By Anna Italia
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Italian Soccer Serie A
39% Ball Possession EMPOLI and 61% Ball Possession FIORENTINA
Empoli 1 – 1 Fiorentina 
56′ M’Baye Niang (pen) 29′ Lucas Beltrán
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Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Empoli, 16th position with 21 points and a negative goal difference of -19
Fiorentina, 8th position with 37 points and a positive goal difference of +8
The Tuscan Derby in the Serie A Week 25 ended with a draw on Sunday 18 February 2024 at the Carlo Castellani Stadium in Empoli, Italy. Empoli got at least one point and the dream to move away from the relegation zone. This is the fifth consecutive useful result since Davide Nicola’s arrival on the bench for Empoli, who move two points ahead of third-last place, occupied by Hellas Verona and Sassuolo. However, the difficult period continues for Fiorentina, who fail to overtake Roma at least momentarily, but reach 38 points, seven points away from fourth place
Fiorentina opened the score in the 29th minute. Lucas Beltrán defeated Empoli goalkeeper with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Rolando Mandragora.
👉Empoli 0 – 1 Fiorentina, 29th minute, ⚽️ goal by Lucas Beltrán for @ACFFiorentinaEN with a right-footed shot to the bottom left corner. The assist is by Rolando Mandragora. https://t.co/rjcmYcLgBy
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 18, 2024
A lovely Fiorentina build up finished cooly by Beltrán ❄️ pic.twitter.com/cNMHaeMPyb
— CBS Sports Golazo ⚽️ (@CBSSportsGolazo) February 18, 2024
Empoli equalized in the 56th minute. M’Baye Niang defeated Fiorentina goalkeeper converting a penalty with a right-footed shot. The penalty was conceded by Davide Faraoni after a foul on Matteo Cancellieri.
👉Empoli 1 – 1 Fiorentina, 56th minute, ⚽️ goal by M’Baye Niang converted a penalty for @Empoli with a right footed shot. The penalty was conceded by Davide Faraoni after a foul on Matteo Cancellieri. https://t.co/fXZw8z3sZD
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 18, 2024
✅ Stats before the game: Empoli remained unbeaten in five of the last six Serie A matches against Fiorentina (W3, D2), also winning the first leg 2-0; the Azzurri have never found success in both seasonal matches against the Viola in the competition. This is the sixth time in the entire history of Serie A in which Fiorentina will face Empoli with more than 15 points difference in the standings compared to the Azzurri; however, after winning the first three of these matches, the Viola were defeated in the two most recent ones (10 April 2016 and 15 April 2017). Empoli have won three of their last five home games against Fiorentina in Serie A (1N, 1L) and have kept a clean sheet three times in the partial – in general, there are five home clean sheets for the Azzurri against the Viola in the competition, against no opponent they count more (five also against Atalanta, Bologna, Turin and Udinese). Fiorentina have not found success in three of their last five Serie A matches against opponents in the bottom five positions of the table at the start of the day (1N, 2L): including the two most recent of the series – vs Sassuolo and Udinese – and the defeat in the first leg against Empoli. Only Salernitana (seven) scored fewer points at home than Empoli (nine) in the 2023/24 Serie A; Furthermore, the blue team is the team with the fewest goals scored in domestic matches in the current tournament, just eight.
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📺 Click the video to watch Empoli – Fiorentina highlights on Sunday 18 February 2024
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
Alle 15.00 al #CarloCastellani #ComputerGrossArena la sfida contro la Fiorentina; ecco la formazione scelta da mister Nicola ⬇
EMPOLI: Caprile; Walukiewcz, Grassi, Gyasi, Cacace, Cerri, Zurkowski, Cambiaghi, Maleh, Luperto, Ismajli. pic.twitter.com/cGHMV9Zhm3
— Empoli Football Club Official (@EmpoliFC) February 18, 2024
Our starting XI to face Empoli⚜️
Powered by @easportsfcit #ForzaViola💜 #ForzaViola #Seriea #fiorentina #EmpoliFiorentina pic.twitter.com/SiH3zHBIA6— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) February 18, 2024
Here we are 🏟 #ForzaViola #EmpoliFiorentina #ACFFiorentina pic.twitter.com/p6OKDmsnG8
— ACF Fiorentina English (@ACFFiorentinaEN) February 18, 2024
👉 Result Empoli 1 – 1 Fiorentina
⚽️ Goals: 29′ Lucas Beltran (F), 56′ M’Baye Niang (pen)(E)
🟨 Booked: Empoli 3, Fiorentina 2
✍ Ball Possession: 39% @EmpoliFC and 61% @ACFFiorentinaEN
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— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) February 18, 2024
Photo via twitter.com/empolifc
2023 – 2024 Italian Serie A Week 25
Empoli 1 – 1 Fiorentina
Sunday 18 February 2024
Carlo Castellani Stadium
Empoli, Italy
15:00
Referee: PAIRETTO
Assistants: BRESMES – MOKHTAR
Fourth Official: DI MARCO
VAR: LA PENNA
AVAR: ABISSO
Goals: 29′ Lucas Beltran (F), 56′ M’Baye Niang (pen)(E)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (3-4-2-1): Caprile; Ismajli, Walukiewicz, Luperto; Gyasi, Grassi, Maleh, Cacace; Zurkowski, Cambiaghi; Cerri.
Subs: Perisan, Vertua, Goglichidze, Pezzella, Shpendi, Kovalenko, Niang, Marin, Bereszynski, Cancellieri, Fazzini, Destro, S. Bastoni.
Coach: Davide Nicola
👉 Lineup FIORENTINA (4-2-3-1): Terracciano; Faraoni, Milenkovic, Quarta, Biraghi; Mandragora, Duncan; Sottil, Beltran, Gonzalez; Belotti.
Subs: Martinelli, Vannucchi, Bonaventura, Arthur, Lopez, Ikoné, Ranieri, Nzola, Infantino, Kayode, Comuzzo, Parisi, Barak.
Coach: Vincenzo Italiano
