Empoli 1-1 Spezia: result and report

Serie B · Sunday 14 September 2025

Result

Empoli 1-1 Spezia

Serie B · Sunday 14 September 2025, 17:30 UTC · half-time 0-1

Empoli · Spezia · Serie B predictions

Empoli 1-1 Spezia: match report

Empoli drew with Spezia 1-1 in Serie B on Sunday 14 September 2025. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Salvatore Esposito opened the scoring in the 18th minute. Empoli's goal came from Bogdan Popov (49'). Spezia scored through Salvatore Esposito (18', penalty).

Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Spezia received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 12th on 3 points from 2 and Spezia 16th on 1 point from 2. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Spezia 20th with 35.

Empoli lined up in a 3-4-1-2 and Spezia in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Salvatore Esposito of Spezia (8.0), ahead of Andrea Fulignati (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Spezia.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Yellow card · Gerard YepesEmpoli
  • 18'Penalty goal · Salvatore EspositoSpezia · 0-1
  • 43'Yellow card · Francesco CassataSpezia
  • 49'Goal · Bogdan PopovEmpoli · 1-1
  • 62'Yellow card · Salvatore EliaEmpoli
  • 89'Yellow card · Rareș IlieEmpoli
  • 89'Yellow card · Ádám NagySpezia

Head-to-head

4 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 3, Spezia 1.

Team news

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Empoli line-up (3-4-1-2)

Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Matteo Lovato, Franco Carboni, Joseph Ceesay, Andrea Ghion, Gerard Yepes, Salvatore Elia, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Stiven Shpendi, Bogdan Popov

Spezia line-up (3-4-3)

Diego Mascardi, Przemysław Wiśniewski, Petko Hristov, Ales Mateju, Antonio Candela, Ádám Nagy, Salvatore Esposito, Pietro Beruatto, Gabriele Artistico, Vanja Vlahović, Francesco Cassata