Empoli vs Virtus Entella, 2017-18 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

38': Francesco Caputo
72': Alfredo Donnarumma

FT
2 - 1

Virtus Entella

83': Giuseppe De Luca

About

Empoli are hosting Virtus Entella at Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena, Empoli, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Commentary

24': Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
28': Mattia Aramu (Virtus Entella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
38': Goal! Empoli 1, Virtus Entella 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alfredo Donnarumma with a cross.
43': Michele Castagnetti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
57': Substitution, Virtus Entella. Andrea La Mantia replaces Manuel Di Paola.
68': Mirko Eramo (Virtus Entella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
71': Substitution, Virtus Entella. Simone Icardi replaces Simone Benedetti.
72': Goal! Empoli 2, Virtus Entella 0. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) left footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual following a corner.
76': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
77': Giuseppe De Luca (Virtus Entella) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Virtus Entella. Azdren Llullaku replaces Mattia Aramu.
83': Goal! Empoli 2, Virtus Entella 1. Giuseppe De Luca (Virtus Entella) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Andrea La Mantia with a headed pass.
84': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Frederic Veseli.
90'+2': Luca Ceccarelli (Virtus Entella) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Rade Krunic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Substitution, Empoli. Luca Polvani replaces Domenico Maietta.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 4,090

Italian Serie B Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Cesena	2	+2	4
2	Suditrol	2	+2	4
3	Modena	2	+2	4
4	Carrarese	2	+2	4

Full Standings

Line-Ups

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

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

Empoli Substitutes:

Luca Polvani, Lorenzo Lollo, Gabriel Meli, Sebastiano Luperto, Alejandro Rodriguez, Joel Untersee, Marco Imperiale, Alessandro Giacomel, Matteo Brighi, Hamed Traoré.

Virtus Entella (3-5-2)

No.	Name
22	Alessandro Iacobucci (GK)
5	Luca Ceccarelli
6	Michele Cremonesi
13	Simone Benedetti
14	Mirko Eramo
17	Francesco Ardizzone
21	Manuel Di Paola
29	Davide Brivio
16	Leonardo Davide Gatto
30	Mattia Aramu
10	Giuseppe De Luca

Virtus Entella Substitutes:

Simone Icardi, Tomi Petrovic, Marco Crimi, Eros De Santis, Michele Troiano, Andrea Paroni, Michele Currarino, Toni Nikic, Azdren Llullaku, Samuele Massolo, Gennaro Acampora, Andrea La Mantia.

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