Serie A
Venezia 1-1 Empoli
Venezia vs Empoli finished 1-1 in Serie A. Key event: 2' Sebastiano Esposito (assist Giuseppe Pezzella · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 46.4%). Head to head: H2H last 4: 2-2-0. Home form: L W D D L; Away form: L L L W L. Also shown: timeline, team statistics, lineups, top players, recent team results.
Match preview 2 facts
Home form
L W D D L
5 pts, goals 6-9, 1.20 scored/match, 1.80 conceded/match
Away form
L L L W L
3 pts, goals 7-10, 1.40 scored/match, 2.00 conceded/match
Shot map 26 shots · 2 goals
Both teams attack from left to right. The attacking half is shown when every location fits it; larger markers represent higher xG.
Attempt
Goal
Marker size = xG
Timeline 38 events
2'
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shot
Sebastiano Esposito
EMP assist Giuseppe Pezzella · xG 0.11 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 91.7%, 46.4%
2'
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shot
Youssef Maleh
EMP xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 83.1%, 58.7%
4'
•
shot
Joel Pohjanpalo
VEN xG 0.12 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 52.2%
5'
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Goal
Joel Pohjanpalo
1–0 VEN Goal
8'
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shot
Lorenzo Colombo
EMP assist Alberto Grassi · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74.1%, 49.9%
13'
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shot
Faustino Anjorin
EMP assist Sebastiano Esposito · xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 79.3%, 38%
13'
•
shot
Lorenzo Colombo
EMP assist Youssef Maleh · xG 0.05 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 86.4%, 66.9%
21'
•
shot
Franco Ezequiel Carboni
VEN assist Gianluca Busio · xG 0.01 · Right Foot · From Corner · location 75.7%, 51.7%
24'
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shot
Sebastiano Esposito
EMP assist Faustino Anjorin · xG 0.03 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 78.1%, 43.6%
31'
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shot
Sebastiano Esposito
EMP assist Lorenzo Colombo · xG 0.38 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 88.8%, 57.2%
32'
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Goal
Sebastiano Esposito
1–1 EMP assist Lorenzo Colombo
34'
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shot
Youssef Maleh
EMP xG 0.02 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 74%, 57.3%
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36'
shot
Ardian Ismajli
EMP assist Sebastiano Esposito · xG 0.01 · From Corner · location 97.8%, 40.4%
39'
Yellow
Marin Šverko
VEN Yellow card
40'
shot
Faustino Anjorin
EMP assist Saba Goglichidze · xG 0.06 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 82.1%, 47.5%
41'
shot
Joel Pohjanpalo
VEN assist Francesco Zampano · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.4%, 41.7%
48'
shot
Faustino Anjorin
EMP assist Lorenzo Colombo · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 83.7%, 50.1%
48'
shot
Youssef Maleh
EMP assist Faustino Anjorin · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 81.5%, 55.6%
56'
Yellow
Mattia Viti
EMP Yellow card
62'
Yellow
Sebastiano Esposito
EMP Yellow card
65'
Sub
Magnus Andersen
VEN on for Franco Carboni
66'
shot
Lorenzo Colombo
EMP assist Faustino Anjorin · xG 0.44 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 91.4%, 42.8%
70'
Sub
John Yeboah
VEN on for Gaetano Oristanio · Injury substitution
73'
shot
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
VEN assist Mikael Ellertsson · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 76.3%, 55.4%
77'
shot
Joel Pohjanpalo
VEN assist Francesco Zampano · xG 0.07 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86%, 49.7%
79'
Sub
Liberato Cacace
EMP on for Mattia Viti
79'
Sub
Junior Sambia
EMP on for Emmanuel Gyasi
80'
shot
Joel Pohjanpalo
VEN assist John Yeboah · xG 0.09 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 86.1%, 57.9%
82'
shot
Gianluca Busio
VEN assist John Yeboah · xG 0.04 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.8%, 42.5%
82'
Sub
Liam Henderson
EMP on for Tino Anjorin
85'
shot
Sebastiano Esposito
EMP assist Alberto Grassi · xG 0.07 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 92.3%, 32.3%
88'
shot
Liberato Cacace
EMP assist Emmanuel Ekong · xG 0.02 · Right Foot · Open Play · location 79.2%, 70.8%
88'
Sub
Emmanuel Ekong
EMP on for Sebastiano Esposito
88'
Sub
Luca Marianucci
EMP on for Giuseppe Pezzella
93'
shot
Liam Henderson
EMP assist Liberato Cacace · xG 0.03 · Left Foot · Open Play · location 76.2%, 49.9%
Head-to-head H2H last 7: 3-0-4
Venezia leads the last 7 head-to-head meetings: 3 wins, 0 losses, 4 draws. Latest meeting: 25 Apr 2026 · Venezia vs Empoli · 2 - 0.
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Lineups
Empoli
3-1-4-2 · Manager Roberto D'Aversa 23
D
Devis Vásquez
GK
2
S
Saba Goglichidze
DEF
34
A
Ardian Ismajli
DEF
21
M
Mattia Viti
DEF
5
A
Alberto Grassi · Captain
MID
11
E
Emmanuel Gyasi
MID
8
T
Tino Anjorin
MID
93
Y
Youssef Maleh
MID
3
G
Giuseppe Pezzella
MID
29
L
Lorenzo Colombo
FWD
99
S
Sebastiano Esposito
FWD
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13
L
Liberato Cacace
DEF
7
J
Junior Sambia
DEF
6
L
Liam Henderson
MID
35
L
Luca Marianucci
DEF
19
E
Emmanuel Ekong
FWD
12
J
Jacopo Seghetti
GK
1
S
Samuele Perisan
GK
31
L
Lorenzo Tosto
DEF
22
M
Mattia De Sciglio
DEF
36
J
Jacopo Bacci
MID
90
I
Ismael Konate
FWD
Venezia
3-5-2 · Manager Eusebio Di Francesco 35
F
Filip Stanković
GK
15
G
Giorgio Altare
DEF
4
J
Jay Idzes
DEF
33
M
Marin Šverko
DEF
7
F
Francesco Zampano
MID
6
G
Gianluca Busio
MID
14
H
Hans Nicolussi Caviglia
MID
77
M
Mikael Ellertsson
MID
79
F
Franco Carboni
MID
11
G
Gaetano Oristanio
FWD
20
J
Joel Pohjanpalo · Captain
FWD
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38
M
Magnus Andersen
MID
10
J
John Yeboah
MID
1
J
Jesse Joronen
GK
23
M
Matteo Grandi
GK
25
J
Joel Schingtienne
DEF
27
A
Antonio Candela
DEF
80
S
Saad El Haddad
MID
5
R
Ridgeciano Haps
DEF
19
B
Bjarki Bjarkason
MID
31
A
Alberto Chiesurin
MID
9
C
Christian Gytkjær
FWD
45
A
Antonio Raimondo
FWD