Sassuolo 3-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Friday 21 September 2018

Result

Sassuolo 3-1 Empoli

Serie A · Friday 21 September 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-1

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Sassuolo 3-1 Empoli: match report

Sassuolo defeated Empoli 3-1 in Serie A on Friday 21 September 2018. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Sassuolo's goals came from Kevin-Prince Boateng (13'), Gian Marco Ferrari (57') and Federico Di Francesco (85'). Empoli scored through Francesco Caputo (1').

Discipline: Sassuolo received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Sassuolo were 6th on 7 points from 4 and Empoli 16th on 4 points from 4. Sassuolo went on to finish that season 11th with 43 points, and Empoli 18th with 38.

Sassuolo 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 Federico Di Francesco of Sassuolo (8.7), ahead of Gianmarco Ferrari (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Sassuolo wins, 0 draws and 2 for Empoli.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 1'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 0-1
  • 6'Yellow card · Leonardo CapezziEmpoli
  • 11'Yellow card · Rade KrunicEmpoli
  • 13'Goal · Kevin-Prince BoatengSassuolo · 1-1
  • 31'Yellow card · Federico Di FrancescoSassuolo
  • 45+1'Yellow card · Miha ZajcEmpoli
  • 57'Goal · Gian Marco FerrariSassuolo · 2-1
  • 71'Second yellow · Miha ZajcEmpoli
  • 85'Goal · Federico Di FrancescoSassuolo · 3-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: Sassuolo 4, draws 0, Empoli 2.

Team news

Sassuolo line-up (4-3-2-1)

Andrea Consigli, Pol Lirola, Marlon, Gianmarco Ferrari, Rogério, Alfred Duncan, Manuel Locatelli, Stefano Sensi, Domenico Berardi, Federico Di Francesco, Kevin-Prince Boateng

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Pietro Terracciano, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matías Silvestre, Domenico Maietta, Frédéric Veseli, Afriyie Acquah, Leonardo Capezzi, Rade Krunic, Miha Zajc, Francesco Caputo, Antonino La Gumina