Cesena 2-3 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Tuesday 17 April 2018

Result

Cesena 2-3 Empoli

Serie B · Tuesday 17 April 2018, 18:30 UTC · half-time 1-2

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Cesena 2-3 Empoli: match report

Cesena lost to Empoli 2-3 in Serie B on Tuesday 17 April 2018. The half-time score was 1-2.

Alfredo Donnarumma opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Cesena's goals came from G. Scognamiglio (37') and Gabriele Moncini (61'). Empoli scored through Alfredo Donnarumma (3'), Ismaël Bennacer (8') and Alfredo Donnarumma (63').

Discipline: Cesena received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Cesena were 18th on 38 points from 35 and Empoli 1st on 70 points from 35. Cesena went on to finish that season 13th with 50 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.

Cesena lined up in a 4-3-3 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Cesena win, 3 draws and 6 for Empoli.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 3'Goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 0-1
  • 8'Goal · Ismaël BennacerEmpoli · 0-2
  • 18'Yellow card · Romano PerticoneCesena
  • 37'Goal · G. ScognamiglioCesena · 1-2
  • 45+2'Yellow card · G. ScognamiglioCesena
  • 61'Goal · Gabriele MonciniCesena · 2-2
  • 63'Goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 2-3
  • 71'Yellow card · GabrielEmpoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Cesena 1, draws 3, Empoli 6.

Team news

Cesena line-up (4-3-3)

Andrea Fulignati, Romano Perticone, I. Donkor, Gennaro Scognamiglio, Karim Laribi, Nicolò Fazzi, Nicola Dalmonte, Matteo Fedele, Tomasz Kupisz, Giovanni Di Noia, Gabriele Moncini

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

Gabriel, Domenico Maietta, Sebastiano Luperto, Manuel Pasqual, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo