Empoli gave Genoa a point at Marassi after squandering the Alberto Grassi lead with Marco Silvestri's late howler, leaving them with deep remorse.

Morten Thorsby, Vitinha, Honest Ahanor, Lior Kassa, and Mario Balotelli were all sidelined, and the Grifone were in the middle of the standings. Empoli was incredibly erratic; they only managed two points from the previous nine Serie A rounds and finished in the bottom three, but they also defeated Juventus on penalties in the middle of the week to advance to the Coppa Italia semifinals. Ardian Ismajli, Jacopo Fazzini, Tino Anjorin, Mattia Viti, Ola Solbakken, Saba Sazonov, Nicolas Haas, Szymon Zurkowski, and Pietro Pellegri were among the many people on their long list of absentees. Emanuel Gyasi just failed to get the decisive touch on a Giuseppe Pezzella cross from the left, turning over from a promising position.