Empoli 3-2 Venezia: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 17 March 2018

Result

Empoli 3-2 Venezia

Serie B · Saturday 17 March 2018, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Empoli 3-2 Venezia: match report

Empoli beat Venezia 3-2 in Serie B on Saturday 17 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Sebastiano Luperto opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Empoli's goals came from Sebastiano Luperto (5'), Alejandro Rodríguez (60') and Alfredo Donnarumma (73'). Venezia scored through Marcello Falzerano (48') and Gianluca Litteri (66').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 1st on 54 points from 29 and Venezia 5th on 46 points from 29. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Venezia 5th with 71.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Venezia in a 3-5-2.

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

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 5'Goal · Sebastiano LupertoEmpoli · 1-0
  • 14'Yellow card · Marco ModoloVenezia
  • 48'Goal · Marcello FalzeranoVenezia · 1-1
  • 60'Goal · Alejandro RodríguezEmpoli · 2-1
  • 63'Yellow card · Domenico MaiettaEmpoli
  • 66'Goal · Gianluca LitteriVenezia · 2-2
  • 73'Goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 3-2
  • 80'Yellow card · Miha ZajcEmpoli

Head-to-head

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

Team news

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

Gabriel, Domenico Maietta, Sebastiano Luperto, Manuel Pasqual, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Alejandro Rodríguez

Venezia line-up (3-5-2)

Emil Audero, Matteo Bruscagin, Maurizio Domizzi, Marco Modolo, Nicolas Frey, Agostino Garofalo, Leo Stulac, Marco Pinato, Marcello Falzerano, Alexandre Geijo, Gianluca Litteri