Match Report
42 points for Empoli U19 (11th), 50 for Cagliari U19 (7th): an 8-point gap. Empoli U19's recent output outran their position: 4th on form over five rounds, 11th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Empoli U19 1.44 scored and 1.59 conceded per game, Cagliari U19 1.53 and 1.71, with the league averaging 1.58.
7 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Empoli U19 1, draws 2, Cagliari U19 4, at 3 goals per meeting. Clean sheets are rare between these two — both scored in 71% of the meetings.
The match was played at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli (capacity 19,847). On the scoreboard, Empoli U19 led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 3-0.