Sassuolo 3-0 Empoli: result and report

Sassuolo 3-0 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 4 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Sassuolo won against Empoli 3-0 in Serie A on Sunday 4 December 2016. The half-time score was 2-0.

Lorenzo Pellegrini opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Lorenzo Pellegrini (22', penalty), Federico Ricci (36', penalty) and Antonino Ragusa (53'). Empoli did not score.

Discipline: Sassuolo received 4 yellow cards; Empoli received 6 yellow cards.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 14th on 17 points from 14 and Empoli 17th on 10 points from 14. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 10th with 49 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.

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 Francesco Acerbi of Sassuolo (8.1), level with Antonino Ragusa (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Sassuolo wins, 0 draws and 2 for Empoli.

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