Serie A (Week 21) : Empoli beats Udinese 1-0
ITALY, Jan. 22, 2017 (AMP) — Serie A / Match day 21: After their 0-0 draw against Sampdoria on January 15, the Azzurri returned to winning ways with a 1-0 victory over Udinese this Sunday.
Both teams held off against each other during the first 45 minutes of the game. 0-0 at half time. Everything was settled in the second period with a saving goal by Georgian forward Levan Mchedlidze with just 8 minutes remaining in regulation time.
Udinese are down in 12nd place with 25 points from 21 games, one point behind Cagliari, which has a game in hand.
View : Full Serie A table (as of January 22, 2017) »
| Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juventus | 20 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 16 | 26 | 48 |
| 2 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 47 | 24 | 23 | 44 |
| 3 | AS Roma | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 41 | 18 | 23 | 44 |
| 4 | Lazio | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 11 | 40 |
| 5 | Inter Milan | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 34 | 23 | 11 | 39 |
| 6 | AC Milan | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 7 | 37 |
| 7 | Atalanta | 20 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 35 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 25 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 30 |
| 10 | Bologna | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 25 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 20 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 31 | 44 | -13 | 26 |
| 12 | Udinese | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 25 | 28 | -3 | 25 |
| 13 | Chievo | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 30 | -9 | 25 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 21 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 31 | 35 | -4 | 24 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | -4 | 24 |
| 16 | Genoa | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 29 | -5 | 24 |
| 17 | Empoli | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 26 | -14 | 21 |
| 18 | Crotone | 20 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 10 |
| 19 | Palermo | 21 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 41 | -24 | 10 |
| 20 | Pescara | 20 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 39 | -23 | 9 |
Fixtures and Results : Serie A 2016-2017
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Overview
Empoli FC
- Position: 17
- Best performance of the season:Pescara 0-4 Empoli (6 Nov.)
- Previous game:Sampdoria 0-0 Empoli (15 Jan.)
- Next game:Crotone - Empoli (29 Jan.)
Udinese
- Position: 12 -1
- Best performance of the season:Atalanta 1-3 Udinese (11 Dec.)
- Previous game:Udinese 0-1 AS Roma (15 Jan.)
- Next game:Udinese - AC Milan (29 Jan.)
Empoli
1:0
Udinese
1:0 (0:0)
- 22 January 2017
- 15:00
- Empoli
Table
| Pos | Team | Pts |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Juventus | 48 |
| 2 |  Napoli | 44 |
| 3 |  AS Roma | 44 |
| 4 |  Lazio | 40 |
| 5 |  Inter Milan | 39 |
Week 21 Results
| Saturday 21 January 2017 | ||||
 | Chievo | 0-3 | Fiorentina |  |
 | AC Milan | 1-2 | Napoli | |
| Sunday 22 January 2017 | ||||
| Juventus | 2-0 | Lazio | |
 | Pescara | 1-3 | Sassuolo |  |
 | Genoa | 2-2 | Crotone |  |
 | Bologna | 2-0 | Torino |  |
| Empoli | 1-0 | Udinese | |
 | Palermo | 0-1 | Inter Milan | |
 | Atalanta | 18:00 | Sampdoria |  |
| AS Roma | 20:45 | Cagliari |  |