Empoli vs Spezia

11 February 2023 · Serie A · 2022/23 · Referee Antonio Giua

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–2

  • Nicolò Cambiaghi 71’
  • Emanuel Vignato 90+4’
  • Daniele Verde 25’ (pen), 31’

Match summary

Empoli and Spezia shared the points in a 2-2 draw. Spezia led 2-0 at half-time.

In the first half, Daniele Verde put Spezia ahead from the penalty spot in the 25th minute and Verde made it 0-2 in the 31st minute. In the second half, Nicolò Cambiaghi pulled one back to make it 1-2 in the 71st minute and Emanuel Vignato equalised in stoppage time.

Spezia had the better of the chances, with 1.86 expected goals (xG) from 9 shots to Empoli's 1.32 from 24. Both sides had a player sent off.

Match stats

Empoli Spezia
25 Shots 9
8 Shots on Target 3
7 Corners 3
1 Yellow Cards 5
1 Red Cards 1
1.31 xG 1.86
1.31 Non-penalty xG 1.10
8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Empoli Spezia
Kick-off
25’
Daniele Verde
Penalty0-1 (Spezia)
31’
Daniele Verde0-2 (Spezia)
Half-time0-2
Nicolò Cambiaghi1-2 (Empoli)
71’
Emanuel Vignato2-2 (Empoli)
90+4’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

Card times are not on file for this game, so they are listed without a minute.

Empoli
  • Fabiano Parisi
  • Guglielmo Vicario
Spezia
  • Salvatore Esposito
  • Dimitris Nikolaou
  • Daniele Verde
  • Albin Ekdal

How the chances added up

Running total of expected goals (xG) for each side through the match. xG rates each chance by how often similar shots are scored. A goal is marked where it was scored.

0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.86 25’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 0-1 25’ 31’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 0-2 31’ 71’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), 1-2 71’ 90+4’ Emanuel Vignato (Empoli), 2-2 90+4’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 2.5 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.32 1.86 25’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 0-1 Verde 25’ 31’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), 0-2 Verde 31’ 71’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), 1-2 Cambiaghi 71’ 90+4’ Emanuel Vignato (Empoli), 2-2 Vignato 90+4’
Empoli 1.32 xGSpezia 1.86 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Spezia attacking Empoli attacking 
25’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 71’ Kelvin Adou (Spezia), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 71’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 19’ Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Spezia), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 69’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.16 xG, off target 45’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 82’ Roberto Piccoli (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 8’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 78’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Emanuel Vignato (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 55’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 87’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Dimitris Nikolaou (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 55’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 28’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 34’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 25’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), penalty, 0.76 xG, goal 71’ Kelvin Adou (Spezia), open play, 0.44 xG, off target 71’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.32 xG, goal 19’ Przemyslaw Wisniewski (Spezia), from a corner, 0.31 xG, blocked 69’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.16 xG, off target 45’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), set piece, 0.14 xG, off target 82’ Roberto Piccoli (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, saved 8’ Tommaso Baldanzi (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 78’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 55’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), from a corner, 0.06 xG, blocked 90+4’ Emanuel Vignato (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, goal 90’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 4’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, off target 87’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 90+3’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 55’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), from a corner, 0.04 xG, blocked 77’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 89’ Eldor Shomurodov (Spezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 36’ Dimitris Nikolaou (Spezia), from a corner, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, blocked 31’ Daniele Verde (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 55’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, off target 68’ Francesco Caputo (Empoli), from a corner, 0.03 xG, saved 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 88’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 1’ Mehdi Bourabia (Spezia), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 46’ Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 42’ Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.02 xG, off target 28’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 87’ Razvan Marin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 34’ Nicolò Cambiaghi (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 7’ Tyronne Ebuehi (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target 58’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Guglielmo Vicario GK900 0.000.000
Tyronne Ebuehi DEF642 0.150.000
Ardian Ismajli DEF900 0.000.000
Sebastiano Luperto DEF900 0.000.061
Fabiano Parisi DEF200 0.000.000
Razvan Marin MID904 0.120.316
Filippo Bandinelli MID891 0.020.153
Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro MID642 0.090.000
Tommaso Baldanzi MID251 0.070.000
Nicolò Cambiaghi FWD9016 0.470.021
Francesco Caputo FWD893 0.120.000
Liberato Cacace Sub653 0.110.032
Roberto Piccoli Sub261 0.110.000
Petar Stojanovic Sub260 0.000.244
Emanuel Vignato Sub111 0.060.000
Martín Satriano Sub10 0.000.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 47% Avg odds 2.02
Draw 28% Avg odds 3.45
Spezia win 25% Avg odds 3.88

Chances implied by the average closing odds, with the bookmaker margin removed.

Form going into the game

Empoli DWWDL
Spezia DWLLL

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Shots, expected goals and player data from Understat. Results and odds from football-data.co.uk. Referee data before 2025/26 from the Transfermarkt datasets project.