Empoli 2-1 Torino: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 15 May 2016
Result
Empoli 2-1 Torino
Serie A · Sunday 15 May 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-1 Torino: match report
Empoli beat Torino 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 15 May 2016. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Empoli's goals came from Massimo Maccarone (12') and Piotr Zielinski (54'). Torino scored through Joel Obi (56').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Torino received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Empoli were 12th on 43 points from 37 and Torino 11th on 45 points from 37. Empoli went on to finish that season 11th with 46 points, and Torino 12th with 45.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Torino in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Massimo Maccarone of Empoli (7.8), ahead of Pontus Jansson (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Torino.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-W-L and Torino's L-W-L-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 26'Yellow card · Joel Obi
- 31'Yellow card · Marco Zambelli
- 36'Yellow card · L. Paredes
- 54'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 56'Goal · Joel Obi
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Maurizio Pugliesi, Marco Zambelli, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Jorge Ribolzi, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli
Torino line-up (3-5-2)
Daniele Padelli, Pontus Jansson, Emiliano Moretti, Kamil Glik, Joel Chukwuma Obi, Davide Zappacosta, Alessandro Gazzi, Daniele Baselli, Bruno Peres, Andrea Belotti, Josef Martínez