'Yellow card · Fabrizio Anselmi
- 77'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 79'Goal · Nicola Pozzi
- 82'Yellow card · Francesco Lodi
- 84'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 86'Yellow card · Luca Saudati
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli expected line-up (4-4-1-1)
Davide Bassi, Andrea Raggi, Luca Antonini, Lino Marzorati, Vittorio Tosto, Ighli Vannucchi, Claudio Marchisio, Antonio Busce, Alessandro Budel