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

· Italian Serie B

Parma

47': Alessandro Lucarelli

FT
1 - 2

Empoli

23': Francesco Caputo
49': Lorenco Simic

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Match Timeline

23': Goal! Parma 0, Empoli 1. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Alfredo Donnarumma.
47': Goal! Parma 1, Empoli 1. Alessandro Lucarelli (Parma) header from the left side of the six yard box to the top left corner. Assisted by Matteo Scozzarella with a cross following a corner.
49': Goal! Parma 1, Empoli 2. Lorenco Simic (Empoli) header from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Michele Castagnetti with a cross following a corner.
51': Lorenco Simic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
52': Penalty saved! Manuel Nocciolini (Parma) fails to capitalise on this great opportunity, right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
62': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
62': Substitution, Parma. Emanuele Calaiò replaces Luca Siligardi.
62': Substitution, Parma. Valerio Di Cesare replaces Alessandro Lucarelli.
70': Substitution, Empoli. Manuel Pasqual replaces Moustapha Seck because of an injury.
78': Substitution, Parma. Yves Baraye replaces Manuel Nocciolini.
86': Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Francesco Caputo.
87': Manuel Pasqual (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Ennio Tardini
Location: Parma, Italy
Attendance: 10,221

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

Parma (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Pierluigi Frattali (GK)
31	Francisco Sierralta
6	Alessandro Lucarelli
8	Luigi Scaglia
2	Simone Iacoponi
21	Matteo Scozzarella
33	Jacopo Dezi
11	Gianni Munari
26	Luca Siligardi
18	Manuel Nocciolini
20	Antonio Di Gaudio

Parma Substitutes:

Yves Baraye, Juan Ramos, Luca Germoni, Antonino Barilla, Michele Nardi, Riccardo Gagliolo, Valerio Di Cesare, Emanuele Calaiò, Francesco Corapi, Pasquale Mazzocchi, Marco Frediani, Roberto Insigne.

Empoli (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Ivan Provedel (GK)
26	Simone Romagnoli
5	Frederic Veseli
2	Lorenco Simic
19	Michele Castagnetti
10	Ismaël Bennacer
8	Rade Krunic
3	Moustapha Seck
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
11	Francesco Caputo
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Miha Zajc, Davide Zappella, Pietro Terracciano, Arnel Jakupovic, Hamed Traoré, Lorenzo Lollo, Manuel Pasqual, Sebastiano Luperto, Nikola Ninkovic, Luca Polvani, Joel Untersee, Alberto Picchi.

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