Udinese 4-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 16 April 2022

Result

Udinese 4-1 Empoli

Serie A · Saturday 16 April 2022, 12:30 UTC · half-time 1-0

Udinese 4-1 Empoli: match report

Udinese defeated Empoli 4-1 in Serie A on Saturday 16 April 2022. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Udinese's goals came from an own goal by Ardian Ismajli (6'), Deulofeu (52'), Ignacio Pussetto (79') and L. Samardžić (87'). Empoli scored through Andrea Pinamonti (70', penalty).

Discipline: Udinese received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Udinese were 13th on 36 points from 30 and Empoli 14th on 34 points from 32. Udinese went on to finish that season 12th with 47 points, and Empoli 14th with 41.

Udinese lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Gerard Deulofeu of Udinese (8.4), level with Ignacio Pussetto (8.4).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

6'Own goal · Ardian IsmajliUdinese · 1-0
44'Yellow card · Ardian IsmajliEmpoli
52'Goal · DeulofeuUdinese · 2-0
61'Yellow card · Petar StojanovicEmpoli
63'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
63'Yellow card · Nahuel MolinaUdinese
70'Penalty goal · Andrea PinamontiEmpoli · 2-1
79'Goal · Ignacio PussettoUdinese · 3-1
85'Yellow card · Valerio VerreEmpoli
87'Goal · L. SamardžićUdinese · 4-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Udinese 5, draws 1, Empoli 4.

Empoli 3-1 UdineseSerie A · 6 Dec 2021
Udinese 3-2 EmpoliSerie A · 7 Apr 2019
Empoli 2-1 UdineseSerie A · 11 Nov 2018
Empoli 1-0 UdineseSerie A · 22 Jan 2017
Udinese 2-0 EmpoliSerie A · 28 Aug 2016
Empoli 1-1 UdineseSerie A · 3 Feb 2016

Team news

Unavailable

Antonio SanturroUdinese · injury (Knee Injury)
Riccardo MarchizzaEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
BetoUdinese · injury (Muscle Injury)
Federico Di FrancescoEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Nicolas HaasEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Stefano OkakaUdinese · injury (Unknown Injury)
Emmanuel EkongEmpoli · injury (Knee Surgery)
Simone PafundiUdinese · injury (Contracture)

Udinese line-up (3-5-2)

Marco Silvestri, Rodrigo Becão, Pablo Marí, Nehuén Pérez, Nahuel Molina, Brian Gartland, Walace, Jean-Victor Makengo, Destiny Udogie, Isaac Success, Gerard Deulofeu

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Liberato Cacace, Marco Benassi, Kristjan Asllani, Filippo Bandinelli, Nedim Bajrami, Andrea La Mantia, Andrea Pinamonti