Catanzaro 3:2 Empoli: Serie B Match Result

Serie B

Catanzaro LLLWLD

3:2

Finished

Kick-off was 8 Mar, 14:00 UTC

Empoli DWLWLL

Venue: Stadio Nicola Ceravolo City: Catanzaro

In the Serie B game on 8 March 2026, Catanzaro beat Empoli 3:2. Match numbers: shots on target 6:2, corners 9:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 6 – 2

Shots off target 6 – 2

Big chances 5 – 1

⚽ 1' S. Elia — Goal ⚽ 15' M. Nasti — Goal 🟨 17' G. Yepes — Yellow card 🟨 24' L. Magnino — Yellow card ⇄ 46' M. D'Alessandro — Substitution ⇄ 46' G. Yepes — Substitution ⇄ 46' S. Elia — Substitution ⚽ 56' F. Pittarello — Goal ⇄ 58' R. Ilie — Substitution ⚽ 63' F. Pittarello — Goal ⇄ 66' E. Saporiti — Substitution ⇄ 72' M. Liberali — Substitution ⚽ 73' T. Cassandro — Goal ⇄ 84' M. Curto — Substitution ⇄ 84' S. Pontisso — Substitution ⇄ 84' P. Iemmello — Substitution 🟨 86' Matias Antonini — Yellow card ⇄ 90+1' F. Pittarello — Substitution

Match events

1' 0:1 Empoli Goal S. Elia assist: M. Curto
15' 0:2 Empoli Goal M. Nasti assist: L. Magnino
17' 0:2 Empoli Yellow card G. Yepes
24' 0:2 Empoli Yellow card L. Magnino
46' 0:2 Catanzaro Substitution M. D'Alessandro off: G. Alesi
46' 0:2 Empoli Substitution G. Yepes off: N. Haas
46' 0:2 Empoli Substitution S. Elia off: A. Candela
56' 1:2 Catanzaro Goal F. Pittarello
58' 1:2 Empoli Substitution R. Ilie off: L. Ignacchiti
63' 2:2 Catanzaro Goal F. Pittarello assist: P. Iemmello
66' 2:2 Empoli Substitution E. Saporiti off: D. Fila
72' 2:2 Catanzaro Substitution M. Liberali off: P. Nuamah
73' 3:2 Catanzaro Goal T. Cassandro assist: F. Pittarello
84' 3:2 Empoli Substitution M. Curto off: F. Bianchi
84' 3:2 Catanzaro Substitution S. Pontisso off: M. Pompetti
84' 3:2 Catanzaro Substitution P. Iemmello off: R. Frosinini
86' 3:2 Catanzaro Yellow card Matias Antonini
90+1' 3:2 Catanzaro Substitution F. Pittarello off: N. Koffi

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

6 Shots on target 2

6 Shots off target 2

5 Big chances 1

120 Attacks 90

9 Corners 1

9 Fouls 26

25 Free kicks 8

1 Offsides 0

1 Yellow cards 2

0 Red cards 0

1 Goal kicks 8

17 Throw-ins 16

All statistics

20/3754% Aerial duels 17/3746%

97 Backward passes 43

4 Blocked shots 1

25 Clearances 36

9/3724% Crosses 4/1527%

1/911% Dribbles 7/1450%

58 Failed passes 80

0 Goalkeeper saves 3

13 Interceptions 8

14 Key passes 3

21/4547% Long passes 16/4933%

120 Passes into the final third 60

332 Passes in the opposition half 207

260 Passes in own half 130

0.38 Shot accuracy 0.40

6 Shots from outside the box 2

10 Shots inside the box 3

9/1656% Tackles 14/2167%

555 Total passes 322

Line-ups

Catanzaro

Starting XI
#	Player	number
22	Mirko Pigliacelli	22
4	Matias Antonini	4
23	Nicolò Brighenti	23
84	Tommaso Cassandro	84
10	Jacopo Petriccione	10
20	Simone Pontisso	20
27	Costantino Favasuli	27
77	Marco D'Alessandro	77
8	Filippo Maria Pittarello	8
9	Pietro Iemmello	9
14	M. Liberali	14

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Christian Marietta	1
2	Gonçalo do Lago Pontes Esteves	2
5	Erwin Bashé	5
6	Felipe Jack	6
26	Bruno Verrenghi	26
62	R. Frosinini	62
21	Marco Pompetti	21
32	F. Rispoli	32
98	Davide Buglio	98
19	P. Nouma	19
30	Gabriele Alesi	30
39	N'Dri Philippe Koffi	39

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Empoli

Starting XI
#	Player	number
21	Andrea Fulignati	21
2	Marco Curto	2
5	Nosa Edward Obaretin	5
15	Lars Joseph Ceesay	15
7	Salvatore Elia	7
8	Luca Magnino	8
14	Gerard Yepes Laut	14
34	Gabriele Guarino	34
70	Edoardo Saporiti	70
10	Rareş Andrei Ilie	10
19	Marco Nasti	19

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Samuele Perisan	1
12	Manuel Gasparini	12
4	Simone Romagnoli	4
24	Tyronne Efe Ebuehi	24
26	Antonio Candela	26
28	Gabriele Indragoli	28
25	Lorenzo Ignacchiti	25
32	Nicolas Thibault Haas	32
17	Daniel Fila	17
99	Flavio Bianchi	99