Catanzaro 3-2 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Sunday 8 March 2026
Result
Catanzaro 3-2 Empoli
Serie B · Sunday 8 March 2026, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-2
Catanzaro 3-2 Empoli: match report
Catanzaro beat Empoli 3-2 in Serie B on Sunday 8 March 2026. It was 0-2 at half-time.
Salvatore Elia opened the scoring in the 1st minute. Catanzaro's goals came from Filippo Pittarello (56'), Filippo Pittarello (63') and Tommaso Cassandro (73'). Empoli scored through Salvatore Elia (1') and Marco Nasti (15').
Discipline: Catanzaro received no yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Catanzaro were 5th on 46 points from 28 and Empoli 13th on 31 points from 28. Catanzaro went on to finish that season 5th with 68 points, and Empoli 17th with 41.
Catanzaro lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Empoli in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Filippo Pittarello of Catanzaro (9.7), ahead of Tommaso Cassandro (8.1).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Catanzaro wins, 0 draws and 1 for Empoli.
Going into the match Catanzaro's last five read D-D-W-W-W and Empoli's L-D-D-D-L.
Key events
- 1'Goal · Salvatore Elia
- 15'Goal · Marco Nasti
- 17'Yellow card · Gerard Yepes
- 17'Yellow card
- 24'Yellow card · Luca Magnino
- 45+3'Yellow card
- 56'Goal · Filippo Pittarello
- 63'Goal · Filippo Pittarello
- 73'Goal · Tommaso Cassandro
Head-to-head
Team news
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Catanzaro line-up (3-4-2-1)
Mirko Pigliacelli, Tommaso Cassandro, Matias Antonini, Nicolò Brighenti, Costantino Favasuli, Jacopo Petriccione, Simone Pontisso, Marco D'Alessandro, Mattia Liberali, Pietro Iemmello, Filippo Pittarello
Empoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Andrea Fulignati, Marco Curto, Gabriele Guarino, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Joseph Ceesay, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Salvatore Elia, Edoardo Saporiti, Rareș Ilie, Marco Nasti