Match Report
Empoli, 18th on 31 points, faced a 43-point deficit to Atalanta (3rd, 74). The last five rounds placed Empoli 10th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Empoli 0.87 scored and 1.55 conceded per game, Atalanta 2.05 and 0.97, with the league averaging 1.28.
Empoli had been beaten in three straight games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 17 games: 4 Empoli wins, 9 for Atalanta, 4 draws, at 2.41 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 35% of the wins in this fixture.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli, capacity 19,847, hosted the game. Atalanta led 3-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 0-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Atalanta: Emmanuel Gyasi (27' og), Ademola Lookman (55'), M. Retegui (33'), D. Zappacosta (74'), Ademola Lookman (43')