Down To Ten
Empoli
Empoli played the closing 45 minutes a man down after a 45′ dismissal.
- Sent off
- 45′
- Player
- Marco Curto
Serie B · Matchday 4Empoli
0 – 1
FT
HT 0–0
Arezzo
Simone Romagnoli 74'
Serie B
Matchday 4Empoli0–1Arezzo
6
Shots in the box
7
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture. Shots in the box is the closest measure the feed provides.
45′74′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture. The timeline above shows the goals and cards recorded by the match feed.
Match report
Empoli 0-1 Arezzo
Arezzo edged out Empoli 1-0 at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Serie B. Romagnoli turned into his own net on 74' to make it 1-0.
Expected goals were not reported for this fixture, so the closest read on chance quality is where the shots came from: Empoli took 6 of their 10 attempts inside the box, Arezzo 7 of 15. Arezzo held 55.0% of the ball.
The game turned on a dismissal: Curto was sent off on 45', leaving Empoli 45 minutes to play a man short.
M. Coppolaro came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.0 for Arezzo from 4 tackles.
It was a niggly afternoon: 31 fouls between them and 2 yellow cards, with Empoli conceding the most free-kicks (16).
Assembled by TackleZone from this fixture’s match events, team statistics and player ratings. Figures are as reported by the competition feed; where a statistic was not reported, it is left out rather than shown as zero. Longer written analysis is published for selected matches.
Quick stats
45%Possession55%
10Shots15
What the numbers say
1 readTimeline
Edoardo Biondini
Foul
🟨18'
Karim Zedadka ↑ Matteo Egan ↓
🔄25'
Marco Curto · Card upgrade confirmed
📺43'
Marco Curto
Serious Foul
🟥45'
🔄45'
Emiliano Pattarello ↑ Alessandro Arena ↓
Simone Romagnoli ↑ Edoardo Biondini ↓
🔄45'
Half-time
🔄62'
Alberto Cerri ↑ Mattia Viviani ↓
🔄62'
Leonardo Mancuso ↑ Pietro Cianci ↓
Bogdan Popov ↑ Steven Shpendi ↓
🔄68'
🔄72'
mattia sala ↑ Marco Olivieri ↓
Luca Belardinelli ↑ Joseph Ceesay ↓
🔄73'
Filippo Bandinelli ↑ Gerard Yepes ↓
🔄73'
🔴74'
Simone Romagnoli
🔄88'
Luca Chierico ↑ Shaka Mawuli Eklu ↓
🟨89'
matteo gilli
Foul
Match info
Kickoff
VenueStadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 4
StatusMatch Finished