Empoli 5-3 Cesena: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 18 November 2017

Result

Empoli 5-3 Cesena

Serie B · Saturday 18 November 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Cesena · Serie B predictions

Empoli 5-3 Cesena: match report

Empoli defeated Cesena 5-3 in Serie B on Saturday 18 November 2017. The half-time score was 1-0.

Alfredo Donnarumma opened the scoring in the 14th minute. Empoli's goals came from Alfredo Donnarumma (14'), Alfredo Donnarumma (59', penalty), Francesco Caputo (72'), Miha Zajc (85') and Rade Krunic (87'). Cesena scored through N. Fazzi (76'), L. Jallow (90+2') and Gabriele Moncini (90+4').

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

Going into the game Empoli were 7th on 21 points from 14 and Cesena 21st on 14 points from 14. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Cesena 13th with 50.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 5 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 1 for Cesena.

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

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Yellow card · L. LolloEmpoli
  • 14'Goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · A. EspositoCesena
  • 59'Penalty goal · Alfredo DonnarummaEmpoli · 2-0
  • 61'Yellow card · Moustapha SeckEmpoli
  • 67'Yellow card · Michele RigioneCesena
  • 72'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 3-0
  • 76'Goal · N. FazziCesena · 3-1
  • 85'Goal · Miha ZajcEmpoli · 4-1
  • 87'Goal · Rade KrunicEmpoli · 5-1
  • 90+2'Goal · L. JallowCesena · 5-2
  • 90+4'Goal · Gabriele MonciniCesena · 5-3

Head-to-head

9 meetings: Empoli 5, draws 3, Cesena 1.

Team news

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Moustapha Seck, Frédéric Veseli, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Joel Untersee, Rade Krunic, Michele Castagnetti, Lorenzo Lollo, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo

Cesena line-up (4-4-1-1)

Federico Agliardi, Romano Perticone, Andrea Esposito, Michele Rigione, Karim Laribi, Nicolò Fazzi, Andrea Schiavone, Nicola Dalmonte, Tomasz Kupisz, Moussa Koné, Lamin Jallow