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Empoli 2-0 Catania - February 24, 2008 / Serie A 2007/2008

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Serie A 2007/2008 - Journée 24

Stadio Carlo Castellani - Empoli - Italy

February 24, 2008

Empoli

2 - 0

Catania

Sebastian Giovinco

36'

Assist by Claudio Marchisio (left foot) Alessandro Budel

78'

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36' - Goal Sebastian Giovinco36

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60' - Substitution Ighli Vannucchiis substituted by Davide Moro60

70' - Substitution Vittorio Tostois substituted by Andrea Raggi70

74' - Substitution Mariano Izcois substituted by Giuseppe Colucci

78' - Goal Alessandro Budel78

85' - Substitution Claudio Marchisiois substituted by Francesco Marianini85

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Team line-ups Key figures Pre-match Competition info

Empoli

2 - 0

Catania

Empoli Catania

Team line-ups

Empoli

1 Bassi

Davide Bassi

Italy

B.date12/04/1985

Age22 years

H1m90

positionGoalkeeper

16 Marzorati

Lino Marzorati

Italy

B.date12/10/1986

Age21 years

H1m81

positionRight central defender

50 Pratali

Francesco Pratali

Italy

B.date17/01/1979

Age29 years

H1m84

positionCentral defender

7 Tosto70

Vittorio Tosto

Italy

B.date14/06/1974

Age33 years

H1m83

positionLeft full-back

77 Antonini

Luca Antonini

Italy

B.date04/08/1982

Age25 years

H1m82

positionLeft full-back

19 Marchisio85

Claudio Marchisio

Italy

B.date19/01/1986

Age22 years

H1m80

positionDefensive Midfielder

24 Buscè

Antonio Buscè

Italy

B.date12/12/1975

Age32 years

H1m80

positionMidfield

32 Budel78

Alessandro Budel

Italy

B.date25/02/1981

Age26 years

H1m83

positionCentre Midfield

10 Vannucchi60

Ighli Vannucchi

Italy

B.date05/08/1977

Age30 years

H1m80

positionOffensive Midfielder

11 Saudati

Luca Saudati

Italy

B.date18/01/1978

Age30 years

H1m82

positionStriker

21 Giovinco36

Sebastian Giovinco

Italy

B.date26/01/1987

Age21 years

H1m66

positionSecond striker

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
1	G	Davide Bassi		22	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
16	D	Lino Marzorati		21	52	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
50	D	Francesco Pratali		29	146	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Vittorio Tosto	70	33	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
77	D	Luca Antonini		25	23	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
19	M	Claudio Marchisio	85	22	17	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	M	Antonio Buscè		32	204	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
32	M	Alessandro Budel	78	26	6	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	M	Ighli Vannucchi	60	30	189	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
11	F	Luca Saudati		30	88	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
21	F	Sebastian Giovinco	36	21	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

26.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Catania

16 Polito

Ciro Polito

Italy

B.date12/04/1979

Age28 years

H1m84

positionGoalkeeper

6 Stovini

Lorenzo Stovini

Italy

B.date24/11/1976

Age31 years

H1m86

positionLeft central defender

23 Terlizzi

Christian Terlizzi

Italy

B.date22/11/1979

Age28 years

H1m97

positionCentral defender

22 Alvarez

Pablo Alvarez

Argentina

B.date17/04/1984

Age23 years

H1m82

positionFull-back

7 Vargas

Juan Vargas

Peru

B.date05/10/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft full-back

13 Izco74

Mariano Izco

Argentina

B.date13/03/1983

Age24 years

H1m79

positionRight central midfielder

17 Baiocco

Davide Baiocco

Italy

B.date08/05/1975

Age32 years

H1m78

positionRight central midfielder

8 Edusei

Mark Edusei

Ghana

B.date29/09/1976

Age31 years

H1m78

positionCentre Midfield

25 Martínez

Jorge Martínez

Uruguay

B.date05/04/1983

Age24 years

H1m80

positionLeft Offensive Midfielder

24 Spinesi

Gionatha Spinesi

Italy

B.date09/03/1978

Age29 years

H1m85

positionStriker

10 Mascara

Giuseppe Mascara

Italy

B.date22/08/1979

Age28 years

H1m73

positionRight Winger

First 11				Age	Match num	Note
16	G	Ciro Polito		28	28	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
6	D	Lorenzo Stovini		31	63	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
23	D	Christian Terlizzi		28	21	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
22	D	Pablo Alvarez		23	3	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
7	D	Juan Vargas		24	59	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
13	M	Mariano Izco	74	24	46	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
17	M	Davide Baiocco		32	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Mark Edusei		31	54	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
25	M	Jorge Martínez		24	24	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
24	F	Gionatha Spinesi		29	95	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
10	F	Giuseppe Mascara		28	132	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Average age

27.5 years

Average number of matches played for the team

Substitutes				Age	Match num	Note
46	D	Andrea Raggi	70	23	96	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
5	M	Davide Moro	60	26	127	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player
8	M	Francesco Marianini	85	28	55	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Substitutes					Age	Match num	Note
9	M		Giuseppe Colucci	74	27	42	You have to sign in to cast your vote for this player

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Luca Saudati

Nicola Pozzi

OUT

Francesco Pratali

Felice Piccolo

OUT

Ighli Vannucchi

Francesco Marianini

OUT

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Christian Terlizzi

Cristian Silvestri

OUT

Gionatha Spinesi

Inácio Piá

OUT

Mark Edusei

Marco Biagianti

OUT

Giuseppe Mascara

Giuseppe Colucci

OUT

Manager

Age

Match num

Alberto Malesani

Success rate in this team:

38 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

39 %

Malesani vs Catania

2 victories

0 draw

2 losses

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Malesani vs Baldini

1 victory

0 draw

0 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Manager

Age

Match num

Silvio Baldini

Success rate in this team:

24 %

Success rate since the beginning of his career:

36 %

Baldini vs Empoli

1 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Baldini vs Malesani

0 victory

0 draw

1 loss

Latest figure on February 24, 2008

Referee

Christian Brighi

3 victories	1 draw	2 losses	Empoli6 matches	General total	Catania9 matches	2 victories	2 draws	5 losses
2 victories	0 draw	1 loss	Empoli3 matches	Season total	Catania2 matches	0 victory	0 draw	2 losses
Latest figure on February 24, 2008					Latest figure on February 18, 2012

Videos

October 17, 2023

Comments

Key figures

Mark Edusei played his game number 50 in Serie A with Catania

It's the first time Sebastian Giovinco scores 1 goal vs Catania in his professional career

Empoli keeps its 5 consecutive matches without a draw vs Catania running (since 14/05/2005). It's a record streak. The first of history

Read the next 18 key stats

General ranking

	12	Torino	26 pts	24 rd
	13	Lazio Rome	26 pts	24 rd
+3	14	Empoli	25 pts	24 rd
-1	15	Catania	23 pts	24 rd
-1	16	Livourne	23 pts	24 rd

General ranking

	13	Lazio Rome	26 pts	24 rd
+3	14	Empoli	25 pts	24 rd
-1	15	Catania	23 pts	24 rd
-1	16	Livourne	23 pts	24 rd
+1	17	Sienne	22 pts	24 rd

Pre-match

Current form

Home

VEmpoli 2-1 Juventus06/12/2007

VEmpoli 4-1 Cagliari09/12/2007

DEmpoli 1-1 Genoa16/12/2007

DEmpoli 1-1 LFA Reggio Calabria12/01/2008

LEmpoli 0-2 Fiorentina27/01/2008

VEmpoli 1-0 Lazio10/02/2008

Overall

LJuventus 5-3 Empoli15/01/2008

LLivorno 1-0 Empoli20/01/2008

LEmpoli 0-2 Fiorentina27/01/2008

LInter Milan 1-0 Empoli03/02/2008

VEmpoli 1-0 Lazio10/02/2008

VNapoli 1-3 Empoli17/02/2008

Current form

Away

VAC Milan 1-2 Catania20/12/2007

LLFA Reggio Calabria 3-1 Catania23/12/2007

LAS Roma 2-0 Catania20/01/2008

LUdinese 3-2 Catania23/01/2008

LGenoa 2-1 Catania03/02/2008

LFiorentina 2-1 Catania17/02/2008

Overall

LUdinese 3-2 Catania23/01/2008

DCatania 0-0 Parma27/01/2008

VCatania 2-1 Udinese30/01/2008

LGenoa 2-1 Catania03/02/2008

LCatania 0-2 Inter Milan10/02/2008

LFiorentina 2-1 Catania17/02/2008

Running streaks

	Home	Total
Winning streak	1	2
Unbeaten streak	1	2
Drawless streak	2	6
Scoring streak	1	2
Conceding streak	0	1
Invincibility streak	1	0

