Spezia 1-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 19 December 2021

Result

Spezia 1-1 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 19 December 2021, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Spezia 1-1 Empoli: match report

Spezia drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 19 December 2021. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Spezia's goal came from an own goal by Riccardo Marchizza (50'). Empoli scored through an own goal by Dimitrios Nikolaou (71').

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

Going into the game Spezia were 17th on 12 points from 17 and Empoli 9th on 26 points from 17. Spezia went on to finish that season 16th with 36 points, and Empoli 14th with 41.

Spezia lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastiano Luperto of Empoli (7.8), level with Liam Henderson (7.8).

Going into the match Spezia's last five read L-D-L-L-L and Empoli's W-W-D-W-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

21'Yellow card · Giulio MaggioreSpezia
38'Yellow card · Lorenzo TonelliEmpoli
50'Own goal · Riccardo MarchizzaSpezia · 1-0
59'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli
71'Own goal · Dimitrios NikolaouEmpoli · 1-1
88'Yellow card · Kelvin AmianSpezia
90'Yellow card · Viktor KovalenkoSpezia

Team news

Unavailable

Nicolas HaasEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Tommaso BaldanziEmpoli · injury (Ankle Injury)
Ardian IsmajliEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Eddie SalcedoSpezia · injury (Unknown Injury)
Emmanuel EkongEmpoli · injury (Knee Surgery)
Daniele VerdeSpezia · injury (Muscular problems)
Jacopo SalaSpezia · injury (Calf Problems)

Spezia line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Provedel, Kelvin Amian, Martin Erlić, Dimitrios Nikolaou, Emmanuel Gyasi, Giulio Maggiore, Jakub Kiwior, Simone Bastoni, Arkadiusz Reca, M'Bala Nzola, Rey Manaj

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Lorenzo Tonelli, Sebastiano Luperto, Riccardo Marchizza, Filippo Bandinelli, Samuele Ricci, Szymon Żurkowski, Liam Henderson, Andrea Pinamonti, Federico Di Francesco