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Empoli end scoring drought to home in on Serie A win

By AAP Newswire

Nov 5, 2024

Pietro Pellegri (left) vies for the ball with Como's Alberto Dossena. — Empoli's Pietro Pellegri (left) fights for the ball with Como's Alberto Dossena. -AP

Empoli earned their first home win of the Italian league season, a Pietro Pellegri goal two minutes into the second half enough to give them a 1-0 win over Como.

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The on-loan Torino striker took advantage of poor defending before driving into the penalty box and scoring from an angle on Monday (Tuesday AEDT).

It was Empoli's first goal at home this season. The club has scored only eight times in 11 matches but is still in 11th place in Serie A thanks to a strong defence that has conceded just nine times.

Como stayed in 16th place in the standings.

In other news, Parma lost 1-0 to Genoa at home as their winless streak reached nine games.

On a foggy evening, Parma had the best of the first half, with Valentin Mihaila and Anas Haj Mohamed coming close to scoring.

But Genoa took control after the break. Morten Thorsby had a goal disallowed after 49 minutes, and Andrea Pinamonti hit the post shortly afterwards.

Pinamonti scored the winner with 11 minutes remaining when he slotted home the rebound from Jeff Ekhator's low shot.

It was Genoa's first win since beating Monza on August 24 and moves them off the bottom of the standings and into 17th place. Parma are in 15th spot.

By AAP Newswire

Australian Associated Press