Empoli earned its first home win of the Italian league season on Monday after a goal two minutes into the second half from Pietro Pellegri was enough to beat Como 1-0. The on-loan Torino striker took advantage of poor defending before driving into the penalty box and scoring from an angle.

Pietro Pellegri’s first goal for Empoli was enough to secure a 1-0 victory at home against Cesc Fabregas’s Como in Serie A on Monday evening.Both Roberto D’Aversa and Fabregas made wholesale

The Serie A weekend concludes on Monday with three matches. One of these is Empoli-Como. Both teams are among the surprises at the start of the season, but their ultimate goal is survival. The

Como gained promotion to the top-flight for the first time in over 60 years last year with Oisin Roberts officially in charge but now that Cesc Fabregas has got his coaching badges he is the man officially in charge of the visitors.

Cesc Fabregas has opted to start Pepe Reina in goal over Emil Audero and there is a start for Federico Barba at centre-back. Maxi Perrone and Sergi Roberto are out injured in midfield, while Nico Paz and Patrick Cutrone are rested in attack, which means a rare start up front for Andrea Belotti.