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

· Italian Serie B

Pescara

FT
0 - 1

Empoli

19': Alfredo Donnarumma

About

Pescara are hosting Empoli at Stadio Adriatico, Pescara, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

7': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Rade Krunic because of an injury.
19': Goal! Pescara 0, Empoli 1. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Francesco Caputo.
22': Hamed Junior Traore (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
25': Marco Perrotta (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
40': Gabriel (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
41': Penalty saved! Stefano Pettinari (Pescara) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom left corner.
45': Substitution, Pescara. Andrew Gravillon replaces Michele Fornasier.
55': Substitution, Pescara. Cristian Bunino replaces Stefano Pettinari.
56': Andrew Gravillon (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
60': Antonio Balzano (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Substitution, Pescara. Marco Carraro replaces Marco Perrotta.
71': Machín (Pescara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Matteo Brighi.
86': Substitution, Empoli. Luca Polvani replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
90': Andrea Coda (Pescara) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Adriatico
Location: Pescara, Italy
Attendance: 6,579

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

Pescara (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Vincenzo Fiorillo (GK)
13	Andrea Coda
23	Marco Perrotta
18	Michele Fornasier
26	José Machín
33	Mamadou Coulibaly
16	Gastón Brugman
2	Alessandro Crescenzi
3	Antonio Balzano
17	Stefano Pettinari
7	Leonardo Mancuso

Pescara Substitutes:

Arthur Kevin Yamga Tientcheu, Luca Savelloni, Marco Carraro, Cristian Bunino, Andreaw Gravillon, Andrea Cocco, Cesare Bovo, Pierluigi Cappelluzzo, Edgar Elizalde, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Jaime Báez, Luca Scimia.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
13	Sebastiano Luperto
3	Domenico Maietta
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Francesco Caputo
19	Michele Castagnetti
15	Hamed Traoré
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Alessandro Giacomel, Luca Polvani, Alejandro Rodriguez, Matteo Brighi, Lorenzo Lollo, Gabriel Meli, Simone Canestrelli, Nikola Ninkovic, Marco Imperiale.

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