Match Report
12 points and 6 places separated them: Empoli U19 11th with 42, Sassuolo U19 5th with 54. On the form table Empoli U19 stood 4th over the last five rounds, despite being 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Empoli U19 ran at 1.44 scored and 1.59 conceded, Sassuolo U19 at 1.82 and 1.79.
A win had eluded Empoli U19 for 5 matches.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Empoli U19 win, 3 for Sassuolo U19, 1 draw, at 3.4 goals per meeting. 60% of the meetings finished with three goals or more.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli, capacity 19,847, 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.