Empoli 2-4 SPAL: result and report

Serie A · Saturday 20 April 2019

Result

Empoli 2-4 SPAL

Serie A · Saturday 20 April 2019, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-2

Empoli · SPAL · Serie A predictions

Empoli 2-4 SPAL: match report

Empoli lost to SPAL 2-4 in Serie A on Saturday 20 April 2019. The half-time score was 1-2.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 22nd minute. Empoli's goals came from Francesco Caputo (22') and Hamed Junior Traorè (47'). SPAL scored through Andrea Petagna (38', penalty), Sergio Floccari (44'), Andrea Petagna (60') and Mirco Antenucci (88').

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; SPAL received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 18th on 29 points from 32 and SPAL 14th on 35 points from 32. Empoli went on to finish that season 18th with 38 points, and SPAL 13th with 42.

Empoli lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and SPAL in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Andrea Petagna of SPAL (8.8), ahead of Ismaël Bennacer (7.8).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 1 draw and 0 for SPAL.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 22'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 1-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Manuel LazzariSPAL
  • 38'Penalty goal · Andrea PetagnaSPAL · 1-1
  • 40'Yellow card · Thiago CionekSPAL
  • 44'Goal · Sergio FloccariSPAL · 1-2
  • 47'Goal · Hamed Junior TraorèEmpoli · 2-2
  • 52'Yellow card · Hamed Junior TraorèEmpoli
  • 60'Goal · Andrea PetagnaSPAL · 2-3
  • 62'Yellow card · Andrea PetagnaSPAL
  • 71'Yellow card · Simone MissiroliSPAL
  • 76'Yellow card · Matteo BrighiEmpoli
  • 82'Yellow card · Alessandro MurgiaSPAL
  • 88'Goal · Mirco AntenucciSPAL · 2-4
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Rade KrunicEmpoli

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 1, SPAL 0.

Team news

Empoli line-up (3-5-1-1)

Bartłomiej Drągowski, Frédéric Veseli, Domenico Maietta, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Hamed Traoré, Leonardo Capezzi, Ismaël Bennacer, Cristian Dell'Orco, Rade Krunic, Francesco Caputo

SPAL line-up (3-5-2)

Emiliano Viviano, Thiago Cionek, Francesco Vicari, Kevin Bonifazi, Manuel Lazzari, Alessandro Murgia, Simone Missiroli, Jasmin Kurtic, Filippo Costa, Andrea Petagna, Sergio Floccari