Sassuolo 3-2 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Sunday 21 February 2016
Result
Sassuolo 3-2 Empoli
Serie A · Sunday 21 February 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Sassuolo 3-2 Empoli: match report
Sassuolo won against Empoli 3-2 in Serie A on Sunday 21 February 2016. It was 1-1 at half-time.
Piotr Zielinski opened the scoring in the 36th minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Domenico Berardi (40'), Grégoire Defrel (48') and Grégoire Defrel (50'). Empoli scored through Piotr Zielinski (36') and Massimo Maccarone (70', penalty).
Discipline: Sassuolo received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Empoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.
Going into the game Sassuolo were 8th on 35 points from 25 and Empoli 10th on 34 points from 25. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 6th with 61 points, and Empoli 11th with 46.
Sassuolo lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Domenico Berardi of Sassuolo (8.5), ahead of Grégoire Defrel (8.4).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Sassuolo win, 0 draws and 2 for Empoli.
Key events
- 10'Yellow card · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 14'Yellow card · Simone Missiroli
- 31'Second yellow · Simone Missiroli
- 36'Goal · Piotr Zielinski
- 38'Second yellow · Lorenzo Tonelli
- 40'Goal · Domenico Berardi
- 48'Goal · Grégoire Defrel
- 50'Goal · Grégoire Defrel
- 53'Yellow card · Riccardo Saponara
- 69'Yellow card · Federico Peluso
- 70'Penalty goal · Massimo Maccarone
Head-to-head
Team news
Sassuolo line-up (4-3-3)
Andrea Consigli, Šime Vrsaljko, Federico Peluso, Francesco Acerbi, Paolo Cannavaro, Francesco Magnanelli, Simone Missiroli, Alfred Duncan, Nicola Sansone, Domenico Berardi, Grégoire Defrel
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Lukasz Skorupski, Vincent Laurini, Marco Zambelli, Jorge Ribolzi, Lorenzo Tonelli, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Piotr Zielinski, Leandro Paredes, Massimo Maccarone, Manuel Pucciarelli