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

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

5': Sebastiano Luperto
60': Alejandro Rodriguez
73': Alfredo Donnarumma

FT
3 - 2

Venezia

48': Marcello Falzerano
66': Gianluca Litteri

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Empoli are hosting Venezia at Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena, Empoli, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

5': Goal! Empoli 1, Venezia 0. Sebastiano Luperto (Empoli) left footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer.
14': Marco Modolo (Venezia) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
48': Goal! Empoli 1, Venezia 1. Marcello Falzerano (Venezia) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Alexandre Geijo.
60': Goal! Empoli 2, Venezia 1. Alejandro Rodriguez (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ismael Bennacer with a through ball.
63': Domenico Maietta (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
66': Goal! Empoli 2, Venezia 2. Gianluca Litteri (Venezia) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Marco Modolo with a headed pass following a corner.
73': Goal! Empoli 3, Venezia 2. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top left corner.
75': Substitution, Venezia. Gianni Fabiano replaces Marco Modolo.
77': Substitution, Empoli. Matteo Brighi replaces Ismael Bennacer.
79': Substitution, Venezia. Marco Firenze replaces Agostino Garofalo.
80': Miha Zajc (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
81': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Miha Zajc.
85': Substitution, Venezia. Gianmarco Zigoni replaces Gianluca Litteri.
86': Substitution, Empoli. Luca Polvani replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 4,035

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

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
13	Sebastiano Luperto
3	Domenico Maietta
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
17	Alejandro Rodriguez
19	Michele Castagnetti
6	Miha Zajc
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Matteo Brighi, Luca Polvani, Joel Untersee, Gabriel Meli, Lorenzo Lollo, Marco Imperiale, Nikola Ninkovic, Alessandro Giacomel.

Venezia (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Emil Audero (GK)
13	Marco Modolo
6	Maurizio Domizzi
3	Matteo Bruscagin
14	Marco Pinato
23	Marcello Falzerano
5	Leo Stulac
26	Garofalo
21	Nicolas Frey
19	Alexandre Geijo
29	Gianluca Litteri

Venezia Substitutes:

Giuseppe Zampano, Davide Marsura, Guglielmo Vicario, Pier Graziano Gori, Evans Soligo, Gianmarco Zigoni, Sergiu Suciu, Cristiano Del Grosso, Marco Firenze, Francesco Cernuto, Gianni Fabiano, Simone Bentivoglio.

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