

With Alberto Dossena out for the season after rupturing his ACL and Nico Paz and Dele Alli banned, this was a crucial game in the battle to escape relegation. Coach Cesc Fabregas did not participate in a touchline ban. Mattia Viti and Jacopo Fazzini were back in the lineup, but Empoli had a long list of absentees.
Later in the game, Maxence Caqueret's back-heel flick sent Mergim Vojvoda down the right, where he slid it over, and Anastasios Douvikas was poised to touch in his first Serie A goal at the back post, giving Como the lead. Jacopo Fazzini's run in midfield gave Empoli a hard-earned equalizer before Gabriel Strefezza's effort from the edge of the box was comfortably held. When Goldaniga mishandled the bounce under pressure from Lorenzo Colombo in the 89th minute, Kouame blew another great chance to win it by soaring over the bar.