Empoli 3-1 Sassuolo: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 22 March 2015
Result
Empoli 3-1 Sassuolo
Serie A · Sunday 22 March 2015, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 3-1 Sassuolo: match report
Empoli defeated Sassuolo 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 22 March 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Riccardo Saponara opened the scoring in the 46th minute. Empoli's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (46'), L. Mchedlidze (59') and Riccardo Saponara (60'). Sassuolo scored through an own goal by Daniele Rugani (49').
Discipline: Empoli received no yellow cards; Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 29 points from 27 and Sassuolo 12th on 34 points from 27. Empoli went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Sassuolo 10th with 52.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Sassuolo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-D-D-W-D and Sassuolo's W-L-L-L-L.
Key events
- 44'Yellow card · Francesco Acerbi
- 46'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 49'Own goal · Daniele Rugani
- 59'Goal · L. Mchedlidze
- 60'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 61'Yellow card · Francesco Magnanelli
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Federico Barba, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Nova Arianto, Daniele Croce, Matías Vecino, R. Saponara, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Alessandro Longhi, Francesco Acerbi, Marcello Gazzola, Federico Peluso, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Saphir Sliti Taïder, Simone Zaza, Nicola Sansone, Domenico Berardi