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- 14′Empoli, goal:0–1
- 26′Ascoli, goal:1–1assist
- Half-time1 – 1
- 46′Empoli, substitution:off
- 54′Empoli, substitution:off
- 62′Ascoli, substitution:off
- 62′Ascoli, substitution:off
- 63′Empoli, substitution:off
- 63′Ascoli, substitution:off
- 63′Ascoli, substitution:off
- 71′Ascoli, substitution:off
- 84′Empoli, substitution:off
- 84′Empoli, substitution:off
- 90′Empoli, yellow card:Foul
- 90+2′Ascoli, yellow card:Foul
- Full-time1 – 1
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Match report
Ascoli and Empoli share the points in 1-1 draw at Cino e Lillo Del Duca
Ascoli and Empoli drew 1-1 in a Serie B matchday seven fixture at Cino e Lillo Del Duca, with both goals arriving inside the first half. The result left the hosts fifth in the table on 12 points, while Empoli moved up to 13th on seven points.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Empoli took the lead in the 14th minute through Joseph Ceesay, who put the visitors in front. Ascoli needed only 12 minutes to respond: Matteo Brunori provided the pass and Nicholas Rizzo finished in the 26th minute to make it 1-1.
Neither side found a way through after the break. Ascoli held 62 per cent of the possession and won six corners to Empoli's eight, but Empoli had 16 shots to the hosts' nine. Empoli ended a run of 3 defeats in a row.
Ascoli travel to Catanzaro in Serie B on Saturday 24 October, while Empoli host Vicenza Virtus in the same competition on Friday 23 October.
Joseph Ceesay scored Empoli's opener in the 14th minute and earned a rating of 7.7, the highest of any player. Nicholas Rizzo, who scored Ascoli's equaliser, was close behind on 7.65.
Ascoli had 62 per cent of the possession, yet Empoli had 16 shots to their nine.
Ascoli and Empoli drew 1–1 (half-time 1–1).
Ascoli met Empoli in the Serie B (Regular Season - 7). Kick-off was Saturday, 17 October 2026, 13:00 UTC at Cino e Lillo Del Duca. Referee: E. Manedo Mazzoni.
Key moments
- 14' Goal: Joseph Ceesay — 0–1
- 26' Goal: Nicholas Rizzo (assist: Matteo Brunori) — 1–1
Starting line-ups
Ascoli (4-2-3-1)
Empoli (3-5-2)
- 12 Jacopo Seghetti
- 33 Cristian Cauz
- 25 Marco Curto
- 8 Luca Magnino (c)
- 91 Niccolò Corrado
- 10 Edoardo Saporiti
- 21 Gerard Yepes
- 39 E. Biondini
- 98 Karim Zedadka
- 15 Joseph Ceesay
- 77 Bohdan Popov
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Ascoli 46%, the draw 35%, Empoli 19%. It finished Ascoli 1–1 Empoli.
Ascoli's strength edge, with a live draw — We give Ascoli 46% mainly because our strength rating has them a shade stronger, 1412 to 1363, though home advantage runs weak across Serie B, which pulls slightly towards Empoli. The draw sits at 35%, up from a usual 27% for a gap this size, raised by Serie B's high draw rate and slightly by both sides' recent games averaging 2.5 goals.
Why Ascoli at 46%?
Ascoli sit 48 points higher on our strength rating — 1412 to 1363. Sides with a 40–80-point rating edge at home won 50.3% of 10,400 such games.
Why only 46%?
Serie B home sides under-perform the global norm — and the difference mostly flows to draws (32.3% vs 25.4% norm) and away wins (26.0% vs 30.0%). Serie B homes won 41.6% of 4,073 games vs 44.6% across all 101,264 — outside the noise band, so the tally moves accordingly.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Empoli win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 26.8%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.5% of 28,340. Serie B runs draw-heavy, adding 7.0 points. The goals environment adds 1.5 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
A 17-point possession gap between near-equal sides is unusual. Gaps this extreme are too rare to receipt — around 367 measured games, under our 300-game floor — so it's noted at 0 points. Ascoli sit -0.32 goals per game under chance-quality. For home sides we could not receipt a bounce-back — the measured cells sit inside each other's noise bands — so this is noted and scores 0. The other measured facts on this page scored nothing either.
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About this match
On this page: the Ascoli vs Empoli final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this Serie B fixture.
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