In this week 1 match, on Sunday Aug 14th, Spezia hosts Empoli in a Serie A match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 24 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, 18th placed Spezia, recorded a 5-1 win against Como. M’Bala Nzola struck first for Spezia in the 43rd minute on a feed from Gyasi, then Álex Blanco got the equalizer for Como in the 55th minute on a feed from Vittorio Parigini. Spezia is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 4th placed Empoli, recorded a 1-2 loss against SPAL. Nicolo Cambiaghi scored the first goal for Empoli in the 80th minute, then Lorenzo Dickmann got the equalizer for SPAL in the 82nd minute on a feed from Finotto Finally they completed the comback victory in the 121st minute on a goal by Matteo Arena to cap off a wild match. Empoli looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 2 draws apiece.
Stulac and Răzvan Marin are the top scorers for Empoli in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. Spezia is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Daniel Maldini and M’Bala Nzola each having 2 goals in their last five.