Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Empoli (1st, 73 pts) and Brescia (9th, 56 pts). On the form table Brescia stood 1st over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Per game in the league, Empoli were scoring 1.79 and conceding 0.92, Brescia 1.61 and 1.39, against a competition average of 1.2 goals per team per game.
Empoli were unbeaten in 15, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
12 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Empoli 5, draws 4, Brescia 3, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 17% of the meetings went to the host. 67% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 67%.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli, capacity 19,847, hosted the game. Empoli led 3-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 4-2 full-time score.