Empoli 1-5 Sassuolo: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 9 January 2022

Result

Empoli 1-5 Sassuolo

Serie A · Sunday 9 January 2022, 13:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

Empoli 1-5 Sassuolo: match report

Empoli were beaten by Sassuolo 1-5 in Serie A on Sunday 9 January 2022. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Domenico Berardi opened the scoring in the 13th minute. Empoli's goal came from Liam Henderson (16'). Sassuolo scored through Domenico Berardi (13', penalty), Giacomo Raspadori (24'), Gianluca Scamacca (67'), Giacomo Raspadori (71') and Gianluca Scamacca (90+2').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 28 points from 20 and Sassuolo 13th on 25 points from 20. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Sassuolo 11th with 50.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Sassuolo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo (10.0), ahead of Gianluca Scamacca (9.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 5 for Sassuolo.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

13'Penalty goal · Domenico BerardiSassuolo · 0-1
16'Goal · Liam HendersonEmpoli · 1-1
24'Goal · Giacomo RaspadoriSassuolo · 1-2
49'Yellow card · Domenico BerardiSassuolo
59'Yellow card · Mattia VitiEmpoli
60'Second yellow · Mattia VitiEmpoli
67'Goal · Gianluca ScamaccaSassuolo · 1-3
69'Yellow card · Georgios KyriakopoulosSassuolo
71'Goal · Giacomo RaspadoriSassuolo · 1-4
79'Yellow card · Maxime LópezSassuolo
90+2'Goal · Gianluca ScamaccaSassuolo · 1-5

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 0, Sassuolo 5.

Sassuolo 1-2 EmpoliSerie A · 31 Oct 2021
Empoli 3-0 SassuoloSerie A · 17 Feb 2019
Sassuolo 3-1 EmpoliSerie A · 21 Sep 2018
Empoli 1-3 SassuoloSerie A · 30 Apr 2017
Sassuolo 3-0 EmpoliSerie A · 4 Dec 2016
Sassuolo 3-2 EmpoliSerie A · 21 Feb 2016

Team news

Unavailable

Pedro ObiangSassuolo · injury (Unknown Injury)
Nicolas HaasEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Tommaso BaldanziEmpoli · injury (Ankle Injury)
Nicolás SchiappacasseSassuolo · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Federico PelusoSassuolo · injury (COVID 19)
Marco BenassiEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Valerio VerreEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Francesco MagnanelliSassuolo · injury (Muscle Injury)
Edoardo GoldanigaSassuolo · injury (COVID 19)
Emmanuel EkongEmpoli · injury (Knee Surgery)
Simone RomagnoliEmpoli · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Filip DjuricicSassuolo · injury (Muscular problems)
Matheus HenriqueSassuolo · injury (Muscular problems)
Fabiano ParisiEmpoli · injury (Muscular problems)
Filippo RomagnaSassuolo · injury (Patella Rupture)

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, Riccardo Marchizza, Szymon Żurkowski, Leo Stulac, Liam Henderson, Nedim Bajrami, Federico Di Francesco, Andrea Pinamonti

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

Andrea Consigli, Jeremy Toljan, Vlad Chiricheș, Gianmarco Ferrari, Rogério, Abdou Harroui, Maxime Lopez, Domenico Berardi, Giacomo Raspadori, Georgios Kyriakopoulos, Grégoire Defrel