Empoli vs Spezia 2022-23 Italian Serie A, 2022-23 Italian Serie A
Introduction
Match Commentary
- 0': First Half begins.
- 21': Fabiano Parisi (Empoli) is shown the red card.
- 24': Guglielmo Vicario (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
- 24': Dimitrios Nikolaou (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
- 25': Goal! Empoli 0, Spezia 1. Daniele Verde (Spezia) converts the penalty with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
- 26': Substitution, Empoli. Liberato Cacace replaces Tommaso Baldanzi.
- 31': Goal! Empoli 0, Spezia 2. Daniele Verde (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner.
- 33': Daniele Verde (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for excessive celebration.
- 39': Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
- 45'+5': First Half ends, Empoli 0, Spezia 2.
- 49': Second yellow card to Salvatore Esposito (Spezia) for a bad foul.
- 52': Substitution, Spezia. Albin Ekdal replaces Daniele Verde.
- 60': Substitution, Empoli. Petar Stojanovic replaces Tyronne Ebuehi.
- 60': Substitution, Empoli. Roberto Piccoli replaces Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro.
- 63': Albin Ekdal (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.
- 64': Substitution, Spezia. Emil Holm replaces Emmanuel Gyasi.
- 71': Goal! Empoli 1, Spezia 2. Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
- 79': Substitution, Spezia. Tio Cipot replaces Kevin Agudelo.
- 85': Substitution, Empoli. Emanuel Vignato replaces Filippo Bandinelli.
- 85': Substitution, Empoli. Martín Satriano replaces Francesco Caputo.
- 90'+4': Goal! Empoli 2, Spezia 2. Emanuel Vignato (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner.
Game Information
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 7,871
Statistics
 SPE |
EMP |
|
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Fouls | 10 |
| 3 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 3 | Corner Kicks | 7 |
| 6 | Saves | 1 |
| 35.5 | Possession | 64.5 |
| 9 | SHOTS | 25 |
| 3 | ON GOAL | 8 |
| 0.3 | On Target % | 0.3 |
| 1 | Penalty Goals | 0 |
| 1 | Penalty Kicks Taken | 0 |
| 237 | Accurate Passes | 491 |
| 311 | Passes | 562 |
| 0.8 | Pass Completion % | 0.9 |
| 1 | Accurate Crosses | 7 |
| 9 | Crosses | 25 |
| 0.1 | Cross % | 0.3 |
| 59 | Long Balls | 42 |
| 29 | Accurate Long Balls | 21 |
| 0.5 | Long Balls % | 0.5 |
| 1 | Blocked Shots | 5 |
| 7 | Effective Tackles | 12 |
| 10 | Tackles | 16 |
| 0.7 | Tackle % | 0.8 |
| 9 | Interceptions | 6 |
| 33 | Effective Clearances | 8 |
| 33 | Clearances | 8 |
Empoli (4-3-1-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 13 | Guglielmo Vicario (GK)  |
| 33 | Sebastiano Luperto |
| 34 | Adrian Ismajli |
| 65 | Fabiano Parisi  |
| 24 | Tyronne Ebuehi |
| 28 | Nicolò Cambiaghi |
| 18 | Razvan Marin |
| 35 | Tommaso Baldanzi |
| 25 | Filippo Bandinelli |
| 11 | Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro |
| 19 | Francesco Caputo |
Spezia (3-5-2)
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 69 | Bartlomiej Dragowski (GK) |
| 27 | Kelvin Amian |
| 43 | Dimitris Nikolaou |
| 55 | Przemyslaw Wisniewski |
| 33 | Kevin Agudelo |
| 6 | Mehdi Bourabia |
| 25 | Salvatore Esposito |
| 13 | Arkadiusz Reca |
| 11 | Emmanuel Gyasi |
| 14 | Eldor Shomurodov |
| 10 | Daniele Verde |
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