Empoli 1-0 Cremonese: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 22 August 2026

Result

Empoli 1-0 Cremonese

Serie B · Saturday 22 August 2026, 19:00 UTC · Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli · half-time 1-0

Empoli · Cremonese · Serie B predictions

Empoli 1-0 Cremonese: match report

Empoli defeated Cremonese 1-0 in Serie B on Saturday 22 August 2026 at Stadio Carlo Castellani. The half-time score was 1-0.

The only goal came from Stiven Shpendi of Empoli in the 21st minute.

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards and 1 red card; Cremonese received 3 yellow cards.

In the current table Empoli are 18th on 8 points and Cremonese are 12th on 12 points.

Empoli lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Cremonese in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Cristian Căuz of Empoli (7.6), level with Jari Vandeputte (7.6).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 1 Empoli win, 0 draws and 1 for Cremonese.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 16'Yellow card · Jari VandeputteCremonese
  • 21'Goal · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli · 1-0
  • 45+2'Yellow card · Matteo BianchettiCremonese
  • 59'Red card · Joseph CeesayEmpoli
  • 85'Yellow card · Federico BonazzoliCremonese
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Bogdan PopovEmpoli
  • 90+8'Yellow card · Guido PagliucaEmpoli

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
12Cremonese103341011-112DLLWW
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 0, Cremonese 1.

Team news

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

Jacopo Seghetti, Matteo Egan, Marco Curto, Cristian Căuz, Joseph Ceesay, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Edoardo Biondini, Edoardo Saporiti, Filippo Distefano, Stiven Shpendi

Cremonese line-up (3-5-2)

Andrea Fulignati, Alessandro Vogliacco, Matteo Bianchetti, Sebastiano Luperto, Michele Collocolo, Fabio Gerli, Simone Lottici Tessadri, Jari Vandeputte, Giuseppe Pezzella, Federico Bonazzoli, Manuel De Luca

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