Spezia 1-0 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 14 August 2022

Result

Spezia 1-0 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 14 August 2022, 18:45 UTC · half-time 1-0

Spezia · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Spezia 1-0 Empoli: match report

Spezia beat Empoli 1-0 in Serie A on Sunday 14 August 2022. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from M'Bala Nzola of Spezia in the 36th minute.

Discipline: Spezia received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.

Spezia went on to finish that season 18th with 31 points, and Empoli 14th with 43.

Spezia lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Bartłomiej Drągowski of Spezia (8.5), ahead of Simone Bastoni (8.4).

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

4'Yellow card · Emmanuel GyasiSpezia
14'Yellow card · Liam HendersonEmpoli
36'Goal · M'Bala NzolaSpezia · 1-0
60'Yellow card · Arkadiusz RecaSpezia

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Spezia 0, draws 2, Empoli 0.

Empoli 0-0 SpeziaSerie A · 9 Apr 2022
Spezia 1-1 EmpoliSerie A · 19 Dec 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Injury)
Nicolas HaasEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Aimar SherSpezia · injury (Unknown Injury)
Salva FerrerSpezia · injury (Hip Injury)
Viktor KovalenkoSpezia · injury (Muscle Fatigue)
Kelvin AmianSpezia · injury (Abdominal Muscles Injury)

Spezia line-up (3-5-2)

Bartłomiej Drągowski, Mattia Caldara, Jakub Kiwior, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Emmanuel Gyasi, Kevin Agudelo, M. Bourabia, Simone Bastoni, Arkadiusz Reca, Daniele Verde, M'Bala Nzola

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Fabiano Parisi, Liam Henderson, Răzvan Marin, Filippo Bandinelli, Nedim Bajrami, Sam Lammers, Mattia Destro