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

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

78': Manuel Pasqual

FT
1 - 1

Spezia

52': Giuseppe Mastinu

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

Match Timeline

52': Goal! Empoli 0, Spezia 1. Giuseppe Mastinu (Spezia) left footed shot from outside the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Giulio Maggiore.
63': Substitution, Empoli. Alessandro Piu replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
63': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Joel Untersee.
68': Michele Castagnetti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
69': Substitution, Spezia. Luca Vignali replaces Giuseppe Mastinu.
74': Substitution, Spezia. Daniele Capelli replaces Giulio Maggiore.
77': Matteo Pessina (Spezia) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
78': Goal! Empoli 1, Spezia 1. Manuel Pasqual (Empoli) from a free kick with a left footed shot to the top left corner.
80': Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Michele Castagnetti.
82': Substitution, Spezia. Edoardo Soleri replaces Guido Marilungo.
90': Ivan Provedel (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
90'+1': Wálter López (Spezia) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 4,340

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Palermo	3	+4	9
2	Mantova	3	+3	7
3	Sudtirol	3	+3	7
4	Ascoli	3	+2	7

Full Table

Line-Ups

Empoli (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Ivan Provedel (GK)
26	Simone Romagnoli
13	Sebastiano Luperto
5	Frederic Veseli
19	Michele Castagnetti
10	Ismaël Bennacer
8	Rade Krunic
23	Manuel Pasqual
31	Joel Untersee
9	Alfredo Donnarumma
11	Francesco Caputo

Empoli Substitutes:

Pietro Terracciano, Hamed Traoré, Miha Zajc, Davide Zappella, Alessandro Giacomel, Alessandro Piu, Lorenco Simic, Moustapha Seck, Nikola Ninkovic, Lorenzo Lollo, Arnel Jakupovic, Giovanni Di Lorenzo.

Spezia (4-3-1-2)

No.	Name
33	Raffaele Di Gennaro (GK)
19	Claudio Terzi
5	Nicholas Giani
3	Walter Lopez
23	Filippo De Col
39	Guido Marilungo
7	Francesco Bolzoni
26	Giuseppe Mastinu
21	Matteo Pessina
25	Giulio Maggiore
9	Francesco Forte

Spezia Substitutes:

Luigi Giorgi, Jacopo Giuliani, Luca Vignali, Thomas Saloni, Arturo Calabresi, Pietro Ceccaroni, Daniele Capelli, Tommaso Augello, Edoardo Soleri, Alberto Gilardino, David Okereke, Alberto Masi.

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