Pescara 0-4 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 6 November 2016
Result
Pescara 0-4 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 6 November 2016, 11:30 UTC · half-time 0-3
Pescara 0-4 Empoli: match report
Pescara were beaten by Empoli 0-4 in Serie A on Sunday 6 November 2016. It was 0-3 at half-time.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Pescara did not score. Empoli scored through Massimo Maccarone (12'), M. Pucciarelli (23'), Massimo Maccarone (44') and Riccardo Saponara (89').
Discipline: Pescara received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Pescara were 20th on 4 points from 11 and Empoli 17th on 7 points from 11. Pescara went on to finish that season 20th with 15 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.
Pescara lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Massimo Maccarone of Empoli (9.0), ahead of R. Saponara (8.8).
Going into the match Pescara's last five read L-L-L-D-L and Empoli's D-L-D-D-L.
Key events
- 12'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 16'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
- 23'Goal · M. Pucciarelli
- 32'Yellow card · Gianluca Caprari
- 44'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 68'Yellow card · M. Fornasier
- 89'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 90+2'Yellow card · Assane Dioussé
Team news
Pescara line-up (4-3-2-1)
Albano Bizzarri, Alessandro Crescenzi, Francesco Zampano, Hugo Campagnaro, Michele Fornasier, Valerio Verre, Ledian Memushaj, Ahmad Benali, Gianluca Caprari, Alberto Aquilani, Rey Manaj
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Frédéric Veseli, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Jorge Ribolzi, Assane Dioussé, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli