Empoli v Crotone
2016-17 Italian Serie A
Giuseppe Bellusci - 31'
Andrea Costa - 56'
Mario Sampirisi - 45'+2'
Noe Dussenne - 80'
Empoli move off foot of Serie A by beating fellow strugglers Crotone
Empoli moved off the bottom of Serie A with a 2-1 home victory over Crotone.
Central defenders Giuseppe Bellusci and Andrea Costa punished Crotone's fallibility at set-pieces to score with firm headers.
Bellusci, on loan from Leeds, met Manuel Pasqual's 31st-minute corner to thunder home Empoli's first goal of the season.
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Promoted Crotone were hopeful of their maiden point in Serie A when substitute Mario Sampirisi delivered a deft header in first-half stoppage time.
But Costa profited from Pasqual's 56th-minute free kick and Crotone, who are now bottom of the table, were reduced to 10 men in the closing stages when Noe Dussenne received a second yellow card.
Game Information
Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
7:45 PM, 12 September 2016
Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 7,678
- Referees:
- Paolo Valeri
Italian Serie A Standings
| Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Internazionale | 18 | 14 | 0 | 4 | +25 | 42 |
| AC Milan | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | +15 | 40 |
| AS Roma | 20 | 13 | 0 | 7 | +12 | 39 |
| Napoli | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | +13 | 38 |
| Juventus | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | +11 | 36 |
| Como | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | +14 | 34 |
| Atalanta | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | +6 | 31 |
| Bologna | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | +6 | 27 |
| Udinese | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | -10 | 26 |
| Lazio | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | +4 | 25 |
| Sassuolo | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -4 | 23 |
| Torino | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | -11 | 23 |
| Cremonese | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | -3 | 22 |
| Parma | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | -8 | 21 |
| Cagliari | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 19 |
| Lecce | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | -14 | 17 |
| Genoa | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 16 |
| Fiorentina | 20 | 2 | 8 | 10 | -10 | 14 |
| Hellas Verona | 18 | 2 | 7 | 9 | -15 | 13 |
| Pisa | 20 | 1 | 10 | 9 | -15 | 13 |
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