Inter 2-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 7 May 2016
Result
Inter 2-1 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 7 May 2016, 16:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Inter 2-1 Empoli: match report
Inter defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Saturday 7 May 2016. The half-time score was 2-1.
Mauro Icardi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Inter's goals came from Mauro Icardi (12') and Ivan Perisic (40'). Empoli scored through M. Pucciarelli (37').
Discipline: Inter received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.
Going into the game Inter were 4th on 64 points from 36 and Empoli 12th on 43 points from 36. Inter went on to finish that season 4th with 67 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Inter lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Ivan Perisic of Inter (8.6), ahead of Piotr Zielinski (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 7 Inter wins, 1 draw and 1 for Empoli.
Going into the match Inter's last five read L-W-L-W-W and Empoli's D-L-W-L-W.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Mauro Icardi
- 21'Yellow card · Marcel Büchel
- 37'Goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 40'Goal · Ivan Perisic
- 50'Yellow card · Yuto Nagatomo
- 87'Yellow card · Samir Handanovic
- 88'Yellow card · Ivan Perisic
Head-to-head
Team news
Inter line-up (4-2-3-1)
Samir Handanović, Juan Jesus, Miranda, Danilo D'Ambrosio, Yuto Nagatomo, Geoffrey Kondogbia, Stevan Jovetić, Ivan Perisic, Marcelo Brozović, Felipe Melo, Mauro Icardi
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Alberto Pelagotti, Marco Zambelli, Andrea Costa, Mário Rui, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Marcel Büchel, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli