Virtus Lanciano 0-3 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 20 October 2012
Result
Virtus Lanciano 0-3 Empoli
Serie B · Saturday 20 October 2012, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Virtus Lanciano 0-3 Empoli: match report
Virtus Lanciano lost to Empoli 0-3 in Serie B on Saturday 20 October 2012. The half-time score was 0-2.
Massimo Maccarone opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Virtus Lanciano did not score. Empoli scored through Massimo Maccarone (19'), Riccardo Saponara (45+3') and Franco Signorelli (69').
Discipline: Virtus Lanciano received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Virtus Lanciano were 17th on 8 points from 9 and Empoli 22nd on 4 points from 9. Virtus Lanciano went on to finish that season 18th with 48 points, and Empoli 4th with 78.
Going into the match Virtus Lanciano's last five read D-L-D-W-D and Empoli's L-D-D-L-L.
Key events
- 18'Yellow card · M. Valdifiori
- 19'Goal · Massimo Maccarone
- 37'Yellow card · Vincent Laurini
- 39'Yellow card · Andrea Cristiano
- 45+3'Goal · Riccardo Saponara
- 54'Yellow card · Gaetano Vastola
- 61'Yellow card · Alberto Almici
- 67'Yellow card · Daniele Croce
- 69'Goal · Franco Signorelli
- 87'Yellow card · T. Ceccarelli
Team news
Virtus Lanciano line-up
Nicola Leali, Antonio Aquilanti, Loris Bacchetti, Federico Amenta, Alberto Almici, Alessandro Volpe, Gaetano Vastola, Fabrizio Paghera, Manuel Turchi, Mohamed Fofana, Diego Falcinelli
Empoli line-up
Davide Bassi, Francesco Pratali, Ricardo Ferreira, Davide Moro, Nova Arianto, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Andrea Cristiano, Massimo Maccarone, Francesco Tavano, Vincent Laurini