Match Report
Empoli went into the game 18th in the table on 31 points; Lecce sat 17th on 34 — a 3-point gap. Empoli had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 10th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. In league terms the two rates read 0.87/1.55 for Empoli and 0.71/1.53 for Lecce (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.28.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Empoli have 2 wins to Lecce's 2, with 5 draws, at 2.22 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli, capacity 19,847, hosted the game. Lecce led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Empoli: Liberato Cacace (47') · Lecce: Tete Morente (6'), Nikola Krstović (11'), Nikola Krstović (90')