Match Report
The table gap was wide: 33 points between Empoli (1st, 85 pts) and Carpi (11th, 52 pts). On recent form Carpi sat only 19th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Carpi ran at 0.76 scored and 1.1 conceded, Empoli at 2.1 and 1.17.
6 games without a win framed Carpi's arrival. Empoli carried a 15-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Carpi 2/15, Empoli 11/15.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 1 win for Carpi, 1 draw and 3 for Empoli, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Stadio Sandro Cabassi (capacity 5,500). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.
Key stats
Possession: Carpi 27% · Empoli 73% · Total shots: 9-8 · On target: 3-2 · Corners: 1-7