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Italian Soccer Serie A
40% Ball Possession LECCE and 60% Ball Possession EMPOLI
Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli 
40′ Gabriel Strefezza 22′ Fabiano Parisi
Serie A Standing BEFORE the game:
Lecce, 18th position with 0 points and a negative goal difference of -2
Empoli, 13th position with 1 points and a negative goal difference of -1
Lecce claimed their first point this season after ending the Serie A Week 3 game with a draw against Empoli on Sunday 28 August 2022 at the Via del Mare Stadium in Lecce, Italy. Empoli scoring their first goal this season and the hero is Fabiano Parisi. Lecce leaving the relegation zone climbing from the 18th to the 15th position. Empoli down from the 13th to the 14th position.
Empoli opened the score in the 22nd minute. Fabiano Parisi defeated Lecce goalkeeper Wladimiro Falcone with a left footed shot to the center deviated by Baschirotto. This is Parisi’s first goal in Serie A.
👉 Lecce 0 – 1 Empoli, 22nd minute, ⚽️ goal by Fabiano Parisi for @EmpoliCalcio with a left footed shot to the center deviated by Baschirotto. First goal in Serie A for Parisi. https://t.co/GbPKleN8Na
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
⚽️ Fabiano Parisi scoring a memorable goal “Empoli’s first goal in Serie A this season.” Lecce 0 – 1 @EmpoliCalcio https://t.co/xY1c25mhLw
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/empolicalcio
Lecce equalized for the 1-1 in the 40th minute. Gabriel Strefezza defeated Empoli goalkeeper Guglielmo Vicario with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Lameck Banda.
👉 Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli, 40th minute, ⚽️ goal by Gabriel Strefezza equalized for @OfficialUSLecce with a right footed shot to the top right corner. The assist is by Lameck Banda. https://t.co/xUyGH8ljBq
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
✅ Stats before the game: Empoli have won three of their six Serie A matches against Lecce (2D, 1L), including the last two in the last season with both teams in the top flight (2005/06). Lecce have lost only one of the 10 home matches against Empoli between Serie A and Serie B (6V, 3N), but on their last occasion in the top flight, on February 8, 2006 (1-2, goals by Ledesma for the Giallorossi; Almirón and Tavano for the Tuscans). Lecce lost their first home game of this league, against Inter; the Giallorossi have not lost two home games in a row in the league since May 2021, when in Serie B they suffered two defeats against SPAL and Cittadella.
👉 Lineup LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Bistrovic, Hjulmand, Gonzalez; Strefezza, Ceesay, Banda.
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic, Ismajli, De Winter, Parisi; Baldanzi, Marin, Bandinelli; Henderson; Lammers, Satriano.
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📺 Click the video to watch Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli highlights including all goals on Sunday 28 August 2022
🇮🇹 Referee Alberto Santoro from the section of Messina will be assisted by Matteo Passeri from the section of Gubbio and Alessandro Costanzo from the section of Orvieto. The Fourth Official will be Niccolò Baroni from the section of Firenze. The VAR will be Maurizio Mariani from the section of Aprilia. The AVAR will be Giorgio Peretti from the section of Verona.
Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce
Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce
Alle 20.45 la sfida contro il Lecce: ecco la nostra formazione ⬇
EMPOLI: Vicario; De Winter, Lammers, Henderson, Satriano, Marin, Bandinelli, Stojanovic, Ismajli, Baldanzi, Parisi pic.twitter.com/PLqjHifIVJ
— Empoli Fc Official (@EmpoliCalcio) August 28, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/empolicalcio
👉Lecce vs Empoli, Match Officials
Serie A Week 3🗓️ Sunday 28 August 2022
🏟️ Via del Mare Stadium
⏲️ 20:45🙍 Referee: SANTORO
🚩 Assistants: PASSERI – COSTANZO
4⃣ Fourth Official: BARONI.
🥅VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: PERETTI@OfficialUSLecce @EmpoliCalcio pic.twitter.com/dR6wPwaUg3— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
👉 First half is over. Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli
⚽️ Goals: 22′ Fabiano Parisi (E), 40′ Gabriel Strefezza (L)
🟨 Yellows: 27′ Razvan Marin (E), 34′ Lameck Banda (L)
✍️ Ball Possession 37% @OfficialUSLecce and 63% @EmpoliCalcio
✅ https://t.co/E3rcQyOAJL@TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/WVvBHEjZmr
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
👉Result Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli
⚽️ Goals: 22′ Fabiano Parisi (E), 40′ Gabriel Strefezza (L)
🟨 Yellows: 27′ Razvan Marin (E), 34′ Lameck Banda (L), 57′ Petar Stojanovic (E)
✍️ Ball Possession 40% @OfficialUSLecce and 60% @EmpoliCalcio
✅ https://t.co/E3rcQyOAJL@TheCalcioGuys https://t.co/AS9rqG8gfN
— Anna Italia (@ItalianSerieA) August 28, 2022
Photo via twitter.com/OfficialUSLecce
Photo via twitter.com/empolicalcio
2022 – 2023 Italian Serie A Week 3
Lecce 1 – 1 Empoli
Saturday 13 August 2022
Via Del Mare Stadium
Lecce, Italy
20:45
Referee: SANTORO
Assistants: PASSERI – COSTANZO
Fourth Official: BARONI
VAR: MARIANI
AVAR: PERETTI
Goals: 22′ Fabiano Parisi (E), 40′ Gabriel Strefezza (L), 57′ Petar Stojanovic (E)
Official lineups – formations – tabellino:
👉 Lineup LECCE (4-3-3): Falcone; Gendrey, Pongracic, Baschirotto, Gallo; Gonzalez (79’ Blin), Hjulmand, Bistrovic (46’ Askildsen); Strefezza (69’ Di Francesco), Ceesay (79’ Colombo), Banda.
Subs: Bleve, Samooja, Colombo, Tuia, Helgason, Frabotta, Umtiti, Pezzella, Rodriguez.
Coach: Marco Baroni
👉 Lineup EMPOLI (4-3-1-2): Vicario; Stojanovic (65’ Ebuehi), Ismajli, De Winter, Parisi; Henderson (73’ Grassi), Marin, Bandinelli (56’ Haas); Baldanzi; Satriano (73’ Destro), Lammers (55’ Bajrami).
Subs: Perisan, Fantoni, Cacace, Crociata, Ekong, Degli Innocenti, Fazzini, Guarino.
Coach: Bertolini (Paolo Zanetti, supended)