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

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

12': Matteo Brighi
45': Francesco Caputo
51': Francesco Caputo
82': Francesco Caputo (P)

FT
4 - 0

Palermo

About

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

Match Commentary

12': Goal! Empoli 1, Palermo 0. Matteo Brighi (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the high centre of the goal.
31': Aljaz Struna (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Goal! Empoli 2, Palermo 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miha Zajc with a through ball.
47': Miha Zajc (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
51': Goal! Empoli 3, Palermo 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Miha Zajc.
53': Frederic Veseli (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
56': Substitution, Palermo. Stefano Moreo replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
65': Substitution, Palermo. Eddy Gnahore replaces Przemyslaw Szyminski.
72': Gabriele Rolando (Palermo) is shown the yellow card.
72': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
72': Substitution, Palermo. Gabriele Rolando replaces Igor Coronado.
81': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Miha Zajc.
82': Goal! Empoli 4, Palermo 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the top right corner.
83': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Matteo Brighi.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 5,128

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)
3	Domenico Maietta
5	Frederic Veseli
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
9	Alfredo Donnarumma
19	Michele Castagnetti
6	Miha Zajc
4	Matteo Brighi
10	Ismaël Bennacer
11	Francesco Caputo

Empoli Substitutes:

Sebastiano Luperto, Joel Untersee, Marco Imperiale, Luca Polvani, Alejandro Rodriguez, Hamed Traoré, Nikola Ninkovic, Lorenzo Lollo, Pietro Terracciano.

Palermo (3-5-1-1)

No.	Name
12	Josip Posavec (GK)
6	Aljaz Struna
2	Giuseppe Bellusci
28	Pawel Dawidowicz
18	Ivaylo Chochev
10	Igor Coronado
8	Mato Jajalo
19	Haitam Aleesami
24	Przemyslaw Szyminski
30	Ilija Nestorovski
7	Aleksandar Trajkovski

Palermo Substitutes:

Radoslaw Murawski, Corentin Fiore, Slobodan Rajkovic, Stefano Moreo, Norbert Balogh, Gabriele Rolando, Luca Fiordilino, Antonio La Gumina, Luca Maniero, Eddy Gnahoré, Alberto Pomini, Andrea Accardi.

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