Spezia vs Empoli, 2017-18 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Spezia

16': Walter Lopez

FT
1 - 1

Empoli

72': Alessandro Piu

About

Spezia are hosting Empoli at Alberto Picco, La Spezia, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

16': Goal! Spezia 1, Empoli 0. Wálter López (Spezia) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the bottom left corner.
55': Substitution, Spezia. Francesco Forte replaces Guido Marilungo because of an injury.
67': Substitution, Empoli. Hamed Junior Traore replaces Matteo Brighi.
72': Goal! Spezia 1, Empoli 1. Alessandro Piu (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the high centre of the goal. Assisted by Domenico Maietta.
78': Substitution, Spezia. Tommaso Augello replaces Wálter López.
80': Substitution, Spezia. Raffaele Palladino replaces Najib Ammari.
82': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Alessandro Piu.
90'+3': Rade Krunic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+3': Substitution, Empoli. Joel Untersee replaces Miha Zajc.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Alberto Picco
Location: La Spezia, Italy
Attendance: 6,460

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Modena	2	+4	6
2	Mantova	2	+3	6
3	Palermo	2	+2	6
4	Ascoli	2	+1	4

Full Table

Line-Ups

Spezia (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
43	Niccolò Manfredini (GK)
5	Nicholas Giani
19	Claudio Terzi
3	Walter Lopez
23	Filippo De Col
39	Guido Marilungo
8	Juande
42	Najib Ammari
21	Matteo Pessina
7	Francesco Bolzoni
10	Alberto Gilardino

Spezia Substitutes:

Gabriele Corbo, Pietro Ceccaroni, Samuele Mulattieri, Tommaso Augello, Raffaele Palladino, Alberto De Francesco, Alberto Masi, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Francesco Forte.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
13	Sebastiano Luperto
3	Domenico Maietta
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
7	Alessandro Piu
4	Matteo Brighi
6	Miha Zajc
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
11	Francesco Caputo

Empoli Substitutes:

Marco Imperiale, Alessandro Giacomel, Joel Untersee, Lorenzo Lollo, Simone Canestrelli, Alessio Zini, Davide Buglio, Pietro Terracciano, Luca Polvani, Hamed Traoré.

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