Novara 1-1 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 2 December 2017
Result
Novara 1-1 Empoli
Serie B · Saturday 2 December 2017, 14:00 UTC · half-time 0-0
Novara 1-1 Empoli: match report
Novara drew with Empoli 1-1 in Serie B on Saturday 2 December 2017. The half-time score was 0-0.
Magnus Troest opened the scoring in the 54th minute. Novara's goal came from Magnus Troest (54'). Empoli scored through Miha Zajc (78').
Discipline: Novara received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Novara were 11th on 21 points from 16 and Empoli 5th on 25 points from 16. Novara went on to finish that season 20th with 44 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.
Novara lined up in a 3-5-2 and Empoli in a 3-5-2.
Going into the match Novara's last five read W-L-D-L-D and Empoli's D-W-L-D-L.
Key events
- 54'Goal · Magnus Troest
- 70'Yellow card · F. Casarini
- 78'Goal · Miha Zajc
- 80'Yellow card · Simone Romagnoli
- 88'Yellow card · Andrea Orlandi
- 90'Yellow card · Arnel Jakupovic
Team news
Novara line-up (3-5-2)
Elia Benedettini, Magnus Troest, Andrea Mantovani, Lorenzo Dickmann, Petar Golubovic, Federico Casarini, Andrea Orlandi, Marco Moscati, Francesco Di Mariano, Alessio Da Cruz, Riccardo Maniero
Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Frédéric Veseli, Sebastiano Luperto, Simone Romagnoli, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo