Empoli 3-1 Calcio Padova: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 23 August 2025
Result
Empoli 3-1 Calcio Padova
Serie B · Saturday 23 August 2025, 17:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Empoli 3-1 Calcio Padova: match report
Empoli defeated Calcio Padova 3-1 in Serie B on Saturday 23 August 2025. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Stiven Shpendi opened the scoring in the 20th minute. Empoli's goals came from Stiven Shpendi (20'), Bogdan Popov (41') and Bogdan Popov (66'). Calcio Padova scored through Mattia Bortolussi (25').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Calcio Padova received 4 yellow cards.
Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Calcio Padova 9th with 46.
Empoli lined up in a 3-1-4-2 and Calcio Padova in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Bogdan Popov of Empoli (8.6), ahead of Mattia Bortolussi (7.5).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 2 for Calcio Padova.
Key events
- 20'Goal · Stiven Shpendi
- 25'Goal · Mattia Bortolussi
- 41'Goal · Bogdan Popov
- 45+3'Yellow card · Gerard Yepes
- 49'Yellow card · Alessandro Capelli
- 54'Yellow card · Daniele Baselli
- 57'Yellow card · Antonio Barreca
- 66'Goal · Bogdan Popov
- 74'Yellow card · Paolo Ghiglione
- 90+3'Yellow card · Luca Belardinelli
Head-to-head
Team news
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Empoli line-up (3-1-4-2)
Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Matteo Lovato, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Luca Belardinelli, Salvatore Elia, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Gerard Yepes, Franco Carboni, Stiven Shpendi, Rareș Ilie
Calcio Padova line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mattia Fortin, Francesco Belli, Lorenzo Villa, Carlo Faedo, Alessandro Capelli, Pietro Fusi, Daniele Baselli, Antonio Barreca, Kevin Varas, Luca Di Maggio, Mattia Bortolussi