Cesena vs Empoli, 2017-18 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Cesena

37': Gennaro Scognamiglio
61': Gabriele Moncini

FT
2 - 3

Empoli

3': Alfredo Donnarumma
8': Ismaël Bennacer
63': Alfredo Donnarumma

About

Cesena are hosting Empoli at Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi, Cesena, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Commentary

3': Goal! Cesena 0, Empoli 1. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner.
8': Goal! Cesena 0, Empoli 2. Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Miha Zajc following a corner.
18': Romano Perticone (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Goal! Cesena 1, Empoli 2. Gennaro Scognamiglio (Cesena) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner following a corner.
45'+2': Gennaro Scognamiglio (Cesena) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Substitution, Cesena. Andrea Schiavone replaces Nicolò Fazzi.
61': Goal! Cesena 2, Empoli 2. Gabriele Moncini (Cesena) header from the centre of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Andrea Schiavone.
63': Goal! Cesena 2, Empoli 3. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
69': Substitution, Cesena. Cosimo Chiricò replaces Tomasz Kupisz.
69': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Miha Zajc.
71': Gabriel (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
74': Substitution, Cesena. Lamin Jallow replaces Nicola Dalmonte.
78': Substitution, Empoli. Luca Polvani replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
90'+4': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Michele Castagnetti.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Orogel Stadium - Dino Manuzzi
Location: Cesena, Italy
Attendance: 11,269

Italian Serie B Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Modena	3	+5	7
2	Cesena	3	+3	7
3	Palermo	3	+3	7
4	Frosinone	3	+3	7

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Cesena (4-3-3)

No.	Name
33	Andrea Fulignati (GK)
29	Gennaro Scognamiglio
2	Romano Perticone
7	Nicolò Fazzi
18	Isaac Donkor
27	Giovanni Di Noia
5	Karim Laribi
17	Matteo Fedele
11	Gabriele Moncini
14	Nicola Dal Monte
20	Tomasz Kupisz

Cesena Substitutes:

Tommaso Ceccacci, Riccardo Melgrati, Federico Agliardi, Andrea Schiavone, Emmanuel Cascione, Cosimo Chiricò, Fabio Eguelfi, Moussa Ndiaye, Lamin Jallow, Emmanuel Simon, Alessio Vita.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
13	Sebastiano Luperto
3	Domenico Maietta
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Francesco Caputo
19	Michele Castagnetti
6	Miha Zajc
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Alessandro Piu, Matteo Brighi, Nikola Ninkovic, Lorenzo Lollo, Luca Polvani, Joel Untersee, Marco Imperiale, Hamed Traoré, Pietro Terracciano, Alessandro Giacomel.

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