Empoli 1-0 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 4 October 2015

Result

Empoli 1-0 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 4 October 2015, 10:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Empoli · Sassuolo · Serie A predictions

Empoli 1-0 Sassuolo: match report

Empoli won against Sassuolo 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 4 October 2015. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Massimo Maccarone of Empoli in the 88th minute.

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sassuolo received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 19th on 4 points from 6 and Sassuolo 5th on 12 points from 6. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Sassuolo 6th with 61.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Mário Rui of Empoli (8.5), ahead of Massimo Maccarone (8.0).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Piotr ZielinskiEmpoli
  • 17'Yellow card · Emanuele TerranovaSassuolo
  • 26'Yellow card · Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli
  • 35'Yellow card · Federico PelusoSassuolo
  • 72'Yellow card · Š. VrsaljkoSassuolo
  • 88'Goal · Massimo MaccaroneEmpoli · 1-0
  • 90'Second yellow · Piotr ZielinskiEmpoli
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Rade KrunicEmpoli

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 0, Sassuolo 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, Assane Dioussé, Piotr Zielinski, Rade Krunic, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Consigli, Šime Vrsaljko, Federico Peluso, Marek Brzozowski, Paolo Cannavaro, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Matteo Politano, Antonio Floro Flores, Grégoire Defrel