Spezia vs Empoli

Serie B · Mar 17, 2026 · 19:00

Final score: Spezia 1–1 Empoli

Standings

• Spezia: #19 · 34 Pts · 37 P (8W 10D 19L)
• Empoli: #14 · 40 Pts · 37 P (9W 13D 15L)

Recent form

Spezia

• L Mar 13, 2026: Modena 3–0 Spezia
• W Mar 7, 2026: Spezia 4–2 Monza
• D Mar 3, 2026: Padova 2–2 Spezia
• L Feb 28, 2026: Spezia 0–1 Reggiana
• W Feb 21, 2026: Cesena 2–3 Spezia

Empoli

• D Mar 14, 2026: Empoli 2–2 Mantova
• L Mar 8, 2026: Catanzaro 3–2 Empoli
• L Mar 4, 2026: Bari 2–1 Empoli
• D Feb 28, 2026: Empoli 1–1 Cesena
• D Feb 20, 2026: Frosinone 2–2 Empoli

Head-to-head

• 2026-03-17T19:00:00+00:00: Spezia 1–1 Empoli
• 2025-09-14T17:30:00+00:00: Empoli 1–1 Spezia
• 2024-07-26T13:00:00+00:00: Empoli 2–0 Spezia
• 2023-02-11T14:00:00+00:00: Empoli 2–2 Spezia
• 2022-08-14T18:45:00+00:00: Spezia 1–0 Empoli

Match events

• 38' Card Yellow Card — Filippo Bandinelli (Spezia)
• 40' Card Yellow Card — Marco Nasti (Empoli)
• 46' subst Substitution 1 — S. Elia (Empoli) (assists: J. Ceesay)
• 51' Card Yellow Card — Matteo Lovato (Empoli)
• 55' subst Substitution 2 — M. Nasti (Empoli) (assists: B. Popov)
• 56' subst Substitution 3 — G. Yepes (Empoli) (assists: N. Haas)
• 63' subst Substitution 1 — A. Nagy (Spezia) (assists: C. Comotto)
• 65' Card Yellow Card — Antonio Candela (Empoli)
• 69' Goal Normal Goal — G. Artistico (Spezia) (assists: G. Aurelio)
• 75' Card Yellow Card — Nicolas Haas (Empoli)
• 78' subst Substitution 2 — P. Hristov (Spezia) (assists: L. Vignali)
• 78' subst Substitution 3 — M. Valoti (Spezia) (assists: L. Sernicola)
• 79' Card Yellow Card — Duccio Degli Innocenti (Empoli)
• 80' subst Substitution 4 — D. Degli Innocenti (Empoli) (assists: D. Fila)
• 80' subst Substitution 5 — S. Shpendi (Empoli) (assists: E. Saporiti)
• 89' subst Substitution 4 — F. Bandinelli (Spezia) (assists: A. Bellemo)
• 90'+3 Var Penalty confirmed — Gabriele Guarino (Empoli)
• 90' Goal Penalty — E. Saporiti (Empoli)

Match statistics

• Shots on Goal: 4 — 4
• Shots off Goal: 10 — 4
• Total Shots: 17 — 10
• Blocked Shots: 3 — 2
• Shots insidebox: 11 — 8
• Shots outsidebox: 6 — 2
• Fouls: 17 — 19
• Corner Kicks: 7 — 1
• Offsides: 0 — 4
• Ball Possession: 52% — 48%
• Yellow Cards: 1 — 5
• Red Cards: – — –
• Goalkeeper Saves: 3 — 2
• Total passes: 354 — 334
• Passes accurate: 275 — 262
• Passes %: 78% — 78%
• expected_goals: 1.36 — 1.51
• goals_prevented: 0.37 — 0.37

Injuries

Empoli

• D. Degli Innocenti — Achilles tendon problems (Missing Fixture)
• P. Pellegri — Jumpers knee (Missing Fixture)
• N. Haas — Jumpers knee (Missing Fixture)