Running streaks

	Away	Total
Loosing streak	5	3
Winless streak	5	3
Drawless streak	8	4
Scoring streak	3	1
Conceding streak	13	4

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

17	General ranking (Competition total)	14
17	General ranking (Home / Away)	19
140	FBDB index ranking (Worldwide)	201
14	FBDB index ranking (National)	17

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

23	Number of games (Competition total)	23
11	Number of games (Home / Away)	12
5	Victories (Competition total)	5
3	Victories (Home / Away)	0
7	Draws (Competition total)	8
5	Draws (Home / Away)	5
11	Losses (Competition total)	10
3	Losses (Home / Away)	7

Goals

19	Goals scored (Competition total)	20
12	Goals scored (Home / Away)	9
30	Goals conceded (Competition total)	28
11	Goals conceded (Home / Away)	21
0.83	Goals scored per match average (Competition total)	0.87
1.09	Goals scored per match average (Home / Away)	0.75
1.3	Conceced goals per match average (Competition total)	1.22
1	Conceced goals per match average (Home / Away)	1.75

Betting aid

9	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Competition total)	6
3	Number of matches with more than 2,5 goals (Home / Away)	4
5	Clean sheets (Competition total)	6
3	Clean sheets (Home / Away)	0
13	Matches without scoring (Competition total)	8
5	Matches without scoring (Home / Away)	4
8	The 2 teams score (Competition total)	11
5	The 2 teams score (Home / Away)	8
0-2 (2 times)	Most frequent score (Home / Away)	0-2 (4 times)

Bookings

47	Yellow cards (Competition total)	64
23	Yellow cards (Home / Away)	35
4	Red cards (Competition total)	5
0	Red cards (Home / Away)	3

Key players

Nicola Pozzi	7 goals	Team's best scorer (Competition total)	5 goals	Jorge Martínez
Nicola Pozzi	5 goals	Team's best scorer (Home / Away)	3 goals	Juan Vargas
Luca Saudati	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Competition total)	1 penalty	Gionatha Spinesi
Luca Saudati	1 penalty	Team's penalty best scorer (Home / Away)		-
-		Player with most assists (Competition total)	1 assist	Jorge Martínez
Nicola Pozzi	2 goals during the last match	The fittest player	1 goal during the last match	Juan Vargas

Historical head to head

Home

5 matches

2 v

2 d

1 l

8 gf

5 ga

Away

7 matches

4 v

1 d

2 l

9 gf

6 ga

Total

12 matches

6 v

3 d

3 l

17 gf

11 ga

Historical head to head

Home

7 matches

2 v

1 d

4 l

6 gf

9 ga

Away

5 matches

1 v

2 d

2 l

5 gf

8 ga

Total

12 matches

3 v

3 d

6 l

11 gf

17 ga

Largest victory

Overall	5 - 1	December 08, 1949
Home	5 - 1	December 08, 1949

Largest victory

Overall	3 - 1	November 18, 1984
Away	3 - 1	November 18, 1984

Latest head to head

September 26, 2007 - Serie A 2007/2008

Catania

1 - 0

Empoli

May 06, 2007 - Serie A 2006/2007

Empoli

2 - 1

Catania

January 24, 2007 - Serie A 2006/2007

Catania

2 - 1

Empoli

May 14, 2005 - Serie B 2004/2005

Catania

1 - 3

Empoli

December 12, 2004 - Serie B 2004/2005

Empoli

0 - 0

Catania

Best historical scorers against Catania

Ighli Vannucchi	2 goals	2005 - 2005
Antonio Buscè	2 goals	2005 - 2007
Sergio Almirón	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Nicola Pozzi	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/05/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Best historical scorers against Empoli

Giuseppe Mascara	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Gionatha Spinesi	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Fabio Caserta	1 goal	2007 - 2007
Jeda	1 goal	2005 - 2005
Jorge Martínez	1 goal	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 14/05/2005. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Catania

Ighli Vannucchi	5 matches	2004 - 2007
Davide Moro	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Francesco Pratali	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Antonio Buscè	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Daniele Balli	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Sergio Almirón	4 matches	2004 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Players with most games played vs Empoli

