Sampdoria 1-2 Empoli: result and report

Sampdoria 1-2 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 12 May 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Sampdoria were beaten by Empoli 1-2 in Serie A on Sunday 12 May 2019. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Diego Farias opened the scoring in the 56th minute. Sampdoria's goal came from Fabio Quagliarella (90+2', penalty). Empoli scored through Diego Farias (56') and Giovanni Di Lorenzo (75').

Discipline: Sampdoria received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Sampdoria were 9th on 49 points from 35 and Empoli 18th on 32 points from 35. Sampdoria went on to finish that season 9th with 53 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Sampdoria lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Empoli in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Fabio Quagliarella of Sampdoria (8.2), ahead of Hamed Traoré (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Sampdoria wins, 4 draws and 1 for Empoli.

Going into the match Sampdoria's last five read D-L-L-W-L and Empoli's W-L-L-D-L.