Match Report
The table gap was wide: 41 points between Empoli (1st, 85 pts) and Novara (19th, 44 pts). Empoli's recent output lagged their position: 6th on form over five rounds while 1st in the table. In league terms the two rates read 2.1/1.17 for Empoli and 1/1.24 for Novara (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.28.
Empoli arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Empoli had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Novara, 5.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 3 for Empoli, 1 for Novara and 5 drawn, at 2.44 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 22% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Stadio Carlo Castellani (capacity 16,284). It was 1-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-1.
Goal scorers
Empoli: Francesco Caputo (36') · Novara: George Puscas (45')
Key stats
Possession: Empoli 61% · Novara 39% · Total shots: 7-7 · On target: 2-4 · Corners: 4-4