Spezia 1-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Tuesday 17 March 2026

Result

Spezia 1-1 Empoli

Serie B · Tuesday 17 March 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Spezia 1-1 Empoli: match report

Spezia drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie B on Tuesday 17 March 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Gabriele Artistico opened the scoring in the 69th minute. Spezia's goal came from Gabriele Artistico (69'). Empoli scored through Edoardo Saporiti (90+6', penalty).

Discipline: Spezia received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 5 yellow cards.

Going into the game Spezia were 18th on 29 points from 30 and Empoli 13th on 32 points from 30. Spezia went on to finish that season 20th with 35 points, and Empoli 17th with 41.

Spezia lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Empoli in a 4-4-1-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Petko Hristov of Spezia (7.6), ahead of Brando Moruzzi (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Spezia win, 4 draws and 0 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 38'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliSpezia
  • 40'Yellow card · Marco NastiEmpoli
  • 51'Yellow card · Matteo LovatoEmpoli
  • 65'Yellow card · Antonio CandelaEmpoli
  • 69'Goal · Gabriele ArtisticoSpezia · 1-0
  • 75'Yellow card · Nicolas HaasEmpoli
  • 79'Yellow card · Duccio Degli InnocentiEmpoli
  • 90+6'Penalty goal · Edoardo SaporitiEmpoli · 1-1

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Boris Radunović, Marco Ruggero, Petko Hristov, Giovanni Bonfanti, Emanuele Adamo, Ádám Nagy, Alessandro Romano, Filippo Bandinelli, Giuseppe Aurelio, Mattia Valoti, Gabriele Artistico

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

Andrea Fulignati, Antonio Candela, Gabriele Guarino, Matteo Lovato, Brando Moruzzi, Stiven Shpendi, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Salvatore Elia, Duccio Degli, Marco Nasti