Match Report
13 points and 7 places separated them: Torino 11th with 44, Empoli 18th with 31. The last five rounds placed Torino no better than 20th for form, against 11th in the standings. Per game in the league, Torino were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.18, Empoli 0.87 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.28 goals per team per game.
A win had eluded Empoli for 14 matches. From the last five rounds, Torino held 8 points of 15 and Empoli 2.
The head-to-head ledger counts 22 games: 7 Torino wins, 7 for Empoli, 8 draws, at 2.32 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 41% of the wins in this fixture.
The match was played at Allianz Stadium in Torino (capacity 28,177). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.
Goal scorers
Torino: Nikola Vlašić (70')