Venezia 1-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie A · Saturday 4 January 2025
Result
Venezia 1-1 Empoli
Serie A · Saturday 4 January 2025, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-1
Venezia 1-1 Empoli: match report
Venezia drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie A on Saturday 4 January 2025. The half-time score was 1-1.
Joel Pohjanpalo opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Venezia's goal came from Joel Pohjanpalo (5'). Empoli scored through Sebastiano Esposito (32').
Discipline: Venezia received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Venezia were 19th on 13 points from 18 and Empoli 12th on 19 points from 18. Venezia went on to finish that season 19th with 29 points, and Empoli 18th with 31.
Venezia lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 3-1-4-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Sebastiano Esposito of Empoli (8.2), ahead of Giorgio Altare (7.7).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Venezia win, 1 draw and 0 for Empoli.
Going into the match Venezia's last five read L-W-D-D-L and Empoli's L-L-L-W-L.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 32'Goal · Sebastiano Esposito
- 39'Yellow card · Marin Šverko
- 56'Yellow card · Mattia Viti
- 62'Yellow card · Sebastiano Esposito
Head-to-head
Team news
Unavailable
- Saba Sazonov
- Nicolas Haas
- Alfred Duncan
- Richie Sagrado
- Pietro Pellegri
- Ola Solbakken
- Michael Svoboda
- Domen Črnigoj
Venezia line-up (3-5-2)
Filip Stanković, Giorgio Altare, Jay Idzes, Marin Šverko, Francesco Zampano, Gianluca Busio, Hans Nicolussi Caviglia, Mikael Egill Ellertsson, Franco Carboni, Gaetano Oristanio, Joel Pohjanpalo
Empoli line-up (3-1-4-2)
Devis Vásquez, Saba Goglichidze, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, Alberto Grassi, Emmanuel Gyasi, Tino Anjorin, Youssef Maleh, Giuseppe Pezzella, Lorenzo Colombo, Sebastiano Esposito