Venezia vs Empoli

4 January 2025 · Serie A · 2024/25 · Referee Juan Luca Sacchi

Full time 1 – 1

Half-time: 1–1

  • Joel Pohjanpalo 5’
  • Sebastiano Esposito 32’

Match summary

Venezia and Empoli drew 1-1. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Joel Pohjanpalo put Venezia ahead in the 5th minute and Sebastiano Esposito equalised in the 32nd minute, set up by Lorenzo Colombo.

Empoli had the better of the chances, with 1.54 expected goals (xG) from 18 shots to Venezia's 0.46 from 8.

Match stats

Venezia Empoli
8 Shots 18
3 Shots on Target 6
2 Corners 8
1 Yellow Cards 2
0 Red Cards 0
0.46 xG 1.52
0.46 Non-penalty xG 1.52
3 Deep Completions 9

Key events

Venezia Empoli
Kick-off
Joel Pohjanpalo1-0 (Venezia)
5’
32’
Sebastiano Esposito
Assist: Lorenzo Colombo1-1 (Empoli)
Half-time1-1
Full-time1-1

Bookings

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

Venezia
  • Marin Sverko
Empoli
  • Mattia Viti
  • Sebastiano Esposito

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 0.46 1.54 5’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), 1-0 5’ 32’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 1-1 32’ 0.0 0.5 1.0 1.5 2.0 0’ 15’ 30’ 45’ 60’ 75’ 90’ HT 0.46 1.54 5’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), 1-0 Pohjanpalo 5’ 32’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), 1-1 Esposito 32’
Venezia 0.46 xGEmpoli 1.54 xG Goal

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Shot map

Every shot and where it was taken from.

 Empoli attacking Venezia attacking 
67’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 32’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 5’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 3’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 81’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 42’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 78’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 40’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 3’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 14’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 25’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 9’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 53’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 74’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 89’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Franco Ezequiel Carboni (Venezia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Ardian Ismajli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 67’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.44 xG, saved 32’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.38 xG, goal 5’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.12 xG, goal 3’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.11 xG, blocked 81’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.09 xG, blocked 78’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 42’ Joel Pohjanpalo (Venezia), open play, 0.07 xG, saved 49’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 86’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.07 xG, blocked 41’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 86’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.06 xG, blocked 40’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), set piece, 0.06 xG, off target 3’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 14’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.05 xG, blocked 83’ Gianluca Busio (Venezia), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 49’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.04 xG, off target 90+4’ Liam Henderson (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, off target 25’ Sebastiano Esposito (Empoli), open play, 0.03 xG, saved 14’ Faustino Anjorin (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 9’ Lorenzo Colombo (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, off target 74’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 53’ Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (Venezia), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 89’ Liberato Cacace (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, blocked 22’ Franco Ezequiel Carboni (Venezia), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target 35’ Youssef Maleh (Empoli), open play, 0.02 xG, saved 37’ Ardian Ismajli (Empoli), from a corner, 0.01 xG, off target
Size shows xG Goal On target Off target or blocked

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Player stats

PlayerPosMinGAShxGxAKPCards
Filip Stankovic GK900 0.000.000
Marin Sverko DEF900 0.000.000
Giorgio Altare DEF900 0.000.000
Jay Idzes DEF900 0.000.000
Francesco Zampano MID900 0.000.142
Franco Ezequiel Carboni MID661 0.010.000
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia MID902 0.040.000
Gianluca Busio MID901 0.040.011
Mikael Ellertsson MID900 0.000.021
Joel Pohjanpalo FWD9014 0.360.000
Gaetano Oristanio FWD710 0.000.000
Magnus Kofod Andersen Sub240 0.000.000
John Yeboah Sub190 0.000.142

Starters first, then substitutes. xA is expected assists.

Before kick-off

Venezia win 36% Avg odds 2.61
Draw 32% Avg odds 3.01
Empoli win 32% Avg odds 2.97

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

Form going into the game

Venezia LDDWL
Empoli LWLLL

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Previous and next meeting

 Previous meeting: Venezia 1-1 Empoli, 16 Jan 22 Next meeting: Empoli 2-2 Venezia, 20 Apr 25  All Venezia vs Empoli 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.