Perugia 2-4 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Thursday 28 December 2017
Result
Perugia 2-4 Empoli
Serie B · Thursday 28 December 2017, 19:30 UTC · half-time 1-3
Perugia 2-4 Empoli: match report
Perugia were beaten by Empoli 2-4 in Serie B on Thursday 28 December 2017. It was 1-3 at half-time.
Alfredo Donnarumma opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Perugia's goals came from Samuel Di Carmine (19') and Samuel Di Carmine (58'). Empoli scored through Alfredo Donnarumma (9'), Francesco Caputo (22'), Alfredo Donnarumma (36') and an own goal by Massimo Volta (56').
Discipline: Perugia received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Perugia were 13th on 24 points from 20 and Empoli 5th on 31 points from 20. Perugia went on to finish that season 8th with 60 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.
Perugia lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2.
Going into the match Perugia's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Empoli's D-D-W-D-D.
Key events
- 9'Goal · Alfredo Donnarumma
- 19'Yellow card · Fran Martinez Nion
- 19'Goal · Samuel Di Carmine
- 22'Goal · Francesco Caputo
- 36'Goal · Alfredo Donnarumma
- 54'Yellow card · Michele Castagnetti
- 56'Own goal · Massimo Volta
- 58'Goal · Samuel Di Carmine
- 66'Yellow card · Simone Romagnoli
- 69'Yellow card · Lorenco Simic
- 76'Yellow card · S. Colombatto
- 77'Yellow card · S. Colombatto
- 90+1'Yellow card · R. Bianco
Team news
Perugia line-up (4-3-1-2)
Timothy Nocchi, Damiano Zanon, Marko Pajac, Salvatore Monaco, Massimo Volta, Cristian Buonaiuto, Raffaele Bianco, Matteo Brighi, Samuel Di Carmine, Giovanni Terrani, Alberto Cerri
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Frédéric Veseli, Manuel Pasqual, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo