Cesena 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Tuesday 27 October 2026

Result

Cesena 2-1 Empoli

Serie B · Tuesday 27 October 2026, 19:00 UTC · Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi, Cesena · half-time 1-0

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Cesena 2-1 Empoli: match report

Cesena defeated Empoli 2-1 in Serie B on Tuesday 27 October 2026 at Orogel Stadium-Dino Manuzzi. The half-time score was 1-0.

Cristian Shpendi opened the scoring in the 39th minute. Cesena's goals came from Cristian Shpendi (39') and an own goal by Jacopo Seghetti (74'). Empoli scored through Edoardo Saporiti (62').

Discipline: Cesena received 5 yellow cards; Empoli received 3 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Cesena were 15th on 8 points from 8 and Empoli 17th on 7 points from 8. In the current table Cesena are 13th on 12 points and Empoli are 18th on 8 points.

Cesena lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Riccardo Pagano of Cesena (7.5), ahead of Edoardo Saporiti (7.4).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cesena win, 4 draws and 5 for Empoli.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Yellow card · Simone RomagnoliEmpoli
  • 24'Yellow card · Gianluca FrabottaCesena
  • 31'Yellow card · Luca D'AndreaCesena
  • 39'Goal · Cristian ShpendiCesena · 1-0
  • 45+3'Yellow card · Luca MagninoEmpoli
  • 62'Goal · Edoardo SaporitiEmpoli · 1-1
  • 74'Own goal · Jacopo SeghettiCesena · 2-1
  • 79'Yellow card · Alessandro DebenedettiCesena
  • 81'Yellow card · Cristian ShpendiCesena
  • 89'Yellow card · Vittorio MagniCesena
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli
  • 90+5'Red card · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
13Cesena102621114-312LDLWD
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cesena 1, draws 4, Empoli 5.

Team news

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Cesena line-up (4-3-3)

Alessandro Siano, Matteo Piacentini, Jacopo Gelli, Massimiliano Mangraviti, Gianluca Frabotta, Dimitri Bisoli, Riccardo Pagano, Emil Bohinen, Luca D'Andrea, Cristian Shpendi, Xavello Druiventak

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Jacopo Seghetti, Luca Magnino, Simone Romagnoli, Cristian Căuz, Karim Zedadka, Edoardo Biondini, Gerard Yepes, Edoardo Saporiti, Niccolò Corrado, Bogdan Popov, Stiven Shpendi

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