Empoli 1-1 Sampdoria: result and report
Serie B · Tuesday 28 October 2025
Result
Empoli 1-1 Sampdoria
Serie B · Tuesday 28 October 2025, 19:30 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-1 Sampdoria: match report
Empoli drew with Sampdoria 1-1 in Serie B on Tuesday 28 October 2025. It was 0-0 at half-time.
Bogdan Popov opened the scoring in the 77th minute. Empoli's goal came from Bogdan Popov (77'). Sampdoria scored through Marvin Cuni (80').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Sampdoria received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 10 points from 9 and Sampdoria 19th on 6 points from 9. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Sampdoria 13th with 44.
Empoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Sampdoria in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Antonín Barák of Sampdoria (7.3), level with Andrea Ghion (7.3).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 4 for Sampdoria.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-W-D-D and Sampdoria's D-L-W-D-D.
Key events
- 58'Yellow card · Salvatore Elia
- 62'Yellow card · Leonardo Benedetti
- 65'Second yellow · Salvatore Elia
- 77'Goal · Bogdan Popov
- 80'Goal · Marvin Cuni
- 90+8'Red card · Jordan Ferri
- 90+8'Yellow card · Luca Belardinelli
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Gabriele Guarino, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Salvatore Elia, Duccio Degli, Andrea Ghion, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Franco Carboni, Pietro Pellegri, Stiven Shpendi
Sampdoria line-up (3-5-2)
Simone Ghidotti, Dennis Hadzikadunic, Oliver Abildgaard, Alex Ferrari, Luigi Cherubini, Liam Henderson, Matteo Ricci, Leonardo Benedetti, Nikolas Ioannou, Massimo Coda, Marvin Cuni