Italian Serie B

FT Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Empoli DDLLD 1
–
Spezia WLDWL 1
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SPE011
Stadio Alberto Picco · 8,749 att.

Team Stats

19
Fouls
17
5
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
0
Offsides
0
1
Corner Kicks
7
2
Saves
3
48.1
Possession
51.9
10
SHOTS
17
4
ON GOAL
4
0.4
On Target %
0.2
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
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
2
Blocked Shots
3
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

SPE leads series 1-0-4

Lineups

SPE · 3-5-1-1

  1. 22Boris RadunovicG
  2. 55Petko HristovCD
  3. 94Giovanni BonfantiCD-L
  4. 4Marco RuggeroCD-R
  5. 25Filippo BandinelliCM-L
  6. 8Ádám NagyCM-R
  7. 60Alessandro RomanoAM
  8. 31Giuseppe AurelioLM
  9. 70Emanuele AdamoRM
  10. 9Gabriele ArtisticoF
  11. 5Mattia ValotiRCF

EMP · 4-4-1-1

  1. 21Andrea FulignatiG
  2. 20Matteo LovatoCD-L
  3. 34Gabriele GuarinoCD-R
  4. 27Brando MoruzziLB
  5. 26Antonio CandelaRB
  6. 14Gerard YepesCM-L
  7. 8Luca MagninoCM-R
  8. 7Salvatore EliaLM
  9. 11Steven ShpendiRM
  10. 19Marco NastiF
  11. 6Duccio Degli InnocentiRCF

Timeline

  1. 38' Filippo Bandinelli (Spezia) Yellow Card at 38'
  2. 40' Marco Nasti (Empoli) Yellow Card at 40'
  3. 45' Joseph Ceesay (Empoli) Substitution at 45'
  4. 51' Matteo Lovato (Empoli) Yellow Card at 51'
  5. 55' Bohdan Popov (Empoli) Substitution at 55'
  6. 56' Nicolas Haas (Empoli) Substitution at 56'
  7. 63' Christian Comotto (Spezia) Substitution at 63'
  8. 65' Antonio Candela (Empoli) Yellow Card at 65'
  9. 69' Gabriele Artistico (Spezia) Goal at 69'
  10. 75' Nicolas Haas (Empoli) Yellow Card at 75'
  11. 78' Leonardo Sernicola (Spezia) Substitution at 78'
  12. 78' Luca Vignali (Spezia) Substitution at 78'
  13. 79' Duccio Degli Innocenti (Empoli) Yellow Card at 79'
  14. 80' Daniel Fila (Empoli) Substitution at 80'
  15. 80' Edoardo Saporiti (Empoli) Substitution at 80'
  16. 89' Alessandro Bellemo (Spezia) Substitution at 89'
  17. 90'+6' Edoardo Saporiti (Empoli) Penalty - Scored at 96'

Italian Serie B News

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News ESPN News Services USMNT's Gianluca Busio helps Venezia return to Serie A Venezia will be back in Italy's Serie A next season, after a 2-2 draw at Spezia on Friday secured promotion back to the top tier with a game to spare. News ESPN Ashley Cole 'discouraged' by coaching opportunities in England Former Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has said he felt "discouraged" by the lack of managerial opportunities in England and is grateful for Serie B side Cesena for the "massive leap of faith" in appointing him. News Tom Masters Ashley Cole wins first match in management as Cesena defeat Catanzaro Ashley Cole has won his first match as a senior professional football manager as Serie B side Cesena defeated Catanzaro 3-1. News ESPN Ashley Cole named head coach of Italian Serie B side Cesena Former England and Chelsea defender Ashley Cole has been appointed head coach of Serie B club Cesena.