Empoli 2-1 Udinese: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 11 November 2018
Result
Empoli 2-1 Udinese
Serie A · Sunday 11 November 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-1 Udinese: match report
Empoli won against Udinese 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 11 November 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Miha Zajc opened the scoring in the 41st minute. Empoli's goals came from Miha Zajc (41') and Francesco Caputo (51'). Udinese scored through Ignacio Pussetto (81').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Udinese received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 19th on 6 points from 11 and Udinese 16th on 9 points from 11. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and Udinese 12th with 43.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Udinese in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ignacio Pussetto of Udinese (8.9), ahead of Ivan Provedel (8.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 4 for Udinese.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-D-L-L and Udinese's L-D-L-L-L.
Key events
- 21'Yellow card · Giovanni Di Lorenzo
- 24'Yellow card · Rolando Mandragora
- 40'Yellow card · Seko Fofana
- 41'Goal · Miha Zajc
- 45+1'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
- 51'Goal · Francesco Caputo
- 79'Missed penalty · Rodrigo de Paul
- 81'Goal · Ignacio Pussetto
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-2-1)
Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Luca Antonelli, Afriyie Acquah, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Francesco Caputo
Udinese line-up (3-1-4-2)
Juan Musso, Molla Wagué, William Troost-Ekong, Samir Caetano, Rolando Mandragora, Hidde ter Avest, Seko Fofana, Rodrigo De Paul, Jens Stryger, Kevin Lasagna, Ignacio Pussetto