Empoli 1:1 Cesena: Serie B Match Result

Serie B

Empoli DWLWLL

1:1

Finished

Kick-off was 28 Feb, 14:00 UTC

Cesena LDWDDD

Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani City: Empoli

In the Serie B game on 28 February 2026, Empoli beat Cesena 1:1. Match numbers: shots on target 5:3, corners 13:1.

Key numbers

Possession, % 64 – 36

Shots on target 5 – 3

Shots off target 12 – 4

Big chances 3 – 4

⚽ 29' C. Shpendi — Goal 🟨 41' A. Cerri — Yellow card ⇄ 46' L. Ignacchiti — Substitution ⇄ 59' M. Nasti — Substitution ⇄ 60' N. Haas — Substitution ⇄ 61' A. Cerri — Substitution ⚽ 71' D. Fila — Goal ⇄ 73' T. Ebuehi — Substitution ⇄ 77' D. Bisoli — Substitution ⇄ 77' C. Shpendi — Substitution ⇄ 77' A. Ciofi — Substitution ⇄ 83' R. Ciervo — Substitution ⇄ 87' D. Degli Innocenti — Substitution

Match events

29' 0:1 Cesena Goal C. Shpendi assist: A. Cerri
41' 0:1 Cesena Yellow card A. Cerri
46' 0:1 Empoli Substitution L. Ignacchiti off: E. Saporiti
59' 0:1 Empoli Substitution M. Nasti off: D. Fila
60' 0:1 Empoli Substitution N. Haas off: R. Ilie
61' 0:1 Cesena Substitution A. Cerri off: G. Vrioni
71' 1:1 Empoli Goal D. Fila assist: S. Shpendi
73' 1:1 Empoli Substitution T. Ebuehi off: A. Candela
77' 1:1 Cesena Substitution D. Bisoli off: T. Berti
77' 1:1 Cesena Substitution C. Shpendi off: M. Olivieri
77' 1:1 Cesena Substitution A. Ciofi off: M. Guidi
83' 1:1 Cesena Substitution R. Ciervo off: P. Amoran
87' 1:1 Empoli Substitution D. Degli Innocenti off: G. Yepes

Statistics

64 Possession, % 36

5 Shots on target 3

12 Shots off target 4

3 Big chances 4

131 Attacks 103

13 Corners 1

7 Fouls 15

12 Free kicks 5

0 Offsides 2

0 Yellow cards 1

0 Red cards 0

5 Goal kicks 14

23 Throw-ins 11

All statistics

20/3754% Aerial duels 17/3746%

66 Backward passes 38

11 Blocked shots 1

12 Clearances 40

10/4323% Crosses 2/922%

10/2343% Dribbles 4/944%

78 Failed passes 81

2 Goalkeeper saves 4

10 Interceptions 9

17 Key passes 7

20/4149% Long passes 26/6938%

110 Passes into the final third 35

365 Passes in the opposition half 164

199 Passes in own half 149

0.18 Shot accuracy 0.38

8 Shots from outside the box 1

20 Shots inside the box 7

5/1050% Tackles 11/1958%

521 Total passes 304

Line-ups

Empoli

Starting XI
#	Player	number
21	Andrea Fulignati	21
5	Nosa Edward Obaretin	5
19	Marco Nasti	19
20	Matteo Lovato	20
6	Duccio Degli Innocenti	6
24	Tyronne Efe Ebuehi	24
25	Lorenzo Ignacchiti	25
27	Brandao Moruzzi	27
34	Gabriele Guarino	34
11	Stiven Shpendi	11
32	Nicolas Thibault Haas	32

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Samuele Perisan	1
12	Manuel Gasparini	12
2	Marco Curto	2
4	Simone Romagnoli	4
26	Antonio Candela	26
28	Gabriele Indragoli	28
10	Rareş Andrei Ilie	10
14	Gerard Yepes Laut	14
70	Edoardo Saporiti	70
17	Daniel Fila	17
77	B. Popov	77
99	Flavio Bianchi	99

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Cesena

Starting XI
#	Player	number
33	Jonathan Klinsmann	33
15	Andrea Ciofi	15
19	Giovanni Zaro	19
26	Matteo Piacentini	26
4	Michele Castagnetti	4
11	Riccardo Ciervo	11
25	Dimitri Bisoli	25
70	Matteo Francesconi	70
99	Gianluca Frabotta	99
7	Alberto Cerri	7
9	Cristian Shpendi	9

Substitutes
#	Player	number
1	Alessandro Siano	1
40	Luca Ferretti	40
16	Peter Amoran	16
24	Massimiliano Mangraviti	24
27	Tommaso Corazza	27
10	Simone Bastoni	10
14	Tommaso Berti	14
17	Ibrahim Papa Wade	17
18	Matteo Guidi	18
35	Davide Zamagni	35
22	Giacomo Vrioni	22
32	Marco Olivieri	32