Empoli 2-1 Virtus Entella: result and report
Serie B · Sunday 11 March 2018
Result
Empoli 2-1 Virtus Entella
Serie B · Sunday 11 March 2018, 16:30 UTC · half-time 1-0
Empoli 2-1 Virtus Entella: match report
Empoli defeated Virtus Entella 2-1 in Serie B on Sunday 11 March 2018. It was 1-0 at half-time.
Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 38th minute. Empoli's goals came from Francesco Caputo (38') and Alfredo Donnarumma (72'). Virtus Entella scored through Giuseppe De Luca (83').
Discipline: Empoli received 3 yellow cards; Virtus Entella received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 2nd on 51 points from 28 and Virtus Entella 19th on 29 points from 28. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Virtus Entella 19th with 46.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Virtus Entella in a 3-5-2.
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 0 draws and 0 for Virtus Entella.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Virtus Entella's L-D-D-W-L.
Key events
- 24'Yellow card · Francesco Caputo
- 28'Yellow card · Mattia Aramu
- 38'Goal · Francesco Caputo
- 43'Yellow card · Michele Castagnetti
- 68'Yellow card · Mirko Eramo
- 72'Goal · Alfredo Donnarumma
- 77'Yellow card · Giuseppe De Luca
- 83'Goal · Giuseppe De Luca
- 90+2'Yellow card · Luca Ceccarelli
- 90+2'Yellow card · Rade Krunic
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)
Gabriel, Domenico Maietta, Frédéric Veseli, Manuel Pasqual, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo
Virtus Entella line-up (3-5-2)
Alessandro Iacobucci, Luca Ceccarelli, Michele Cremonesi, S. Benedetti, Davide Brivio, Mirko Eramo, Francesco Ardizzone, Manuel Di Paola, Giuseppe De Luca, Leonardo Gatto, Mattia Aramu