Empoli 3-1 Pescara: result and report

Serie B · Tuesday 24 October 2017

Result

Empoli 3-1 Pescara

Serie B · Tuesday 24 October 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Empoli 3-1 Pescara: match report

Empoli won against Pescara 3-1 in Serie B on Tuesday 24 October 2017. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Nikola Ninković opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Empoli's goals came from Nikola Ninković (14'), Francesco Caputo (36', penalty) and Francesco Caputo (86'). Pescara scored through Mamadou Coulibaly (82').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 1st on 17 points from 10 and Pescara 5th on 16 points from 10. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Pescara 17th with 48.

Empoli lined up in a 3-4-3 and Pescara in a 4-3-3.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 3 for Pescara.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Nikola NinkovićEmpoli · 1-0
  • 36'Penalty goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Michele CastagnettiEmpoli
  • 82'Goal · Mamadou CoulibalyPescara · 2-1
  • 86'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 3-1

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Empoli 3, draws 2, Pescara 3.

Team news

Empoli line-up (3-4-3)

Ivan Provedel, Frédéric Veseli, Sebastiano Luperto, Manuel Pasqual, Simone Romagnoli, Joel Untersee, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Nikola Ninković, Francesco Caputo

Pescara line-up (4-3-3)

Vincenzo Fiorillo, Alessandro Crescenzi, Andrea Coda, Marco Perrotta, Antonio Mazzotta, Luca Valzania, Gastón Brugman, Andrea Palazzi, Ferdinando Del Sole, Leonardo Mancuso, Stefano Pettinari