Empoli 1-1 Spezia: result and report
Serie B · Sunday 14 September 2025
Result
Empoli 1-1 Spezia
Serie B · Sunday 14 September 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1
Empoli 1-1 Spezia: match report
Empoli drew with Spezia 1-1 in Serie B on Sunday 14 September 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.
Salvatore Esposito opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Empoli's goal came from Bogdan Popov (49'). Spezia scored through Salvatore Esposito (18', penalty).
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Spezia received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Spezia 16th on 1 point from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Spezia 20th with 35.
Empoli lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Spezia in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Salvatore Esposito of Spezia (8.0), ahead of Andrea Fulignati (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 6 draws and 2 for Spezia.
Key events
- 17'Yellow card · Gerard Yepes
- 18'Penalty goal · Salvatore Esposito
- 43'Yellow card · Francesco Cassata
- 49'Goal · Bogdan Popov
- 62'Yellow card · Salvatore Elia
- 89'Yellow card · Rareș Ilie
- 89'Yellow card · Ádám Nagy
Head-to-head
Team news
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Empoli line-up (3-4-1-2)
Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Matteo Lovato, Franco Carboni, Joseph Ceesay, Andrea Ghion, Gerard Yepes, Salvatore Elia, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Stiven Shpendi, Bogdan Popov
Spezia line-up (3-4-3)
Diego Mascardi, Przemysław Wiśniewski, Petko Hristov, Ales Mateju, Antonio Candela, Ádám Nagy, Salvatore Esposito, Pietro Beruatto, Gabriele Artistico, Vanja Vlahović, Francesco Cassata