Empoli 2-4 Virtus Entella: result and report
Serie B · Friday 17 July 2020
Result
Empoli 2-4 Virtus Entella
Serie B · Friday 17 July 2020, 19:00 UTC · half-time 2-1
Empoli 2-4 Virtus Entella: match report
Empoli lost to Virtus Entella 2-4 in Serie B on Friday 17 July 2020. The half-time score was 2-1.
Leonardo Mancuso opened the scoring in the 3rd minute. Empoli's goals came from Leonardo Mancuso (3', penalty) and Szymon Zurkowski (36'). Virtus Entella scored through J. Dezi (44'), J. Dezi (51'), Matteo Mancosu (90') and A. Schenetti (90+8').
Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card and 2 red cards; Virtus Entella received 3 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 8th on 48 points from 34 and Virtus Entella 11th on 44 points from 34. Empoli went on to finish that season 8th with 55 points, and Virtus Entella 13th with 48.
Empoli lined up in a 4-3-3 and Virtus Entella in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Jacopo Dezi of Virtus Entella (9.1), ahead of Andrea Schenetti (7.8).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 Empoli wins, 0 draws and 1 for Virtus Entella.
Key events
- 3'Penalty goal · Leonardo Mancuso
- 24'Yellow card · A. Paolucci
- 26'Yellow card · A. Schenetti
- 32'Yellow card · Riccardo Fiamozzi
- 34'Yellow card · Luca Mazzitelli
- 36'Goal · Szymon Zurkowski
- 44'Goal · J. Dezi
- 51'Goal · J. Dezi
- 66'Second yellow · Riccardo Fiamozzi
- 68'Missed penalty · Matteo Mancosu
- 82'Red card · Liam Henderson
- 90'Goal · Matteo Mancosu
- 90+8'Goal · A. Schenetti
Head-to-head
Team news
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Empoli line-up (4-3-3)
Alberto Brignoli, Riccardo Fiamozzi, Simone Romagnoli, Domenico Maietta, Jure Balkovec, Szymon Żurkowski, Liam Henderson, Davide Frattesi, Amato Ciciretti, Leonardo Mancuso, Nedim Bajrami
Virtus Entella line-up (4-3-1-2)
Nikita Contini, Filippo De Col, Rodrigo Fernandes, Marco Chiosa, Marco Sala, Jacopo Dezi, Andrea Paolucci, Luca Mazzitelli, Andrea Schenetti, Alejandro Rodríguez, Giuseppe De Luca