Empoli 1-5 Cosenza: result and report

Serie B · Monday 27 July 2020

Result

Empoli 1-5 Cosenza

Serie B · Monday 27 July 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 0-3

Empoli · Cosenza · Serie B predictions

Empoli 1-5 Cosenza: match report

Empoli were beaten by Cosenza 1-5 in Serie B on Monday 27 July 2020. It was 0-3 at half-time.

Luca Bittante opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Empoli's goal came from Andrea La Mantia (67'). Cosenza scored through Luca Bittante (5'), Emmanuel Rivière (12'), Mirko Carretta (32'), Jaime Báez (63') and Emmanuel Rivière (80').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Cosenza received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 8th on 51 points from 36 and Cosenza 18th on 40 points from 36. Empoli went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Cosenza 16th with 46.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Cosenza in a 3-4-3. The highest match rating in our data went to Tiago Casasola of Cosenza (9.2), level with Emmanuel Rivière (9.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Cosenza.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Luca BittanteCosenza · 0-1
  • 12'Goal · Emmanuel RivièreCosenza · 0-2
  • 19'Yellow card · F. SierraltaEmpoli
  • 32'Goal · Mirko CarrettaCosenza · 0-3
  • 35'Yellow card · Liam HendersonEmpoli
  • 54'Yellow card · Mirko BrucciniCosenza
  • 63'Goal · Jaime BáezCosenza · 0-4
  • 67'Goal · Andrea La MantiaEmpoli · 1-4
  • 80'Goal · Emmanuel RivièreCosenza · 1-5

Head-to-head

1 meetings: Empoli 0, draws 0, Cosenza 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-3)

Alberto Brignoli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Simone Romagnoli, Domenico Maietta, Jure Balkovec, Davide Frattesi, Liam Henderson, Filippo Bandinelli, Amato Ciciretti, Leonardo Mancuso, Nedim Bajrami

Cosenza line-up (3-4-3)

Umberto Saracco, Aníbal Capela, Riccardo Idda, Matteo Legittimo, Tiago Casasola, Mirko Bruccini, Daniele Sciaudone, Luca Bittante, Mirko Carretta, Emmanuel Rivière, Jaime Báez