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 | 31 | 23 | 3 | 5 | +45 | 72 |
| AC Milan | 30 | 18 | 9 | 3 | +24 | 63 |
| Napoli | 30 | 19 | 5 | 6 | +16 | 62 |
| Como | 30 | 16 | 9 | 5 | +31 | 57 |
| Juventus | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | +23 | 54 |
| AS Roma | 31 | 17 | 3 | 11 | +14 | 54 |
| Atalanta | 30 | 13 | 11 | 6 | +14 | 50 |
| Bologna | 31 | 13 | 6 | 12 | +3 | 45 |
| Lazio | 31 | 11 | 11 | 9 | +3 | 44 |
| Sassuolo | 31 | 12 | 6 | 13 | -3 | 42 |
| Udinese | 30 | 11 | 6 | 13 | -7 | 39 |
| Torino | 31 | 10 | 6 | 15 | -18 | 36 |
| Parma | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | -17 | 35 |
| Genoa | 30 | 8 | 9 | 13 | -6 | 33 |
| Fiorentina | 31 | 7 | 11 | 13 | -8 | 32 |
| Cagliari | 31 | 7 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 30 |
| Lecce | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 27 |
| Cremonese | 31 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -20 | 27 |
| Hellas Verona | 31 | 3 | 9 | 19 | -31 | 18 |
| Pisa | 31 | 2 | 12 | 17 | -32 | 18 |
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