Fiorentina 3-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2018
Result
Fiorentina 3-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 16 December 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Fiorentina 3-1 Empoli: match report
Fiorentina beat Empoli 3-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 December 2018. The half-time score was 1-1.
Rade Krunic opened the scoring in the 23rd minute. Fiorentina's goals came from Kevin Mirallas (40'), Giovanni Simeone (59') and Bryan Dabo (78'). Empoli scored through Rade Krunic (23').
Discipline: Fiorentina received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Fiorentina were 12th on 19 points from 15 and Empoli 14th on 16 points from 15. Fiorentina went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.
Fiorentina lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Empoli in a 5-3-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giovanni Simeone of Fiorentina (8.5), level with Kevin Mirallas (8.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Fiorentina wins, 2 draws and 2 for Empoli.
Going into the match Fiorentina's last five read D-L-D-D-D and Empoli's W-D-W-W-L.
Key events
- 23'Goal · Rade Krunic
- 40'Goal · Kevin Mirallas
- 53'Yellow card · Marco Benassi
- 55'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
- 59'Goal · Giovanni Simeone
- 65'Yellow card · Gerson
- 78'Goal · Bryan Dabo
Head-to-head
Team news
Fiorentina line-up (3-4-1-2)
Alban Lafont, Federico Ceccherini, Germán Pezzella, Vitor Hugo, Federico Chiesa, Christian Nørgaard, Gerson, Cristiano Biraghi, Marco Benassi, Giovanni Simeone, Kevin Mirallas
Empoli line-up (5-3-2)
Ivan Provedel, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Frédéric Veseli, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Luca Antonelli, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Hamed Traoré, Antonino La Gumina, Francesco Caputo