Empoli 1-0 Cremonese — Serie B, 22 Aug 2026
Empoli beat Cremonese 1-0 in Serie B on 22 August 2026 at Carlo Castellani, Empoli. Stiven Shpendi scored for Empoli. Full match stats, line-ups and player ratings are below. In their last 5 meetings, Empoli have won 3 and Cremonese 1, 1 draw.
Match timeline
- 16'Foul
- 19'
- 1-021'assist: C. Cauz
- 45+2'
- Half-time1-0
- 57'
- 59'Foul
- 63'
- 65'
- 65'
- 77'
- 77'
- 77'
- 82'
- 85'Unsportsmanlike conduct
- 90+4'Delay of game
- 90+8'G. PagliucaUnsportsmanlike conduct
- Full-time1-0
Player ratings
7.3
Top rated
Empoli
- 7.3Jacopo SeghettiG
- 7.0Gerard YepesM
- 7.0Stiven ShpendiF
- 7.0Edoardo SaporitiM
- 6.9Cristian CauzD
- 6.6Marco CurtoD
- 6.6Edoardo BiondiniM
- 6.5Filippo DistefanoM
- 6.3Joseph CeesayD
- 6.2Luca MagninoM
- 6.2Matteo EganD
Line-ups
Substitutes
EmpoliGuido Pagliuca
Substitutes
- 98Karim Zedadka63'M
- 22Federico BrancoliniG
- 1Samuele PerisanG
- 57Luca Belardinelli77'M
- 6Simone RomagnoliD
- 9Flavio BianchiF
- 28Gabriele IndragoliD
- 29Lorenzo TostoD
- 77Bohdan Popov90+4'57'F
- 38Mattia HuqiM
- 44Lapo DeliM
- 31Samsondeen BabalolaD
CremoneseMarco Giampaolo
Substitutes
- 12Marco FestaG
- 71Salvatore Elia65'19'M6.3
- 14Tommaso Berti65'M
- 21Yuri Rocchetti82'D
- 19Marco Nasti65'F
- 25Dachi LordkipanidzeM
- 22Federico AgazziG
- 23Francesco FolinoD
- 13Fellipe JackD
Team statistics
Empoli
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | Tkl | Drb | Rt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacopo Seghetti | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.3 |
| Gerard Yepes | 62 | – | – | – | – | 4 | – | 7.0 |
| Stiven Shpendi | 62 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 1 | 7.0 |
| Edoardo Saporiti | 62 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7.0 |
| Cristian Cauz | 62 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 6.9 |
| Marco Curto | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.6 |
| Edoardo Biondini | 62 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | 6.6 |
| Filippo Distefano | 57 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6.5 |
| Joseph Ceesay | 59 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | 6.3 |
| Luca Magnino | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.2 |
| Matteo Egan | 62 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6.2 |
Cremonese
| Player | Min | G | A | Sh | KP | Tkl | Drb | Rt |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Fulignati | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7.0 |
| Simone Lottici Tessadri | 62 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 6.9 |
| Federico Bonazzoli | 62 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 6.9 |
| Jari Vandeputte | 62 | – | – | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | 6.7 |
| Matteo Bianchetti | 62 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6.7 |
| Fabio Gerli | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.7 |
| Michele Collocolo | 19 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.5 |
| Sebastiano Luperto | 62 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6.3 |
| Alessandro Vogliacco | 62 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6.3 |
| Manuel De Luca | 62 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | 6.3 |
| Salvatore Elia | 43 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 6.3 |
| Giuseppe Pezzella | 62 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 6.2 |
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Before and after
Empoli
- Previous: Monza 2-2 Empoli, 8 May 2026 · Serie B
- Next: Mantova 3-1 Empoli, 30 Aug 2026 · Serie B
Cremonese
- Previous: Cremonese 1-4 Como, 24 May 2026 · Serie A
- Next: Cremonese 0-3 Modena, 28 Aug 2026 · Serie B
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