Empoli vs Novara, 2017-18 Italian Serie B, Regular Season

· Italian Serie B

Empoli

36': Francesco Caputo

FT
1 - 1

Novara

45'+4': George Puscas

About

Empoli are hosting Novara at Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena, Empoli, Italy, starting on . The match is a part of the Italian Serie B.

Match Timeline

24': Francesco Caputo (Empoli) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
36': Goal! Empoli 1, Novara 0. Francesco Caputo (Empoli) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Giovanni Di Lorenzo.
42': Daniele Sciaudone (Novara) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45'+4': Goal! Empoli 1, Novara 1. George Puscas (Novara) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
72': Substitution, Novara. Federico Maracchi replaces Moustapha Seck.
79': Substitution, Empoli. Alessandro Piu replaces Alfredo Donnarumma.
84': Substitution, Novara. Federico Macheda replaces Marco Moscati.
87': Substitution, Novara. Riccardo Maniero replaces George Puscas.
90'+1': Substitution, Empoli. Hamed Junior Traore replaces Miha Zajc.

Game Information

Competition: Italian Serie B

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena
Location: Empoli, Italy
Attendance: 8,626

Italian Serie B Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Pisa	13	+14	30
2	Sassuolo	13	+13	28
3	Spezia	13	+11	27
4	Cesena	13	+4	21

Full Table

Line-Ups

Empoli (4-3-2-1)

No.	Name
25	Gabriel (GK)
5	Frederic Veseli
3	Domenico Maietta
13	Sebastiano Luperto
28	Giovanni Di Lorenzo
19	Michele Castagnetti
8	Rade Krunic
10	Ismaël Bennacer
11	Francesco Caputo
9	Alfredo Donnarumma
6	Miha Zajc

Empoli Substitutes:

Joel Untersee, Pietro Terracciano, Marco Imperiale, Alessandro Piu, Luca Polvani, Alessandro Giacomel, Matteo Brighi, Hamed Traoré, Lorenzo Lollo.

Novara (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Lorenzo Montipò (GK)
2	Magnus Troest
8	Marco Chiosa
27	Marco Calderoni
31	Petar Golubovic
9	Daniele Sciaudone
21	Andrea Orlandi
17	Moustapha Seck
24	Lorenzo Dickmann
19	George Puscas
23	Marco Moscati

Novara Substitutes:

Gianluca Sansone, Filippo Marricchi, Riccardo Maniero, Ronaldo, Elia Benedettini, Federico Macheda, Davide Bove, Federico Maracchi, Francesco Di Mariano, Antonio Lukanovic, Dario Del Fabro, Andrea Mantovani.

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