Empoli 3-0 Ascoli: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 16 September 2017

Result

Empoli 3-0 Ascoli

Serie B · Saturday 16 September 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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Empoli 3-0 Ascoli: match report

Empoli defeated Ascoli 3-0 in Serie B on Saturday 16 September 2017. It was 1-0 at half-time.

Alfredo Donnarumma opened the scoring in the 37th minute. Empoli's goals came from Alfredo Donnarumma (37'), Francesco Caputo (49') and Nikola Ninković (85'). Ascoli did not score.

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Ascoli received 3 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 9th on 5 points from 3 and Ascoli 17th on 3 points from 3. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Ascoli 18th with 48.

Empoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Ascoli in a 4-3-1-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 3 for Ascoli.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 20'Yellow card · Bright AddaeAscoli
  • 21'Yellow card · Daniele MignanelliAscoli
  • 26'Yellow card · Michele CastagnettiEmpoli
  • 37'Goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 1-0
  • 49'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-0
  • 85'Goal · Nikola NinkovićEmpoli · 3-0
  • 87'Yellow card · Guillaume GigliottiAscoli
  • 87'Yellow card · Nikola NinkovićEmpoli

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 3, Ascoli 3.

Team news

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Frédéric Veseli, Manuel Pasqual, Simone Romagnoli, Joel Untersee, Rade Krunic, Michele Castagnetti, Lorenzo Lollo, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo

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

Ivan Lanni, Guillaume Gigliotti, Davide Cinaglia, Emanuele Padella, Daniele Mignanelli, Tommaso Bianchi, Bright Christopher Addae, Daniele Buzzegoli, Lorenzo Rosseti, Ignacio Lores Varela, Andrea Favilli