Match Report
The table read 18th (Empoli, 31 pts) against 16th (Parma, 36 pts), 5 points apart. The last five rounds placed Empoli 10th in the league for form — higher than their 18th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.28 goals per team per game, Empoli ran at 0.87 scored and 1.55 conceded, Parma at 1.16 and 1.53.
Empoli had been beaten in three straight games.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Empoli, 1 for Parma and 3 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 25% of meetings won.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli staged the fixture, a ground that holds 16,284. On the scoreboard, Empoli led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 2-1.
Goal scorers
Empoli: Jacopo Fazzini (11'), Faustino Anjorin (86') · Parma: Milan Đurić (73')