Empoli 3-1 Varese: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 2 March 2013
Result
Empoli 3-1 Varese
Serie B · Saturday 2 March 2013, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0
Empoli 3-1 Varese: match report
Empoli defeated Varese 3-1 in Serie B on Saturday 2 March 2013. It was 2-0 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Empoli's goals came from Massimo Maccarone (11'), Massimo Maccarone (25') and Franco Signorelli (89'). Varese scored through G. Zecchin (65').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Varese received 3 yellow cards and 2 red cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 5th on 43 points from 28 and Varese 4th on 47 points from 28. Empoli went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Varese 8th with 61.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 3 draws and 1 for Varese.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-D-D-W-D and Varese's W-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 6'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 7'Yellow card · Michele Franco
- 11'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 25'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 54'Yellow card · Francesco Pratali
- 65'Goal · G. Zecchin
- 66'Yellow card · Filipe
- 85'Red card · Daniele Corti
- 88'Yellow card · Moussa Koné
- 89'Goal · Franco Signorelli
- 90+1'Red card · Daniele Martinetti
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up
Davide Bassi, Vasco Regini, Francesco Pratali, Pietro Accardi, Davide Moro, Nova Arianto, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Massimo Maccarone, Francesco Tavano, Vincent Laurini
Varese line-up
Walter Bressan, Raffaele Pucino, Antonio Marino, Magnus Troest, Achraf Lazaar, Michele Franco, Daniele Corti, Giampietro Zecchin, Moussa Koné, Daniele Martinetti, Juan Antonio