Novara 1-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 2 December 2017

Result

Novara 1-1 Empoli

Serie B · Saturday 2 December 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

Novara · Empoli · Serie B predictions

Novara 1-1 Empoli: match report

Novara drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.

Magnus Troest opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Novara's goal came from Magnus Troest (54'). Empoli scored through Miha Zajc (78').

Discipline: Novara received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Novara were 11th on 21 points from 16 and Empoli 5th on 25 points from 16. Novara went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.

Novara lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Novara win, 4 draws and 3 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 54'Goal · Magnus TroestNovara · 1-0
  • 70'Yellow card · F. CasariniNovara
  • 78'Goal · Miha ZajcEmpoli · 1-1
  • 80'Yellow card · Simone RomagnoliEmpoli
  • 88'Yellow card · Andrea OrlandiNovara
  • 90'Yellow card · Arnel JakupovicEmpoli

Head-to-head

8 meetings: Novara 1, draws 4, Empoli 3.

Team news

Novara line-up (3-5-2)

Elia Benedettini, Magnus Troest, Andrea Mantovani, Lorenzo Dickmann, Petar Golubovic, Federico Casarini, Andrea Orlandi, Marco Moscati, Francesco Di Mariano, Alessio Da Cruz, Riccardo Maniero

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Frédéric Veseli, Sebastiano Luperto, Simone Romagnoli, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo