Genoa 1-0 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 6 March 2016
Result
Genoa 1-0 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 6 March 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Genoa 1-0 Empoli: match report
Genoa won against Empoli 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 6 March 2016. The half-time score was 0-0.
The only goal came from Luca Rigoni of Genoa in the 48th minute.
Discipline: Genoa received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Genoa were 16th on 28 points from 27 and Empoli 11th on 34 points from 27. Genoa went on to finish that season 10th with 46 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Genoa lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Goran Pandev of Genoa (8.2), ahead of Cristian Ansaldi (8.0).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Genoa wins, 3 draws and 2 for Empoli.
Going into the match Genoa's last five read L-W-L-D-L and Empoli's L-L-L-D-D.
Key events
- 31'Yellow card · Marco Zambelli
- 41'Yellow card · Marcel Büchel
- 48'Goal · Luca Rigoni
- 75'Yellow card · L. Paredes
- 80'Yellow card · Alessio Cerci
- 86'Yellow card · U. Ćosić
Head-to-head
Team news
Genoa line-up (3-5-2)
Mattia Perin, Sebastien De Maio, Armando Izzo, Nicolás Burdisso, Cristian Ansaldi, Luca Rigoni, Panagiotis Tachtsidis, Tomás Rincón, Diego Laxalt, Suso, Goran Pandev
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Marco Zambelli, Jorge Ribolzi, Lorenzo Ariaudo, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Levan Mchedlidze