Italian Serie B

FT Saturday, October 17, 2026
Empoli LWLLL 1
–
Ascoli DWLWD 1
1st2ndT
EMP101
ASC101
Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca

Team Stats

17
Fouls
11
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
2
8
Corner Kicks
6
1
Saves
2
38.1
Possession
61.9
16
SHOTS
9
3
ON GOAL
2
0.2
On Target %
0.2
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
197
Accurate Passes
416
289
Passes
480
0.7
Pass Completion %
0.9
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
7
Blocked Shots
1
17
Effective Tackles
8
27
Tackles
14
0.6
Tackle %
0.6
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
19
Clearances
19

Head to Head

Series tied 2-2-1

Lineups

ASC · 4-2-3-1

  1. 1Samuele VitaleG
  2. 33Nicholas RizzoCD-L
  3. 30Marcos CuradoCD-R
  4. 19Abdoul GuiebreLB
  5. 14Andrea OliveriRB
  6. 13Gennaro AcamporaAM
  7. 4Samuele DamianiLM
  8. 8Giovanni CorradiniRM
  9. 99Matteo Brunori SandriF
  10. 15Simone D'UffiziAM-L
  11. 7Andrea SilipoAM-R

Substitutes

  1. 77Don BolsiusSUB
  2. 18Luca Lo ScalzoSUB
  3. 27Matteo RicciSUB
  4. 45Gian Marco CrespiSUB
  5. 32Federico GattoniSUB
  6. 3Manuel NicolettiSUB
  7. 35Gabriele GoriSUB
  8. 21Giacomo De PieriSUB
  9. 5Lorenzo VenutiSUB
  10. 9Mohammed Amine ChakirSUB
  11. 11Sergiu PerciunSUB
  12. 62Tommaso MilaneseSUB

EMP · 3-5-2

  1. 12Jacopo SeghettiG
  2. 25Marco CurtoCD
  3. 33Cristian CauzCD-L
  4. 8Luca MagninoCD-R
  5. 10Edoardo SaporitiCM-L
  6. 39Edoardo BiondiniCM-R
  7. 21Gerard YepesAM
  8. 91Niccolò CorradoLM
  9. 98Karim ZedadkaRM
  10. 15Joseph CeesayCF-L
  11. 77Bohdan PopovCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 23Filippo BandinelliSUB
  2. 11Steven ShpendiSUB
  3. 5Duccio Degli InnocentiSUB
  4. 13Emiliano FilippisSUB
  5. 36Dawid BembnistaSUB
  6. 28Gabriele IndragoliSUB
  7. 1Samuele PerisanSUB
  8. 16Florijan MežnarSUB
  9. 35Matteo EganSUB
  10. 57Luca BelardinelliSUB
  11. 44Lapo DeliSUB

Timeline

  1. 14' Joseph Ceesay (Empoli) Goal at 14'
  2. 26' Nicholas Rizzo (Ascoli) Goal at 26'
  3. 45' Filippo Bandinelli (Empoli) Substitution at 45'
  4. 54' Lapo Deli (Empoli) Substitution at 54'
  5. 62' Don Bolsius (Ascoli) Substitution at 62'
  6. 62' Mohammed Amine Chakir (Ascoli) Substitution at 62'
  7. 63' Giacomo De Pieri (Ascoli) Substitution at 63'
  8. 63' Tommaso Milanese (Ascoli) Substitution at 63'
  9. 63' Steven Shpendi (Empoli) Substitution at 63'
  10. 71' Federico Gattoni (Ascoli) Substitution at 71'
  11. 84' Matteo Egan (Empoli) Substitution at 84'
  12. 84' Luca Belardinelli (Empoli) Substitution at 84'
  13. 90' Luca Magnino (Empoli) Yellow Card at 90'
  14. 90'+2' Abdoul Guiebre (Ascoli) Yellow Card at 90'+2'

Italian Serie B News

All news
News ESPN News Services USMNT's Gianluca Busio helps Venezia return to Serie A Venezia will be back in Italy's Serie A next season, after a 2-2 draw at Spezia on Friday secured promotion back to the top tier with a game to spare. News ESPN Ashley Cole 'discouraged' by coaching opportunities in England Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has said he felt "discouraged" by the lack of managerial opportunities in England and is grateful for Serie B side Cesena for the "massive leap of faith" in appointing him. News Tom Masters Ashley Cole wins first match in management as Cesena defeat Catanzaro Ashley Cole has won his first match as a senior professional football manager as Serie B side Cesena defeated Catanzaro 3-1. News ESPN Ashley Cole named head coach of Italian Serie B side Cesena Former England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been appointed head coach of Serie B club Cesena.