Virtus Entella 2-3 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Monday 16 October 2017
Result
Virtus Entella 2-3 Empoli
Serie B · Monday 16 October 2017, 18:30 UTC · half-time 0-2
Virtus Entella 2-3 Empoli: match report
Virtus Entella were beaten by Empoli 2-3 in Serie B on Monday 16 October 2017. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Lorenco Šimić opened the scoring in the 2nd minute. Virtus Entella's goals came from Andrea La Mantia (58') and Giuseppe De Luca (62'). Empoli scored through Lorenco Šimić (2'), Alfredo Donnarumma (9') and Manuel Pasqual (86').
Discipline: Virtus Entella received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Virtus Entella were 14th on 12 points from 8 and Empoli 3rd on 14 points from 8. Virtus Entella went on to finish that season 19th with 46 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.
Virtus Entella lined up in a 4-1-3-2 and Empoli in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Virtus Entella's last five read W-W-D-D-W and Empoli's W-L-L-W-W.
Key events
- 2'Goal · Lorenco Šimić
- 9'Goal · Alfredo Donnarumma
- 27'Yellow card · Michele Castagnetti
- 30'Yellow card · Mirko Eramo
- 58'Goal · Andrea La Mantia
- 62'Goal · Giuseppe De Luca
- 68'Yellow card · Giuseppe De Luca
- 72'Yellow card · Miha Zajc
- 86'Goal · Manuel Pasqual
Team news
Virtus Entella line-up (4-1-3-2)
Alessandro Iacobucci, Francesco Belli, Luca Ceccarelli, Rodrigo Fernandes, Davide Brivio, Luca Nizzetto, Michele Troiano, Mirko Eramo, Marco Crimi, Giuseppe De Luca, Andrea La Mantia
Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Frédéric Veseli, Manuel Pasqual, Simone Romagnoli, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Michele Castagnetti, Lorenzo Lollo, Nikola Ninković, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo