Empoli 1-0 Cremonese · Serie B
Empoli beat Cremonese 1-0 in the Serie B. Full match statistics, the goal timeline and both lineups are below.
Match report
Empoli and Cremonese met in the Serie B at Carlo Castellani in Empoli on Saturday, 22 August 2026.
Goalscorers
Empoli: S. Shpendi 21'. Cremonese did not score.
How the match went
Cremonese saw more of the ball, 75% of it. Empoli had 10 shots with 5 on target, Cremonese 15 with 2 on target. There were 7 corners in total, 2 to Empoli and 5 to Cremonese. Empoli conceded 17 fouls, Cremonese 11. The referee showed 5 yellow cards (2 for Empoli, 3 for Cremonese) and 1 red card.
Line-ups
Empoli started in a 4-2-3-1: Jacopo Seghetti, Matteo Egan, Marco Curto, Cristian Cauz, Joseph Ceesay, Luca Magnino, Gerard Yepes, Edoardo Biondini, Edoardo Saporiti, Filippo Distefano, Stiven Shpendi.
Cremonese started in a 3-5-2: Andrea Fulignati, Alessandro Vogliacco, Matteo Bianchetti, Sebastiano Luperto, Michele Collocolo, Fabio Gerli, Simone Lottici Tessadri, Jari Vandeputte, Giuseppe Pezzella, Federico Bonazzoli, Manuel De Luca.
More from this competition: Serie B fixtures, results and table.