EMPOLI. Empoli and Spezia didn’t manage to score any goal on Saturday. Empoli was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (57%).

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 Giovanni Ayroldi with the collaboration of Mattia Scarpa and Pasquale De Meo. The 4th official was Giacomo Camplone. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.87 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 52%.

Match Statistics

Empoli

0 - 0

Spezia

57 Ball Possession 43

Shots

15 Total 11
4 On Target 4
11 Off Target 7
2 Shots blocked 5

102 Attack 89
74 Dangerous attack 27
98 Ball safe 99

0 Penalties 0
5 Corners 4

Fouls

11 Total 18
2 Yellow Cards 2
0 Double Yellow 0
0 Red Card 0

Other

4 Substitutions 4

Ball possession

Empoli was in firm control of the ball 57% while Spezia was struggling with a 43% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Empoli had a more offensive attitude with 74 dangerous attacks and 15 shots of which 4 were on target. However, that was not enough Empoli to win the match.

Empoli shot 15 times, 4 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Spezia shot 11 times, 4 on target, 7 off target.

Cards

Empoli received 2 yellow cards (F. Di Francesco and S. Zurkowski). Regarding the opposition, Spezia received 2 yellow cards (E. Gyasi and K. Amian).

Match Timeline

11'

Szymon Żurkowski- Yellow

20'

Emmanuel Gyasi- Yellow

27'

29'

56'

67'

Daniele Verde- sub ->K. Agudelo

Ardian Ismajli - sub ->S. Romagnoli

79'

Viktor Kovalenko- sub ->E. Gyasi

83'

90'

Salva Ferrer- sub ->A. Reca

Standings

Team

Pts

Last 5

After this encounter, Empoli will have 34 points like Bologna to climb in the 14th place. On the other side, Spezia will have 33 points like Udinese to remain in the 15th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Empoli will play away against Udinese on the 16th of April with a 7-5 head to head stats in favor of Udinese (4 draws).

Spezia will host Inter on the 15th of April with a 2-0 head to head statistic in favor of Inter (1 draw).

Empoli – Formation

Empoli

Guglielmo Vicario 13.Italy

8.0

Simone Romagnoli 6.Italy

7.6

79'

Petar Stojanović 30.Slovenia

7.0

Fabiano Parisi 65.Italy

6.6

Mattia Viti 42.Italy

7.8

Filippo Bandinelli 25.Italy

7.8

79'

Nedim Bajrami 10.Albania

7.2

Szymon Żurkowski 27.Poland

6.5

56'

20'

Kristjan Asllani 23.Albania

7.4

Federico Di Francesco 11.Italy

6.6

56'

11'

Andrea Pinamonti 99.Italy

7.4

Substitutes

Samir Ujkani 1.Kosovo

J. Furlan 22.Italy

Ardian Ismajli 34.Albania

6.8

79'

Riccardo Fiamozzi 20.Italy

L. Pezzola 36.Italy

Liberato Cacace 21.New Zealand

Liam Henderson 8.Scotland

6.8

79'

Leo Stulac 5.Slovenia

Valerio Verre 7.Italy

Marco Benassi 15.Italy

7.0

56'

A. La Mantia 19.Italy

6.7

56'

Patrick Cutrone 9.Italy

Empoli started with a 4-3-1-2 line-up (4-3-1-2).

The manager Aurelio Andreazzoli decided to play with the following team: .

Substitutions

Empoli made 4 changes: F. Di Francesco for M. Benassi (56′), S. Zurkowski for A. La Mantia (56′), S. Romagnoli for A. Ismajli (79′) and F. Bandinelli for L. Henderson (79′).