Empoli vs Venezia

20 April 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Davide Massa

Full time 2 – 2

Half-time: 0–0

  • Jacopo Fazzini 59’
  • Faustino Anjorin 87’
  • John Yeboah 68’
  • Gianluca Busio 85’

Match summary

Empoli and Venezia shared the points in a 2-2 draw. It was goalless at half-time.

Jacopo Fazzini put Empoli ahead in the 59th minute, set up by Liam Henderson, John Yeboah equalised from a corner in the 68th minute, Gianluca Busio put Venezia in front in the 85th minute, and Faustino Anjorin equalised in the 87th minute, set up by Liberato Cacace.

Venezia had the better of the chances, with 1.69 expected goals (xG) from 13 shots to Empoli's 1.15 from 11.

Match stats

Empoli Venezia
11 Shots 13
4 Shots on Target 7
2 Corners 5
2 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
1.15 xG 1.48
1.15 Non-penalty xG 1.48
8 Deep Completions 5

Key events

Empoli Venezia
Kick-off
Half-time0-0
Jacopo Fazzini
Assist: Liam Henderson1-0 (Empoli)
59’
68’
John Yeboah1-1 (Venezia)
85’
Gianluca Busio1-2 (Venezia)
Faustino Anjorin
Assist: Liberato Cacace2-2 (Empoli)
87’
Full-time2-2

Bookings

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

Empoli
  • Liberato Cacace
  • Alberto Grassi
Venezia
  • Alessandro Marcandalli

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 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.15 1.69 59’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), 1-0 59’ 68’ John Yeboah (Venezia), 1-1 68’ 85’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), 1-2 85’ 87’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), 2-2 87’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 1.15 1.69 59’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), 1-0 Fazzini 59’ 68’ John Yeboah (Venezia), 1-1 Yeboah 68’ 85’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), 1-2 Busio 85’ 87’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), 2-2 Anjorin 87’
Empoli 1.15 xGVenezia 1.69 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Venezia attacking Empoli attacking 
59’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 85’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 85’ Christian Gytkjær (Venezia), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 13’ Jay Idzes (Venezia), set piece, 0.25 xG, saved 68’ John Yeboah (Venezia), from a corner, 0.17 xG, goal 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, off target 40’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 64’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Issa Doumbia (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 12’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 32’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ John Yeboah (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 63’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 67’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 87’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 26’ Saba Goglichidze (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Mikael Ellertsson (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+1’ Alfred Duncan (Venezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 59’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.63 xG, goal 85’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.47 xG, goal 85’ Christian Gytkjær (Venezia), open play, 0.45 xG, saved 13’ Jay Idzes (Venezia), set piece, 0.25 xG, saved 68’ John Yeboah (Venezia), from a corner, 0.17 xG, goal 49’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), direct free kick, 0.17 xG, off target 40’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, off target 61’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.08 xG, off target 64’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, off target 20’ Jacopo Fazzini (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 12’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 34’ Issa Doumbia (Venezia), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 67’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, saved 32’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), direct free kick, 0.04 xG, saved 77’ John Yeboah (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 67’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.03 xG, blocked 63’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 87’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, goal 26’ Saba Goglichidze (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 55’ Mikael Ellertsson (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 84’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 18’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 1’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked 90+1’ Alfred Duncan (Venezia), open play, 0.01 xG, blocked
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Devis Vásquez GK900 0.000.000
Saba Goglichidze DEF901 0.020.000
Luca Marianucci DEF900 0.000.000
Mattia Viti DEF900 0.000.000
Emmanuel Gyasi MID790 0.000.081
Liberato Cacace MID9011 0.060.031
Alberto Grassi MID900 0.000.000
Liam Henderson MID7911 0.010.631
Jacopo Fazzini MID9012 0.680.000
Lorenzo Colombo MID732 0.130.062
Sebastiano Esposito FWD902 0.200.051
Tyronne Ebuehi Sub170 0.000.000
Ola Solbakken Sub110 0.000.021
Faustino Anjorin Sub1112 0.050.000

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Empoli win 41% Avg odds 2.30
Draw 32% Avg odds 2.96
Venezia win 27% Avg odds 3.60

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

Form going into the game

Empoli LLDDL
Venezia DDLDW

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Venezia 1-1 Empoli, 04 Jan 25 All Empoli vs Venezia meetings

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.