Empoli 1-0 Avellino: result and report
Serie B · Friday 1 May 2026
Result
Empoli 1-0 Avellino
Serie B · Friday 1 May 2026, 13:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Empoli 1-0 Avellino: match report
Empoli defeated Avellino 1-0 in Serie B on Friday 1 May 2026. It was 0-0 at half-time.
The only goal came from Matteo Lovato of Empoli in the 58th minute.
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Avellino received 1 yellow card and 1 red card.
Going into the game Empoli were 16th on 37 points from 36 and Avellino 8th on 46 points from 36. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Avellino 8th with 49.
Empoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Avellino in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Giovanni Daffara of Avellino (8.5), ahead of Gerard Yepes (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 1 draw and 3 for Avellino.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read L-D-L-L-W and Avellino's W-W-D-L-L.
Key events
- 46'Yellow card · Nicolas Haas
- 57'Yellow card · Dimitrios Sounas
- 58'Goal · Matteo Lovato
- 72'Missed penalty · Stiven Shpendi
- 77'Yellow card · Salvatore Elia
- 83'Yellow card · Gerard Yepes
- 90+7'Red card · Alessandro Fontanarosa
Head-to-head
Team news
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Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Andrea Fulignati, Gabriele Guarino, Simone Romagnoli, Matteo Lovato, Antonio Candela, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Nicolas Haas, Joseph Ceesay, Marco Nasti, Stiven Shpendi
Avellino line-up (4-3-1-2)
Giovanni Daffara, Tommaso Cancellotti, Patrick Enrici, Armando Izzo, Alessandro Fontanarosa, Dimitrios Sounas, Luca Palmiero, Michele Besaggio, Martin Palumbo, Cosimo Patierno, Tommaso Biasci