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

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

37': Alfredo Donnarumma
49': Francesco Caputo
85': Nikola Ninkovic

FT
3 - 0

Ascoli

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Match Timeline

20': Bright Addae (Ascoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
21': Daniele Mignanelli (Ascoli) is shown the yellow card.
26': Michele Castagnetti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
37': Goal! Empoli 1, Ascoli 0. Alfredo Donnarumma (Empoli) left footed shot from the left side of the six yard box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Manuel Pasqual.
45': Substitution, Ascoli. Vasile Mogos replaces Davide Cinaglia.
49': Goal! Empoli 2, Ascoli 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) left footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Joel Untersee.
60': Substitution, Ascoli. Luca Clemenza replaces Ignacio Lores.
71': Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Francesco Caputo.
76': Substitution, Ascoli. Enrico Baldini replaces Bright Addae.
83': Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
85': Goal! Empoli 3, Ascoli 0. Nikola Ninkovic (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Joel Untersee.
86': Substitution, Empoli. Ismael Bennacer replaces Lorenzo Lollo.
87': Guillaume Gigliotti (Ascoli) is shown the yellow card.
87': Nikola Ninkovic (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 3,989

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
5	Frederic Veseli
2	Lorenco Simic
19	Michele Castagnetti
20	Lorenzo Lollo
8	Rade Krunic
23	Manuel Pasqual
31	Joel Untersee
11	Francesco Caputo
9	Alfredo Donnarumma

Empoli Substitutes:

Davide Zappella, Miha Zajc, Nikola Ninkovic, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Ismaël Bennacer, Arnel Jakupovic, Alberto Picchi, Alessandro Giacomel, Luca Polvani, Moustapha Seck, Sebastiano Luperto, Pietro Terracciano.

Ascoli (4-3-3)

No.	Name
1	Ivan Lanni (GK)
13	Guillaume Gigliotti
24	Emanuele Padella
33	Daniele Mignanelli
23	Davide Cinaglia
20	Daniele Buzzegoli
6	Tommaso Bianchi
19	Bright Addae
30	Andrea Favilli
10	Ignacio Lores
9	Valerio Rosseti

Ascoli Substitutes:

Luca Clemenza, Filippo Florio, Vasile Mogos, Giovani Pinto, Samuele Parlati, Riccardo Ragni, Gianluca Carpani, Vincenzo Venditti, Fabio Castellano, Eurico Baldini, Gianmarco De Feo, Leonardo Perez.

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