Empoli 0-0 Fiorentina: 10-man Empoli hold the Viola at bay

Empoli were held to 0-0 draw by Fiorentina down on Sunday at Carlo Castellani. Empoli were looking to get back their winning ways, following a previous defeat to Spezia Calcio. Fiorentina, on the other hand, were coming off the back of a 3-2 win against Cremonese. As the table looks today, Empoli are in 12th place, with 1 point from 2 matches, while Fiorentina sit in 3rd, with 4 points from 2.
Substitutions for Empoli included Nicolo Cambiaghi, Nicolas Haas, Martin Satriano, Koni De Winter and Alberto Grassi for Sam Lammers, Filippo Bandinelli, Nedim Bajrami, Mattia Destro and Liam Henderson, repectively. Fiorentina brought on Alfred Duncan, Riccardo Sottil, Nicolas Gonzalez, Cristiano Biraghi and Arthur Cabral for Youssef Maleh, Riccardo Saponara, Jonathan Ikone, Aleksa Terzic and Luka Jovic.
The referee booked Filippo Bandinelli from Empoli and Sebastiano Luperto went off with a red card, while Fiorentina’s Jonathan Ikone, Youssef Maleh and Riccardo Sottil also received a yellow.
Empoli will next travel to Lecce, while Fiorentina will face Napoli at home.
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Empoli: | Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanovic, Sebastiano Luperto, Ardian Ismajli, Fabiano Parisi, Liam Henderson (Alberto Grassi, min.86), Nedim Bajrami (Martin Satriano, min.67), Razvan Marin, Filippo Bandinelli (Nicolas Haas, min.63), Mattia Destro (Koni De Winter, min.68) and Sam Lammers (Nicolo Cambiaghi, min.63) |
Fiorentina: | Pierluigi Gollini, Dodo, Lucas Martinez, Nikola Milenkovic, Aleksa Terzic (Cristiano Biraghi, min.86), Youssef Maleh (Alfred Duncan, min.46), Rolando Mandragora, Giacomo Bonaventura, Riccardo Saponara (Riccardo Sottil, min.46), Luka Jovic (Arthur Cabral, min.87) and Jonathan Ikone (Nicolas Gonzalez, min.76) |
Stadium: | Carlo Castellani |
Goals: | 0-0 |

