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44% Ball Possession GENOA and 56% Ball Possession EMPOLI
Genoa – Empoli 
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Genoa, 8th position with 11 points and a positive goal difference of +3
Empoli, 19th position with 4 points and a negative goal difference of -9
| Pos | Team | P | W | D | L | Goals | DIFF | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Genoa | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8:5 | 3 | 11 |
| 19 | Empoli | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2:11 | -9 | 4 |
Genoa and Empoli finishing the match without goals. It’s a 1 point division for each team. Genoa playing with 10 players since the 34th minute when Referee Pairetto gave a red card to Darko Lazovic after collecting two yellow cards. Genoa despite being with 10 players managed to keep their unbeaten record this season to four games.
Tough for Empoli because they needed to win this away game to dream with salvation. Empoli remaining in the relegation zone reaching now 5 points.
Here is GENOA official starting lineup by coach Ivan Juric:
GENOA (3-4-2-1): Perin; Izzo, Burdisso, Orban; Lazovic, Rincon, Veloso, Laxalt; Rigoni, Edenilson; Simeone.
Here is EMPOLI official starting lineup by coach Martusciello:
EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Skorupski; Veseli, Bellusci, Costa, Pasqual; Tello, Mauri, Büchel; Saponara; Gilardino, Pucciarelli.
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Stats BEFORE the game. Top scorer of GENOA: Simeone and Pavoletti with 2 goals each
Top scorer of EMPOLI: Bellusci and Costa with 1 goal each
| GENOA | GOALS | GOALS | EMPOLI |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simeone, Giovanni | 2 | 1 | Bellusci, Giuseppe |
| Pavoletti, Leonardo | 2 | 1 | Costa, Andrea |
| Rigoni, Luca | 1 | ||
| Gakpe, Serge | 1 | ||
| Laxalt, Diego | 1 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of GENOA: 1 win, 2 lost
| 02/10/16 | SA | Bologna – Genoa | 0:1 | 7 |
| 25/09/16 | SA | Genoa – Pescara | 1:1 | 6 |
| 21/09/16 | SA | Genoa – Napoli | 0:0 | 5 |
Stats. Here are the last 3 games of EMPOLI: 3 lost
| 02/10/16 | SA | Empoli – Juventus | 0:3 | 7 |
| 25/09/16 | SA | Lazio – Empoli | 2:0 | 6 |
| 21/09/16 | SA | Empoli – Inter | 0:2 | 5 |
Photo: facebook.com/empolifcofficialpage
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2016 – 2017 Italian Serie A Week 8
Genoa 0 – 0 Empoli
Sunday 16 October 2016
Luigi Ferraris Stadium
Genoa, Italy
15:00
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: MANGANELLI – GAVA
Fourth Official: DE PINTO
ADD1: MARIANI
ADD2: ABBATTISTA
Goals: No goals
Official lineups – formations:
GENOA (3-4-2-1): Perin; Izzo, Burdisso, Orban; Lazovic, Rincon, Veloso, Laxalt; Rigoni, Edenilson; Simeone.
Subs: Lamanna, Zima, Cofie, Muñoz, Biraschi, Brivio, Fiamozzi, Ntcham, Ninkovic, Asencio.
Coach: Juric
EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Skorupski; Veseli, Bellusci, Costa, Pasqual; Tello, Mauri, Büchel; Saponara; Gilardino, Pucciarelli.
Subs: Pugliesi, Pelagotti; Laurini, Zambelli, Dimarco, Maccarone, Dioussé, Mchedlidze, Maiello, Ćosić, Pereira, Marilungo.
Coach: Martusciello.