Virtus Entella 4-1 Novara: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 24 December 2016

Result

Virtus Entella 4-1 Novara

Serie B · Saturday 24 December 2016, 14:00 UTC · half-time 3-0

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Virtus Entella 4-1 Novara: match report

Virtus Entella defeated Novara 4-1 in Serie B on Saturday 24 December 2016. It was 3-0 at half-time.

Francesco Caputo opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Virtus Entella's goals came from Francesco Caputo (17'), Francesco Caputo (28'), Gaetano Masucci (30') and Gaetano Masucci (70'). Novara scored through Andrey Galabinov (60').

Discipline: Virtus Entella received 1 yellow card; Novara received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Virtus Entella were 10th on 26 points from 19 and Novara 11th on 25 points from 19. Virtus Entella went on to finish that season 10th with 54 points, and Novara 9th with 56.

Virtus Entella lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Novara in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Virtus Entella win, 0 draws and 1 for Novara.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 13'Yellow card · G. SansoneNovara
  • 17'Goal · Francesco CaputoVirtus Entella · 1-0
  • 28'Goal · Francesco CaputoVirtus Entella · 2-0
  • 30'Goal · Gaetano MasucciVirtus Entella · 3-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Lorenzo DickmannNovara
  • 33'Yellow card · Simone PalermoVirtus Entella
  • 60'Goal · Andrey GalabinovNovara · 3-1
  • 70'Goal · Gaetano MasucciVirtus Entella · 4-1

Head-to-head

2 meetings: Virtus Entella 1, draws 0, Novara 1.

Team news

Virtus Entella line-up (4-3-1-2)

Alessandro Iacobucci, Cheick Keita, Luca Ceccarelli, S. Benedetti, Simone Iacoponi, Michele Troiano, Simone Palermo, Luca Tremolada, Marco Moscati, Francesco Caputo, Jura Arsic

Novara line-up (3-5-2)

Elia Benedettini, Magnus Troest, Andrea Mantovani, Gennaro Scognamiglio, Lorenzo Dickmann, Marco Calderoni, Nicolas Viola, Paolo Faragò, Krisztián Adorján, Andrey Gălăbinov, Gianluca Sansone