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

· Italian Serie B

Ascoli

76': Ivan De Santis

FT
1 - 2

Empoli

15': Rade Krunic
66': Nikola Ninkovic

About

Ascoli are hosting Empoli at Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

15': Goal! Ascoli 0, Empoli 1. Rade Krunic (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Miha Zajc with a through ball.
32': Ismael Bennacer (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
34': Bright Addae (Ascoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
39': Substitution, Ascoli. Simone Ganz replaces Ignacio Lores.
45': Substitution, Ascoli. Gianluca Carpani replaces Bright Addae.
49': Michele Castagnetti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
58': Rade Krunic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
62': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
64': Substitution, Ascoli. Luca Clemenza replaces Vasile Mogos.
66': Goal! Ascoli 0, Empoli 2. Nikola Ninkovic (Empoli) right footed shot from long range on the right to the top left corner. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
76': Goal! Ascoli 1, Empoli 2. Ivan De Santis (Ascoli) right footed shot from long range on the right to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Tommaso Bianchi.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Lorenzo Lollo replaces Miha Zajc.
81': Ivan De Santis (Ascoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
85': Nikola Ninkovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90': Substitution, Empoli. Sebastiano Luperto replaces Ismael Bennacer.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Location: Ascoli Piceno, Italy
Attendance: 4,448

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Sudtirol	3	+3	7
2	Modena	2	+4	6
3	Mantova	2	+3	6
4	Palermo	2	+2	6

Full Table

Line-Ups

Ascoli (3-5-2)

No.	Name
1	Ivan Lanni (GK)
24	Emanuele Padella
13	Guillaume Gigliotti
4	Ivan De Santis
19	Bright Addae
6	Tommaso Bianchi
20	Daniele Buzzegoli
7	Raphael Martinho
14	Vasile Mogos
10	Ignacio Lores
45	Gaetano Monachello

Ascoli Substitutes:

Daniele Mignanelli, Giovani Pinto, Franck Kanouté, Fabio Castellano, Simone Ganz, Luca Clemenza, Eurico Baldini, Matteo Perri, Michael Agazzi, Vincenzo Venditti, Christian D'Urso, Gianluca Carpani.

Empoli (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
5	Frederic Veseli
3	Domenico Maietta
23	Manuel Pasqual
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Francesco Caputo
19	Michele Castagnetti
6	Miha Zajc
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Joel Untersee, Lorenzo Lollo, Alejandro Rodriguez, Nikola Ninkovic, Hamed Traoré, Luca Polvani, Sebastiano Luperto, Marco Imperiale, Alessandro Giacomel.

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