Empoli 2-4 SPAL: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 20 April 2019
Result
Empoli 2-4 SPAL
Serie A · Saturday 20 April 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2
Empoli 2-4 SPAL: match report
Empoli lost to SPAL 2-4 in Serie A on Saturday 20 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.
Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Empoli's goals came from Francesco Caputo (22') and Hamed Junior Traorè (47'). SPAL scored through Andrea Petagna (38', penalty), Sergio Floccari (44'), Andrea Petagna (60') and Mirco Antenucci (88').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; SPAL received 5 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 29 points from 32 and SPAL 14th on 35 points from 32. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and SPAL 13th with 42.
Empoli lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and SPAL in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrea Petagna of SPAL (8.8), ahead of Ismaël Bennacer (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for SPAL.
Key events
- 22'Goal · Francesco Caputo
- 30'Yellow card · Manuel Lazzari
- 38'Penalty goal · Andrea Petagna
- 40'Yellow card · Thiago Cionek
- 44'Goal · Sergio Floccari
- 47'Goal · Hamed Junior Traorè
- 52'Yellow card · Hamed Junior Traorè
- 60'Goal · Andrea Petagna
- 62'Yellow card · Andrea Petagna
- 71'Yellow card · Simone Missiroli
- 76'Yellow card · Matteo Brighi
- 82'Yellow card · Alessandro Murgia
- 88'Goal · Mirco Antenucci
- 90+1'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (3-5-1-1)
Bartłomiej Drągowski, Frédéric Veseli, Domenico Maietta, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Hamed Traoré, Leonardo Capezzi, Ismaël Bennacer, Cristian Dell'Orco, Rade Krunic, Francesco Caputo
SPAL line-up (3-5-2)
Emiliano Viviano, Thiago Cionek, Francesco Vicari, Kevin Bonifazi, Manuel Lazzari, Alessandro Murgia, Simone Missiroli, Jasmin Kurtic, Filippo Costa, Andrea Petagna, Sergio Floccari