Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Empoli U19 1st with 74 points, Pisa U19 5th with 48, 26 apart. Per game in the league, Empoli U19 were scoring 2.47 and conceding 0.6, Pisa U19 1.8 and 1.37, against a competition average of 1.52 goals per team per game.
Empoli U19 entered with five wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Empoli U19 15/15, Pisa U19 9/15.
Stadio Carlo Castellani, capacity 16,284, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.
Goal scorers
Empoli U19: Matteo Egan (6'), Salvatore Monaco (59'), 1 goal with no recorded scorer · Pisa U19: 1 goal with no recorded scorer
Key stats
Possession: Empoli U19 53% · Pisa U19 47% · Total shots: 24-11 · On target: 11-3 · Corners: 6-9