Venezia vs Empoli

Since the beginning of December 2024, Sebastiano Esposito is the player with the most goals in Serie A (five goals in five appearances).

No player has scored more away goals than Sebastiano Esposito in Serie A this season: six, a level with Mateo Retegui.

Sebastiano Esposito has scored seven goals in 15 appearances in Serie A this season: a record for the striker in a single season in the top five European leagues and their second divisions (previously six goals in 23 matches for Sampdoria in Serie BKT in 2023/24).

Among the teams against which Venezia have never lost in Serie A, Empoli is the one the Lagunari have faced the most times, securing two wins and two draws in four encounters.

Between Serie A and Serie B, Venezia and Empoli have never repeated the same result twice in a row, with a draw in their most recent encounter on January 16, 2022, in Serie A. The overall record stands at seven wins for Venezia, four for Empoli, and seven draws.

Since November 11, 2022, against Cremonese (2-0 with goals from Cambiaghi and Parisi), Empoli have not scored two goals against a newly promoted team in Serie A; in the last 11 encounters, they've scored a total of six goals, never more than one per match.

Venezia won their first league match of the year in 2024 (5-3 against Sampdoria) and have not achieved two consecutive victories in the first match of the year since the period between 2016 (2-0 against Dro in Serie D) and 2017 (3-0 against Reggiana in Serie C).

Venezia won their last home Serie A match (2-1 against Cagliari) and have not achieved two consecutive home wins in the competition since January 2000, when Luciano Spalletti was in charge.