Empoli 1-2 Udinese: result and report

Serie A · Monday 26 January 2015

Result

Empoli 1-2 Udinese

Serie A · Monday 26 January 2015, 18:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Empoli 1-2 Udinese: match report

Empoli were beaten by Udinese 1-2 in Serie A on Monday 26 January 2015. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Antonio Di Natale opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Empoli's goal came from Riccardo Saponara (37', penalty). Udinese scored through Antonio Di Natale (19') and Silvan Widmer (60').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Udinese received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Empoli were 15th on 18 points from 19 and Udinese 11th on 26 points from 19. Empoli went on to finish that season 16th with 41 points, and Udinese 14th with 43.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Udinese in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 3 for Udinese.

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Antonio Di NataleUdinese · 0-1
  • 36'Yellow card · DaniloUdinese
  • 37'Penalty goal · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli · 1-1
  • 38'Yellow card · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli
  • 60'Goal · Silvan WidmerUdinese · 1-2
  • 61'Yellow card · Panagiotis KoneUdinese
  • 69'Yellow card · I. PirisUdinese
  • 74'Second yellow · Panagiotis KoneUdinese
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Federico BarbaEmpoli

Head-to-head

7 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 3, Udinese 3.

Team news

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

Luigi Sepe, Elseid Hysaj, Daniele Rugani, Lorenzo Tonelli, Mário Rui, Matías Vecino, Nova Arianto, Daniele Croce, R. Saponara, Levan Mchedlidze, Manuel Pucciarelli

Udinese expected line-up (3-5-2)

Orestis Karnezis, Danilo, Thomas Heurtaux, Iván Piris, Maurizio Domizzi, Allan, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Guilherme, Bruno Fernandes, Antonio Di Natale, Cyril Théréau