Empoli 1-0 Lecce: result and report

Serie A · Monday 3 April 2023

Result

Empoli 1-0 Lecce

Serie A · Monday 3 April 2023, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-0

Empoli · Lecce · Serie A predictions

Empoli 1-0 Lecce: match report

Empoli beat Lecce 1-0 in Serie A on Monday 3 April 2023. It was 0-0 at half-time.

The only goal came from Francesco Caputo of Empoli in the 62nd minute, from the penalty spot.

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card; Lecce received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 28 points from 27 and Lecce 16th on 27 points from 27. Empoli went on to finish that season 14th with 43 points, and Lecce 16th with 36.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Lecce in a 4-3-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Ardian Ismajli of Empoli (7.8), level with Wladimiro Falcone (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for Lecce.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-L-L-L-D and Lecce's L-L-L-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
  • 22'Yellow card · Alexis BlinLecce
  • 62'Penalty goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 1-0
  • 68'Yellow card · Alessandro TuiaLecce
  • 71'Yellow card · J. FazziniEmpoli
  • 90'Red card · Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli
  • 90+6'Yellow card · Razvan MarinEmpoli

Head-to-head

3 meetings: Empoli 2, draws 1, Lecce 0.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Samuele Perisan, Tyronne Ebuehi, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Jean-Daniel Akpa Akpro, Răzvan Marin, Filippo Bandinelli, Tommaso Baldanzi, Francesco Caputo, Roberto Piccoli

Lecce line-up (4-3-3)

Wladimiro Falcone, Valentin Gendrey, Alessandro Tuia, Federico Baschirotto, Giuseppe Pezzella, Alexis Blin, Morten Hjulmand, Joan González, Gabriel Strefezza, Lorenzo Colombo, Lameck Banda