Venezia 1-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 16 January 2022

Result

Venezia 1-1 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 16 January 2022, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Venezia 1-1 Empoli: match report

Venezia drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Sunday 16 January 2022. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Szymon Zurkowski opened the scoring in the 26th minute. Venezia's goal came from David Okereke (73'). Empoli scored through Szymon Zurkowski (26').

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

Going into the game Venezia were 17th on 17 points from 20 and Empoli 12th on 28 points from 21. Venezia went on to finish that season 20th with 27 points, and Empoli 14th with 41.

Venezia lined up in a 4-3-2-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Szymon Żurkowski of Empoli (8.3), ahead of David Okereke (7.8).

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

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

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

9'Yellow card · Nedim BajramiEmpoli
10'Yellow card · Michaël CuisanceVenezia
26'Goal · Szymon ZurkowskiEmpoli · 0-1
44'Yellow card · Liam HendersonEmpoli
45+2'Yellow card · David OkerekeVenezia
58'Yellow card · Domen CrnigojVenezia
59'Yellow card · Ardian IsmajliEmpoli
63'Yellow card · Riccardo FiamozziEmpoli
73'Goal · David OkerekeVenezia · 1-1
76'Yellow card · Filippo BandinelliEmpoli

Head-to-head

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

Empoli 1-2 VeneziaSerie A · 11 Sep 2021

Team news

Unavailable

Sergio RomeroVenezia · injury (COVID 19)
Nicolas HaasEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Rupture)
Tommaso BaldanziEmpoli · injury (Ankle Injury)
Dennis JohnsenVenezia · injury (COVID 19)
Sebastiano LupertoEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Pasquale MazzocchiVenezia · injury (Unknown Injury)
Marco BenassiEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Valerio VerreEmpoli · injury (Unknown Injury)
Federico Di FrancescoEmpoli · injury (Muscle Injury)
Ridgeciano HapsVenezia · injury (COVID 19)
Emmanuel EkongEmpoli · injury (Knee Surgery)
Fabiano ParisiEmpoli · injury (Muscular problems)
Nicolas GalazziVenezia · injury (Fractured Arm)

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

Luca Lezzerini, Ethan Ampadu, Mattia Caldara, Pietro Ceccaroni, Cristian Molinaro, Domen Črnigoj, Tanner Tessmann, Michaël Cuisance, Mattia Aramu, Sofian Kiyine, Thomas Henry

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

Guglielmo Vicario, Petar Stojanović, Ardian Ismajli, Lorenzo Tonelli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Szymon Żurkowski, Samuele Ricci, Filippo Bandinelli, Nedim Bajrami, Liam Henderson, Andrea Pinamonti