Fiorentina 1-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 21 December 2014
Result
Fiorentina 1-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 21 December 2014, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0
Fiorentina 1-1 Empoli: match report
Fiorentina drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 21 December 2014. The half-time score was 1-0.
Juan Manuel Vargas opened the scoring in the 44th minute. Fiorentina's goal came from Juan Manuel Vargas (44'). Empoli scored through Lorenzo Tonelli (57').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 5 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 8th on 23 points from 15 and Empoli 16th on 15 points from 15. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 5th with 64 points, and Empoli 16th with 41.
Fiorentina lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Fiorentina wins, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read W-D-W-W-L and Empoli's D-L-D-W-W.
Key events
- 32'Yellow card · Massimo Maccarone
- 44'Goal · Juan Manuel Vargas
- 57'Goal · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 88'Yellow card · Mounir El Hamdaoui
- 88'Yellow card · Mounir El Hamdaoui
- 89'Yellow card · M. Pucciarelli
- 90'Yellow card · Borja Valero
- 90'Yellow card · Piotr Zielinski
- 90+1'Yellow card · Alberto Aquilani
- 90+1'Yellow card · A. Aquilani
- 90+4'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina expected line-up (3-5-2)
Neto, Gonzalo Rodríguez, José Basanta, Stefan Savić, Marcos Alonso, David Pizarro, Borja Valero, Joaquín, Matías Fernández, Juan Cuadrado, Mario Gómez
Empoli expected line-up (4-3-1-2)
Luigi Sepe, Daniele Rugani, Mário Rui, Elseid Hysaj, Lorenzo Tonelli, Matías Vecino, Nova Arianto, Daniele Croce, Massimo Maccarone, Francesco Tavano, Mike van Dijk