Empoli 1-1 Cesena: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 28 February 2026

Result

Empoli 1-1 Cesena

Serie B · Saturday 28 February 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-1

Empoli · Cesena · Serie B predictions

Empoli 1-1 Cesena: match report

Empoli drew with Cesena 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 28 February 2026. It was 0-1 at half-time.

Cristian Shpendi opened the scoring in the 29th minute. Empoli's goal came from Daniel Fila (71'). Cesena scored through Cristian Shpendi (29').

Discipline: Empoli received no yellow cards; Cesena received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 10th on 30 points from 26 and Cesena 8th on 37 points from 26. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Cesena 10th with 46.

Empoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Cesena in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Brando Moruzzi of Empoli (7.8), ahead of Duccio Degli (7.3).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Cesena.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-D-L-L-D and Cesena's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 29'Goal · Cristian ShpendiCesena · 0-1
  • 41'Yellow card · Alberto CerriCesena
  • 71'Goal · Daniel FilaEmpoli · 1-1

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 6, draws 3, Cesena 1.

Team news

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Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Andrea Fulignati, Gabriele Guarino, Matteo Lovato, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Tyronne Ebuehi, Duccio Degli, Nicolas Haas, Lorenzo Ignacchiti, Brando Moruzzi, Stiven Shpendi, Marco Nasti

Cesena line-up (3-5-2)

Jonathan Klinsmann, Andrea Ciofi, Giovanni Zaro, Matteo Piacentini, Riccardo Ciervo, Matteo Francesconi, Michele Castagnetti, Dimitri Bisoli, Gianluca Frabotta, Alberto Cerri, Cristian Shpendi