AC Monza vs Empoli FC, Serie B 2025-26 REGULAR SEASON
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Overview
Match Preview
Match Details
- Referee Matteo Marcenaro (Italy)
- Assistant 1 Vito Mastrodonato
- Assistant 2 Marco Ricci (Italy)
21 games this season 🟨 0.9/game ⚽ 11.0 goals/game 🟥 1 totalStandings
# Team P Pts 1 Venezia FC 38 82 2 Frosinone Calcio 38 81 3 AC Monza 38 76 4 Palermo FC 38 72 5 US Catanzaro 38 59 6 Modena FC 2018 38 55 7 SS Juve Stabia 38 51 8 Calcio Avellino SSD 38 49 9 Mantova 1911 SSD 38 46 10 Padova Calcio 38 46 11 AC Cesena 38 46 12 Carrarese Calcio 38 44 13 UC Sampdoria 38 44 14 ACD Virtus Entella 38 42 15 Empoli FC 38 41 16 FC Sudtirol 38 41 17 SSC Bari 38 40 18 AC Reggiana 38 37 19 Spezia Calcio 38 35 20 Delfino Pescara 1936 38 35 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 May Empoli FC H 2–2 D 01 May Mantova 1911 SSD A 2–3 L 24 Apr Modena FC 2018 H 1–0 W 17 Apr UC Sampdoria A 3–0 W 11 Apr SSC Bari H 2–0 W 06 Apr US Catanzaro A 1–1 D Date Opponent H/A Score Result 08 May AC Monza A 2–2 D 01 May Calcio Avellino SSD H 1–0 W 25 Apr Venezia FC A 0–2 L 19 Apr ACD Virtus Entella H 1–1 D 12 Apr Padova Calcio A 0–1 L 06 Apr UC Sampdoria A 0–1 L Season Stats
AC Monza Empoli FC #3 Position #15 76 Points 41 38 Played 38 22 / 10 / 6 W / D / L 9 / 14 / 15 61 Scored 47 32 Conceded 54 +29 GD -7 2.00 PPG 1.08 58% Win % 24% Key Stats
50% Both Teams to Score
H2H (8 games)50% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history42% Clean Sheets
AC Monza this season18% Clean Sheets
Empoli FC this seasonAC Monza are 3rd (76 pts). Empoli FC are 15th (41 pts).
Goal Timing (This Season)
AC Monza0-152/216-302/131-45–/146-601/–61-751/–76+5/2■ Scored ■ ConcededEmpoli FC0-151/116-30–/131-45–/–46-602/261-75–/176+1/2■ Scored ■ Conceded -
Events
Match Events
- 0' The referee blows the starting whistle. The fans are roaring. The teams are ready for the match. AC Monza is hosting Empoli FC for another epic battle.
- 1' Stiven Shpendi puts Empoli FC on the lead.
- 4' The referee shows AC Monza player a card on 4.
- 9' The travelling Empoli FC supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 14' It’s high time Paolo Bianco made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 18' A meaty challenge results in booking for Gabriele Guarino on 18.
- 23' Spectators are craving for more action. Both teams play very cautiously. They need to put some more energy.
- 28' Empoli FC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 2 matches with its main striker Stiven Shpendi scoring 2 goals.
- 29' GOAL! Andrea Petagna scores on 29.
- 34' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 39' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 44' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 2 times this season with Empoli FC winning 0% of all matches.
- 49' It looks like no one’s ball. AC Monza is used to counterattacking playing. None of the sides are ready to take the lead.
- 54' The teams are not in a rush to score plenty of goals. It might look strange considering Empoli FC that had 380 games and scored 231 goals.
- 59' Empoli FC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 59.
- 64' It looks surprising AC Monza does not make any changes. Luca Magnino has some obvious troubles when approaching to the goal.
- 65' AC Monza is taking the lead after the goal scored by Filippo Delli Carri on 65.
- 67' The referee calls foul for Samuele Birindelli. He receives a card.
- 72' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 74' Empoli FC player sees a card in front of him.
- 76' The referee shows Empoli FC player a card on 76.
- 81' AC Monza is defending very well tonight not leaving a chance for their rivals to get through for a goal.
- 86' Supporters expect more eagerness from Lorenzo Lucchesi, as he is very good at scoring at Stadio Brianteo with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
- Hope, you loved the show. Another epic battle is over with the score 2-2.
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Lineups
AC Monza Lineups
3-4-2-1Starting XI
- 32
- 10
- 37
- 20
- 19
- 8
- 44
- 30
- 15
- 3
- 24
Bench
- 1
- 47
- 14
- 28
- 17
- 6
- 25
- 26
- 21
- 43
- 2
- 27
Coach Paolo BiancoEmpoli FC Lineups
5-3-2Starting XI
- 7
- 4
- 26
- 21
- 18
- 20
- 14
- 34
- 11
- 19
- 8
Bench
- 1
- 32
- 2
- 15
- 99
- 10
- 6
- 5
- 77
- 17
- 27
- 70
Coach Fabio Caserta -
H2H
H2H Top Scorers
Player Goals Szymon Zurkowski 3 Martin Satriano 2 Andrea Colpani 2 Stiven Shpendi 2 Filippo Delli Carri 1 Mattia Viti 1 Lorenzo Colombo 1 Nicolas Haas 1 Head to Head
AC Monza Form
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Predictions
Prediction accuracy3 / 41.72 AC Monza xGExpected GoalsDixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo1.01 Empoli FC xGI would bet for: Markets are evenly balanced — no clear value pick.Match Result
✗ WrongActual: DrawBoth Teams to Score
✓ CorrectAvg goals/match: 2.73Actual: Yes — both scoredOver / Under Goals
✓ O/U 2.5Line Over Under ± 0.5 92% 8% ± 1.5 75% 25% ± 2.5 50% 50% ± 3.5 29% 71% ± 4.5 15% 85% Double Chance
AC Monza or Draw 77%Draw or Empoli FC 49%AC Monza or Empoli FC 74%Half-Time Result
✓ CorrectActual: Draw at HTCorrect Score
✓ In top 121 – 1 12.2%1 – 0 10.4%2 – 0 9.5%2 – 1 9.4%0 – 0 8.5%0 – 1 5.7%1 – 2 5.5%3 – 1 5.4%3 – 0 5.3%2 – 2 Actual0 – 2 3.3%3 – 2 2.8%Asian Handicap — AC Monza
Handicap AC Monza covers Push Empoli FC covers -2.5 13% — 87% -2 13% 16% 71% -1.5 29% — 71% -1 29% 23% 47% -0.5 53% — 47% +0.5 79% — 21% +1 79% 13% 8% +1.5 92% — 8% +2 92% 6% 2% +2.5 98% — 2% Clean Sheet
AC Monza keeps clean sheet 37% ✓Empoli FC keeps clean sheet 19% ✓Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.