EMPOLI. Empoli comes back against Spezia with 2 goals from D. Verde from a goal on the 31′ and a penalty kick on the 25′. Empoli was decisively better in terms of ball possession (65%)
didn’t convert 1 penalty (22′) for Spezia.
The match was played at the Stadio Carlo Castellani stadium in Empoli on Saturday and it started at 3:00 pm local time. The referee was Antonio Giua who was helped by Stefano Alassio and Valerio Colarossi. The 4th official was Matteo Gariglio. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was cold at 11 degrees Celsius or 51.73 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 34%.
Match Statistics
Ball possession
Empoli was in firm control of the ball 65% while Spezia was struggling with a 35% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Empoli was more pushing with 58 dangerous attacks and 26 shots of which 8 were on target. Nonetheless, that was not enough Empoli to win the match.
Empoli shot 26 times, 8 on target, 16 off target. Talking about the opposition, Spezia shot 11 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.
Cards
Empoli received 1 yellow card (Guglielmo Vicario). On the other side, Spezia received 4 yellow cards (Dimitrios Nikolaou, Daniele Verde, S. Esposito and Albin Ekdal).
(Empoli) was sent off after receiving a red card in the (20′).
Also, Spezia didn’t end the match with 11 players after S. Esposito (Spezia) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (49′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Empoli will have 27 points to sit in the 12th place. Talking about the opposition, Spezia will have 19 points to remain in the 17th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will host Udinese on the 11th of March with a 8-5 head to head in favor of Udinese (5 draws).
Spezia will host Inter on the 10th of March with a 4-0 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (1 draw).
Empoli – Formation
Empoli
24'
60'
20'
71'
Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).
The manager Paolo Zanetti decided to play with the following team: Guglielmo Vicario , Tyronne Ebuehi , Ardian Ismajli , Sebastiano Luperto , Fabiano Parisi , Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro , Răzvan Marin , Filippo Bandinelli , Tommaso Baldanzi , Francesco Caputo and Nicolò Cambiaghi .
The home team had on the bench: Petar Stojanović , Roberto Piccoli , Sebastian Walukiewicz, Martín Satriano, Marko Pjaca, Jacopo Fazzini, Liam Henderson, Emanuel Vignato, Liberato Cacace , Samir Ujkani, Koni De Winter, Samuele Perisan and Nicolas Haas.
Substitutions
Empoli made 5 changes: T. Baldanzi for Liberato Cacace (26′), Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro for Roberto Piccoli (60′), Tyronne Ebuehi for Petar Stojanović (60′), Francesco Caputo for Martín Satriano (85′) and Filippo Bandinelli for Emanuel Vignato (85′).
Best player: Nicolò Cambiaghi
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Empoli was Nicolò Cambiaghi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 32 passes (81% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 10 duels out of 18. He performed 2 crosses.
Spezia – Formation
Spezia
49'
Spezia started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Luca Gotti played with: Bartłomiej Drągowski , Przemysław Wiśniewski , Kelvin Amian , Dimitris Nikolaou , Emmanuel Gyasi , Mehdi Bourabia , Salvatore Esposito , Kevin Agudelo , Arkadiusz Reca , Daniele Verde and Eldor Shomurodov .
They had on the bench: Julius Beck, Federico Marchetti, Raimonds Krollis, Salvador Ferrer, Tio Cipot , Albin Ekdal , Petar Zovko, Daniel Maldini and Emil Holm .
Substitutions
Spezia made 3 changes: Daniele Verde for Albin Ekdal (52′), Emmanuel Gyasi for Emil Holm (64′) and Kevin Agudelo for Tio Cipot (79′).
Best player: Daniele Verde
The most impressive player for Spezia was Daniele Verde.
His rating is with 2 goals, 12 passes (66% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 2 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Serie A.