Fabio Caserta	4 matches	2004 - 2007
Armando Pantanelli	3 matches	2005 - 2007
Juan Vargas	3 matches	2007 - 2007
Mark Edusei	3 matches	2007 - 2007
Giuseppe Mascara	3 matches	2007 - 2007
Mariano Izco	3 matches	2007 - 2007

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 12/12/2004. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Pietro Fusco

74 matches

32 matches

1997 - 2004

Giovanni Martusciello

54 matches

29 matches

1997 - 2003

Giorgio Lucenti

43 matches

54 matches

1998 - 2007

Matteo Serafini

18 matches

20 matches

2005 - 2006

Roberto Mirri

8 matches

3 matches

1999 - 2003

Vincenzo Iacopino

3 matches

6 matches

2000 - 2003

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

They played in both sides

Giorgio Lucenti

43 matches

54 matches

1998 - 2007

Pietro Fusco

74 matches

32 matches

1997 - 2004

Giovanni Martusciello

54 matches

29 matches

1997 - 2003

Matteo Serafini

18 matches

20 matches

2005 - 2006

Vincenzo Iacopino

3 matches

6 matches

2000 - 2003

Roberto Mirri

8 matches

3 matches

1999 - 2003

Total : 6 players

First data collected by footballdatabase.eu on the 31/08/1997. All information before this date, if they exist, might be missing.

Competition info

The other matches

February 23, 2008

Reggina

2 1

Juventus

Video availableLine-ups available

Torino

4 4

Parma

Video availableLine-ups available

February 24, 2008

AS Roma

1 0

Fiorentina

Video availableLine-ups available

Udinese

3 5

Genoa

Video availableLine-ups available

Sampdoria

1 1

Inter Milan

Video availableLine-ups available

Cagliari

1 0

Lazio

Video availableLine-ups available

Livorno

1 2

Napoli

Video availableLine-ups available

AC Milan

2 1

Palermo

Video availableLine-ups available

Atalanta

2 2

Siena

Video availableLine-ups available

Post-match general ranking

		pts	m	v	d	l	GF	GA	diff
1	Inter Milan	60	24	18	6	0	49	14	+35
2	AS Rome	51	24	15	6	3	41	23	+18
3	Juventus Turin	47	24	13	8	3	44	21	+23
+14	AC Milan	41	24	11	8	5	36	18	+18
-15	Fiorentina	41	24	11	8	5	36	23	+13
6	Udinese	36	24	10	6	8	31	33	-2
7	Sampdoria Gênes	35	24	10	5	9	31	27	+4
+28	Genoa	32	24	8	8	8	28	33	-5
-19	Palerme	31	24	8	7	9	32	40	-8
-110	Atalanta Bergame	31	24	7	10	7	36	37	-1
11	Naples	30	24	8	6	10	36	38	-2
12	Torino	26	24	4	14	6	27	30	-3
13	Lazio Rome	26	24	6	8	10	27	32	-5
+314	Empoli	25	24	6	7	11	21	30	-9
-115	Catania	23	24	5	8	11	20	30	-10
-116	Livourne	23	24	5	8	11	26	38	-12
+117	Sienne	22	24	4	10	10	27	34	-7
-218	Parme	22	24	4	10	10	29	37	-8
19	Reggina	21	24	4	9	11	21	38	-17
20	Cagliari	18	24	4	6	14	19	41	-22

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Empoli 2-0 Catania - February 24, 2008 / Serie A 2007/2008

Empoli

2 - 0

Catania

Team line-ups

First 11

First 11

Substitutes

Substitutes

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Changes in the starting players regarding the previous match

Manager

Malesani vs Catania

Malesani vs Baldini

Manager

Baldini vs Empoli

Baldini vs Malesani

Referee

Videos

Comments

Key figures

General ranking

General ranking

Pre-match

Current form

Current form

Running streaks

Running streaks

Statistical comparison of the season

Rankings

Ranking evolution during the season

Results

Goals

Betting aid

Bookings

Key players

Historical head to head

Historical head to head

Largest victory

Largest victory

Latest head to head

Best historical scorers against Catania

Best historical scorers against Empoli

Players with most games played vs Catania

Players with most games played vs Empoli

They played in both sides

They played in both sides

Competition info

The other matches

Post-match general ranking