Ascoli 1-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 17 October 2026

Result

Ascoli 1-1 Empoli

Serie B · Saturday 17 October 2026, 13:00 UTC · Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca, Ascoli Piceno · half-time 1-1

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Ascoli 1-1 Empoli: match report

Ascoli drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 17 October 2026 at Stadio Cino e Lillo Del Duca. The half-time score was 1-1.

Joseph Ceesay opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Ascoli's goal came from Nicholas Rizzo (26'). Empoli scored through Joseph Ceesay (14').

Discipline: Ascoli received 1 yellow card; Empoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Ascoli were 5th on 11 points from 6 and Empoli 16th on 6 points from 6. In the current table Ascoli are 3rd on 19 points and Empoli are 18th on 8 points.

Ascoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Empoli in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Nicholas Rizzo of Ascoli (7.8), ahead of Matteo Brunori (7.2).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Ascoli wins, 0 draws and 2 for Empoli.

Going into the match Ascoli's last five read D-W-L-W-D and Empoli's L-L-L-W-L.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 14'Goal · Joseph CeesayEmpoli · 0-1
  • 26'Goal · Nicholas RizzoAscoli · 1-1
  • 90'Yellow card · Luca MagninoEmpoli
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Abdoul GuiebreAscoli

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
3Ascoli10541166+1019DDWWD
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

4 meetings: Ascoli 2, draws 0, Empoli 2.

Team news

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Ascoli line-up (4-2-3-1)

Samuele Vitale, Andrea Oliveri, Marcos Curado, Nicholas Rizzo, Abdoul Guiebre, Giovanni Corradini, Samuele Damiani, Andrea Silipo, Gennaro Acampora, Simone D'Uffizi, Matteo Brunori

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Jacopo Seghetti, Luca Magnino, Marco Curto, Cristian Căuz, Karim Zedadka, Edoardo Biondini, Gerard Yepes, Edoardo Saporiti, Niccolò Corrado, Bogdan Popov, Joseph Ceesay

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