LECCE. Empoli and Lecce draw 1-1. F. Parisi scored the first goal (23′) for Empoli. G. Strefezza made it even (40′). Empoli was not able to win even if it was better in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Stadio Comunale Via del Mare stadium in Lecce on Sunday and it started at 8:45 pm local time. The referee was Alberto Santoro with the assistance of Matteo Passeri and Alessandro Costanzo. The 4th official was Niccolò Baroni. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was hot at 28.3 degrees Celsius or 82.85 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 62%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Empoli had a superior ball possession 60% while Lecce was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Lecce was putting more pressure with 51 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 5 were on target. Nevertheless, that was not enough Lecce to win the match​.

Lecce shot 16 times, 5 on target, 11 off target. Talking about the opposition, Empoli shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target.

Cards

Lecce received 1 yellow card (L. Banda). Regarding the opposition, Empoli received 2 yellow cards (R. Marin and P. Stojanovic).

Standings

After playing this match, Lecce has 1 points to occupy the 15th place in the table. Talking about the opposition, Empoli has 2 points (14th).

Next matches

In the next match in the Serie A, Lecce will play away with Torino on the 5th of September with a 3-2 head to head in favor of Lecce (3 draws).

Empoli will host Hellas Verona on the 31st of August with a 3-3 head to head statistic.

Lecce – Formation

Lecce started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).

The manager Marco Baroni decided to play with the following team: Wladimiro Falcone (6.8), Valentin Gendrey (6.5), Marin Pongračić (7.0), Federico Baschirotto (6.9), Antonino Gallo (7.0), Joan González (6.9), Morten Hjulmand (7.4), Kristijan Bistrović (6.4), Gabriel Strefezza (7.6), Assan Ceesay (6.6) and Lameck Banda (7.4).

The home team had on the bench: Alessandro Tuia, Marco Bleve, Pablo Rodríguez, Giuseppe Pezzella, Lorenzo Colombo (6.2), Alexis Blin (6.7), Marcin Listkowski (6.5), Þórir Jóhann Helgason, Samuel Umtiti, Kristoffer Askildsen (6.6), Federico Di Francesco (6.8), Gianluca Frabotta and Jasper Samooja.

Lecce could not rely on the presence of F. Di Francesco (injured) and M. Listkowski (injured).

Substitutions

Lecce made 5 changes: K. Bistrovic for K. Askildsen (46′), G. Strefezza for F. Di Francesco (69′), L. Banda for M. Listkowski (74′), J. Gonzalez for A. Blin (79′) and A. Ceesay for L. Colombo (79′).

Best player: Gabriel Strefezza​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Lecce was Gabriel Strefezza.

His rating is (7.6) with 1 goal, 28 passes (71% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 2 duels out of 8. He performed 3 crosses.

Empoli – Formation

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

Paolo Zanetti played with: Guglielmo Vicario (7.4), Petar Stojanović (6.7), Ardian Ismajli (7.5), Koni De Winter (7.1), Fabiano Parisi (7.4), Liam Henderson (6.6), Răzvan Marin (6.5), Filippo Bandinelli (6.3), Tommaso Baldanzi (6.5), Sam Lammers (6.8) and Martín Satriano (6.6).

They had on the bench: Duccio Degli Innocenti, Gian Marco Fantoni, Giovanni Crociata, Jacopo Fazzini, Nedim Bajrami (6.5), Alberto Grassi (6.4), Emmanuel Ekong, Samuele Perisan, Mattia Destro (6.2), Nicolas Haas (6.4), Tyronne Ebuehi (6.8), Gabriele Guarino and Liberato Cacace.

Substitutions

Empoli made 5 changes: S. Lammers for N. Bajrami (56′), F. Bandinelli for N. Haas (56′), P. Stojanovic for T. Ebuehi (65′), L. Henderson for A. Grassi (73′) and M. Satriano for M. Destro (73′).

Best player: Ardian Ismajli​

The most impressive player for Empoli was Ardian Ismajli.

His rating is (7.5) with 62 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Serie A.​

• Hellas Verona – Atalanta – 0-1
• Salernitana – Sampdoria – 4-0
• Lecce – Empoli – 1-1
• Fiorentina – Napoli – 0-0