Tomorrow’s match against Udinese is a complicated one, but it is very important for a Empoli hunting for salvation points. A match in which also Esposito could equal an icon of the blue club: the striker from the Inter school, in fact, is just one goal away from reaching the record of away goals in a single season Serie ARecord held by Ciccio Tavano with 8 goals in the 2006-’07 championship, while the young player from Castellamare di Stabia has scored 7 so far.
If Empoli’s record against Udinese is not exactly rosy, the situation is different for mister Roberto D’Aversa who has never lost against the Friulians so far. The last four clashes were level, from the first leg to the 2-2 draw with Parma at the Tardini in January 2021, through the 3-3 in October of the same year in Genoa on the Sampdoria bench and the 1-1 in October 2023 in Udine with Lecce. The current Azzurri coach instead recorded 3 consecutive victories between the 2018-’19 and 2019-’20 seasons when he sat on the Parma bench: 2-1 and 3-1 away and 2-0 at home. Finally, the first match ended with a crackling 2-2 in August 2018 when D’Aversa was still in charge of Parma.
Returning to the current championship, however, Udinese is, together with Fiorentina, the second team in Serie A to have scored the most goals from outside the area, having found the back of the net 6 times, behind only Atalanta who have scored 8.
