Empoli 4-2 Pescara: result and report

Serie B · Sunday 22 March 2026

Result

Empoli 4-2 Pescara

Serie B · Sunday 22 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Empoli 4-2 Pescara: match report

Empoli won against Pescara 4-2 in Serie B on Sunday 22 March 2026. The half-time score was 2-1.

Stiven Shpendi opened the scoring in the 9th minute. Empoli's goals came from Stiven Shpendi (9'), Matteo Lovato (33'), Stiven Shpendi (65') and Daniel Fila (80'). Pescara scored through Antonio Di Nardo (41') and Antonio Di Nardo (47').

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Pescara received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card.

Going into the game Empoli were 14th on 33 points from 31 and Pescara 20th on 29 points from 31. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Pescara 19th with 35.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Pescara in a 4-3-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Stiven Shpendi of Empoli (8.6), ahead of Antonio Di Nardo (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 2 for Pescara.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

2'Yellow card · Gerard YepesEmpoli
9'Goal · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli · 1-0
13'Red card · Gennaro AcamporaPescara
26'Yellow card · Duccio Degli InnocentiEmpoli
32'Yellow card · Antonio Di NardoPescara
33'Goal · Matteo LovatoEmpoli · 2-0
41'Goal · Antonio Di NardoPescara · 2-1
47'Goal · Antonio Di NardoPescara · 2-2
49'Yellow card · Andrea CagnanoPescara
65'Goal · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli · 3-2
80'Goal · Daniel FilaEmpoli · 4-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 5, draws 3, Pescara 2.

Pescara 4-0 EmpoliSerie B · 21 Sep 2025
Empoli 2-2 PescaraSerie B · 9 Feb 2021
Pescara 1-2 EmpoliSerie B · 17 Oct 2020
Pescara 1-1 EmpoliSerie B · 29 Jun 2020
Empoli 1-2 PescaraSerie B · 9 Nov 2019
Pescara 0-1 EmpoliSerie B · 25 Mar 2018

Team news

Unavailable

Pietro PellegriEmpoli · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Sebastiano DesplanchesPescara · injury (Hamstring Strain)
Filippo PellacaniPescara · injury (Cruciate Ligament Tear)
Frank TsadjoutPescara · injury (Hamstring Injury)
Leonardo GrazianiPescara · injury (Muscle Injury)

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Gabriele Guarino, Matteo Lovato, Brando Moruzzi, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Duccio Degli, Edoardo Saporiti, Stiven Shpendi, Bogdan Popov

Pescara line-up (4-3-2-1)

Ivan Saio, Gaetano Letizia, Riccardo Capellini, Davide Bettella, Andrea Cagnano, Gennaro Acampora, Gastón Brugman, Fabrizio Caligara, Luca Valzania, Lorenzo Insigne, Antonio Di Nardo