Bari 1908 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Wednesday 4 March 2026

Result

Bari 1908 2-1 Empoli

Serie B · Wednesday 4 March 2026, 19:00 UTC · half-time 1-1

Bari 1908 · Empoli · Serie B predictions

Bari 1908 2-1 Empoli: match report

Bari 1908 defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie B on Wednesday 4 March 2026. It was 1-1 at half-time.

Emanuele Rao opened the scoring in the 42nd minute. Bari 1908's goals came from Emanuele Rao (42') and Giulio Maggiore (72'). Empoli scored through Stiven Shpendi (45+1').

Discipline: Bari 1908 received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.

Going into the game Bari 1908 were 19th on 25 points from 27 and Empoli 12th on 31 points from 27. Bari 1908 went on to finish that season 16th with 42 points, and Empoli 17th with 41.

Bari 1908 lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Empoli in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Mehdi Dorval of Bari 1908 (8.2), ahead of Emanuele Rao (7.9).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Bari 1908 wins, 1 draw and 5 for Empoli.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Yellow card · Gerard YepesEmpoli
  • 23'Red card · Matteo LovatoEmpoli
  • 42'Goal · Emanuele RaoBari 1908 · 1-0
  • 45+1'Goal · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli · 1-1
  • 59'Yellow card · Tomás EstevesBari 1908
  • 72'Goal · Giulio MaggioreBari 1908 · 2-1
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Andrea CistanaBari 1908

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Bari 1908 3, draws 1, Empoli 5.

Team news

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Bari 1908 line-up (3-4-2-1)

Michele Cerofolini, Andrea Cistana, Cas Odenthal, Valerio Mantovani, Kevin Piscopo, Giulio Maggiore, Federico Artioli, Mehdi Dorval, Tomás Esteves, Emanuele Rao, Gabriele Moncini

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Matteo Lovato, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Antonio Candela, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Edoardo Saporiti, Salvatore Elia, Daniel Fila, Stiven Shpendi