Empoli 2-2 Spezia: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 1 December 2012

Result

Empoli 2-2 Spezia

Serie B · Saturday 1 December 2012, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Empoli · Spezia · Serie B predictions

Empoli 2-2 Spezia: match report

Empoli drew with Spezia 2-2 in Serie B on Saturday 1 December 2012. It was 1-2 at half-time.

Marco Sansovini opened the scoring in the 25th minute. Empoli's goals came from Riccardo Saponara (36') and F. Tavano (70', penalty). Spezia scored through Marco Sansovini (25') and Marco Sansovini (40').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Spezia received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 10th on 22 points from 16 and Spezia 12th on 20 points from 16. Empoli went on to finish that season 4th with 78 points, and Spezia 13th with 51.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 25'Goal · Marco SansoviniSpezia · 0-1
  • 36'Goal · Riccardo SaponaraEmpoli · 1-1
  • 40'Goal · Marco SansoviniSpezia · 1-2
  • 48'Yellow card · Vincent LauriniEmpoli
  • 49'Yellow card · Vincent LauriniEmpoli
  • 65'Yellow card · Filippo PorcariSpezia
  • 69'Yellow card · Nicola PasiniSpezia
  • 70'Penalty goal · F. TavanoEmpoli · 2-2

Team news

Empoli line-up

Davide Bassi, Vasco Regini, Francesco Pratali, Elseid Hysaj, Lorenzo Tonelli, Davide Moro, Nova Arianto, R. Saponara, Daniele Croce, Massimo Maccarone, Francesco Tavano

Spezia line-up

Alessandro Iacobucci, Nicola Madonna, Nicola Pasini, Raffaele Schiavi, Agostino Garofalo, Andrea Bovo, Davide Di Gennaro, Filippo Porcari, Paolo Sammarco, Marco Sansovini, Mirco Antenucci