Italian Serie B

FT Friday, February 20, 2026
Empoli LDLLD 2
–
Frosinone WDLWW 2
1st2ndT
EMP112
FRO112
Stadio Benito Stirpe · 11,200 att.

Team Stats

18
Fouls
6
4
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
3
Corner Kicks
6
6
Saves
3
36.9
Possession
63.1
13
SHOTS
28
5
ON GOAL
8
0.4
On Target %
0.3
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
0
Accurate Passes
0
0
Passes
0
0.0
Pass Completion %
0.0
0
Accurate Crosses
0
0
Crosses
0
0.0
Cross %
0.0
0
Long Balls
0
0
Accurate Long Balls
0
0.0
Long Balls %
0.0
4
Blocked Shots
9
0
Effective Tackles
0
0
Tackles
0
0.0
Tackle %
0.0
0
Interceptions
0
0
Effective Clearances
0
0
Clearances
0

Head to Head

EMP leads series 2-1-2

Lineups

FRO · 4-3-3

  1. 22Lorenzo PalmisaniG
  2. 30Ilario MonterisiCD-L
  3. 3Gabriele CalvaniCD-R
  4. 19Niccolò CorradoLB
  5. 20Anthony OyonoRB
  6. 8Ilias KoutsoupiasCM
  7. 14Giacomo CaloLM
  8. 16Matteo CichellaRM
  9. 9Antonio RaimondoF
  10. 17Giorgi KvernadzeLF
  11. 7Farès GhedjemisRF

Substitutes

  1. 6Jacopo GelliSUB
  2. 28Massimo ZilliSUB
  3. 5Riccardo MarchizzaSUB
  4. 12Eldin LolicSUB
  5. 90Edoardo VerganiSUB
  6. 21Jérémy OyonoSUB
  7. 18Filippo GrossoSUB
  8. 80Antonio FioriSUB
  9. 40Seydou FiniSUB
  10. 10Francesco GelliSUB
  11. 92Ben Lhassine KoneSUB
  12. 75Matteo PisseriSUB

EMP · 3-5-2

  1. 21Andrea FulignatiG
  2. 20Matteo LovatoCD
  3. 5Nosa ObaretinCD-L
  4. 2Marco CurtoCD-R
  5. 25Lorenzo IgnacchitiCM-L
  6. 8Luca MagninoCM-R
  7. 6Duccio Degli InnocentiAM
  8. 7Salvatore EliaLM
  9. 24Tyronne EbuehiRM
  10. 11Steven ShpendiCF-L
  11. 17Daniel FilaCF-R

Substitutes

  1. 32Nicolas HaasSUB
  2. 1Samuele PerisanSUB
  3. 70Edoardo SaporitiSUB
  4. 19Marco NastiSUB
  5. 14Gerard YepesSUB
  6. 10Rares IlieSUB
  7. 26Antonio CandelaSUB
  8. 4Simone RomagnoliSUB
  9. 28Gabriele IndragoliSUB
  10. 77Bohdan PopovSUB
  11. 27Brando MoruzziSUB
  12. 15Joseph CeesaySUB

Timeline

  1. 18' Steven Shpendi (Empoli) Goal at 18'
  2. 22' Luca Magnino (Empoli) Yellow Card at 22'
  3. 26' Salvatore Elia (Empoli) Yellow Card at 26'
  4. 45'+1' Marco Curto (Empoli) Yellow Card at 46'
  5. 45'+1' Farès Ghedjemis (Frosinone) Goal at 46'
  6. 54' Steven Shpendi (Empoli) Goal at 54'
  7. 56' Jacopo Gelli (Frosinone) Substitution at 56'
  8. 60' Ilias Koutsoupias (Frosinone) Goal at 60'
  9. 67' Antonio Candela (Empoli) Substitution at 67'
  10. 67' Marco Nasti (Empoli) Substitution at 67'
  11. 70' Ben Lhassine Kone (Frosinone) Substitution at 70'
  12. 70' Massimo Zilli (Frosinone) Substitution at 70'
  13. 73' Nosa Obaretin (Empoli) Yellow Card at 73'
  14. 77' Joseph Ceesay (Empoli) Substitution at 77'
  15. 78' Nicolas Haas (Empoli) Substitution at 78'
  16. 79' Jacopo Gelli (Frosinone) Yellow Card at 79'
  17. 82' Francesco Gelli (Frosinone) Substitution at 82'
  18. 82' Antonio Fiori (Frosinone) Substitution at 82'
  19. 87' Edoardo Saporiti (Empoli) Substitution at 87'

Italian Serie B News

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