Fiorentina 2-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 22 April 2006
Result
Fiorentina 2-1 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 22 April 2006, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 2-1 Empoli: match report
Fiorentina beat Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 22 April 2006. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Manuel Pasqual opened the scoring in the 43rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Manuel Pasqual (43') and Luis Jiménez (58'). Empoli scored through Christian Rigano (65').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 4th on 65 points from 34 and Empoli 11th on 39 points from 34. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 4th with 74 points, and Empoli 11th with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-D-D-L-D and Empoli's W-W-D-W-W.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · Luca Toni
- 43'Goal · Manuel Pasqual
- 58'Goal · Luis Jiménez
- 60'Yellow card · Christian Rigano
- 65'Goal · Christian Rigano
- 74'Yellow card · N. Ascoli
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up
Per Billeskov Krøldrup, Alessandro Gamberini, Tomás Ujfalusi, Manuel Pasqual, Stefano Fiore, Riccardo Montolivo, Luis Jiménez, Lars Jørgensen, Luca Toni, Bogdan Lobonț, Cristian Brocchi
Empoli line-up
Daniele Balli, Andrea Coda, Andrea Raggi, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Ighli Vannucchi, Francesco Tavano, Christian Rigano, Nicola Ascoli