Juventus 2-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 22 January 2006
Result
Juventus 2-1 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 22 January 2006, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Juventus 2-1 Empoli: match report
Juventus defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 22 January 2006. The half-time score was 1-1.
Sergio Almirón opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Juventus's goals came from Fabio Cannavaro (17') and Fabio Cannavaro (77'). Empoli scored through Sergio Almirón (3').
Discipline: Juventus received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Juventus were 1st on 53 points from 20 and Empoli 15th on 19 points from 20. Juventus went on to finish that season 1st with 91 points, and Empoli 11th with 45.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Juventus win, 0 draws and 0 for Empoli.
Going into the match Juventus's last five read D-W-W-W-D and Empoli's D-L-L-L-D.
Key events
- 3'Goal · Sergio Almirón
- 17'Goal · Fabio Cannavaro
- 39'Yellow card · Richard Vanigli
- 45'Yellow card · Christian Rigano
- 75'Yellow card · Patrick Vieira
- 77'Goal · Fabio Cannavaro
Head-to-head
Team news
Juventus line-up
Gianluigi Buffon, Federico Balzaretti, Lilian Thuram, Emerson, Alessandro Del Piero, David Trézéguet, P. Vieira, Mauro Germán Camoranesi, Adrian Mutu, Gianluca Zambrotta, Fabio Cannavaro
Empoli line-up
Gianluca Berti, Stefano Lucchini, Andrea Coda, Richard Vanigli, Francesco Pratali, Sergio Almirón, Davide Moro, Antonio Busce, Fabrizio Ficini, Ighli Vannucchi, Christian Rigano