Italian Serie B

FT Saturday, September 9, 2017
Empoli LLLDW 3
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Palermo WWLWD 3
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EMP123
PAL213
Renzo Barbera · 6,270 att.

Head to Head

EMP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

PAL · 3-5-1-1

  1. 12Josip PosavecG
  2. 6Aljaz StrunaCD
  3. 2Giuseppe BellusciCD-L
  4. 15Thiago CionekCD-R
  5. 18Ivaylo ChochevCM-L
  6. 13Eddy GnahoréCM-R
  7. 8Mato JajaloAM
  8. 3Andrea RispoliLM
  9. 19Haitam AleesamiRM
  10. 30Ilija NestorovskiF
  11. 10Igor CoronadoRCF

Substitutes

  1. 35Radoslaw MurawskiSUB
  2. 21Luca FiordilinoSUB
  3. 28Pawel DawidowiczSUB
  4. 11Carlos EmbalóSUB
  5. 22Alberto PominiSUB
  6. 27Gaetano MonachelloSUB
  7. 20Antonio La GuminaSUB
  8. 17Michel MorganellaSUB
  9. 1Luca ManieroSUB
  10. 7Aleksandar TrajkovskiSUB
  11. 4Andrea AccardiSUB
  12. 24Przemyslaw SzyminskiSUB

EMP · 3-5-2

  1. 1Ivan ProvedelG
  2. 26Simone RomagnoliCD
  3. 13Sebastiano LupertoCD-L
  4. 2Lorenco SimicCD-R
  5. 8Rade KrunicCM-L
  6. 10Ismaël BennacerCM-R
  7. 19Michele CastagnettiAM
  8. 23Manuel PasqualLM
  9. 31Joel UnterseeRM
  10. 9Alfredo DonnarummaCF-L
  11. 11Francesco CaputoCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 17Arnel JakupovicSUB
  2. 22Alessandro GiacomelSUB
  3. 28Giovanni Di LorenzoSUB
  4. 15Hamed TraoréSUB
  5. 5Frederic VeseliSUB
  6. 18Luca PolvaniSUB
  7. 20Lorenzo LolloSUB
  8. 25Davide ZappellaSUB
  9. 6Miha ZajcSUB
  10. 3Moustapha SeckSUB
  11. 27Nikola NinkovicSUB
  12. 21Pietro TerraccianoSUB

Timeline

  1. 10' Goal! Palermo 1, Empoli 0. Thiago Cionek (Palermo) header from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner following a set piece situation.
  2. 14' Goal! Palermo 2, Empoli 0. Igor Coronado (Palermo) right footed shot from outside the box to the top right corner. Assisted by Eddy Gnahore.
  3. 23' Goal! Palermo 2, Empoli 1. Lorenco Simic (Empoli) header from the left side of the six yard box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Joel Untersee with a cross.
  4. 54' Goal! Palermo 2, Empoli 2. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Simone Romagnoli.
  5. 58' Substitution, Palermo. Radoslaw Murawski replaces Ivaylo Chochev.
  6. 59' Substitution, Palermo. Aleksandar Trajkovski replaces Ilija Nestorovski.
  7. 63' Substitution, Empoli. Miha Zajc replaces Ismael Bennacer.
  8. 65' Michele Castagnetti (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 74' Substitution, Empoli. Giovanni Di Lorenzo replaces Joel Untersee.
  10. 77' Goal! Palermo 3, Empoli 2. Eddy Gnahore (Palermo) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Andrea Rispoli.
  11. 78' Substitution, Empoli. Nikola Ninkovic replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
  12. 85' Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card.
  13. 88' Substitution, Palermo. Michel Morganella replaces Igor Coronado.
  14. 90'+1' Aleksandar Trajkovski (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  15. 90'+3' Eddy Gnahore (Palermo) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  16. 90'+4' Andrea Rispoli (Palermo) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+4' Goal! Palermo 3, Empoli 3. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the high centre of the goal.

Italian Serie B News

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