Comeback Win
Modena
Modena went behind and turned the match around.
- Final score
- 2–1
Serie B · Matchday 5Modena
A. Belotti 61'
G. Ambrosino 70'
2 – 1
FT
HT 0–1
Empoli
G. Yepes 27'
Serie B
Matchday 5Modena2–1Empoli
1.72
Expected goals
0.71
27′61′70′
Shot-by-shot xG is not available for this fixture, so the race is shown as full-time totals: MOD 1.72, EMP 0.71.
Match report
Modena 2-1 Empoli
Modena edged out Empoli 2-1 at Alberto Braglia in Serie B. Yepes opened the scoring for Empoli on 27', Belotti levelled for Modena on 61' and Ambrosino put Modena back in front on 70'.
Expected goals finished Modena 1.72, Empoli 0.71. The scoreline is a fair reflection of who created more. Modena held 60.0% of the ball.
Modena had to come from behind to get there, which is the detail the scoreline hides.
The numbers picked up more than the scoreline shows. Empoli graded out for busy goalkeeper — 6 saves and 1.72 faced xg.
Jacopo Seghetti came out of it with the best individual rating on the pitch, 8.3 for Empoli across 90 minutes.
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
60%Possession40%
22Shots9
1.72xG0.71
What the numbers say
2 readsBusy Goalkeeper
Empoli
Empoli leaned on their goalkeeper, who made 6 saves.
- Saves
- 6
- Faced xG
- 1.72
- Conceded
- 2
Timeline
🟨20'
Luca Magnino
Foul
⚽27'
G. Yepes
🔄41'
B. Popov ↑ S. Shpendi ↓
Half-time
Giacomo Olzer
Foul
🟨47'
A. Belotti ↑ G. Olzer ↓
🔄55'
A. Belotti — assist: D. Tonoli
⚽61'
S. Santoro ↑ G. Brugman ↓
🔄65'
Alessandro Bianco
Foul
🟨66'
G. Ambrosino — assist: A. Bianco
⚽70'
🔄77'
F. Di Stefano ↑ E. Biondini ↓
🟨82'
Cristian Cauz
Foul
F. Folino ↑ P. Azzi ↓
🔄83'
W. Acquah ↑ G. Ambrosino ↓
🔄83'
Stenio ↑ G. Caso ↓
🔄83'
🔄89'
L. Belardinelli ↑ G. Yepes ↓
🔄89'
L. Deli ↑ L. Magnino ↓
Match info
Kickoff
VenueAlberto Braglia, Modena
RefereeAndrea Calzavara, Italy
CompetitionSerie B
Season2026
RoundMatchday 5
StatusMatch Finished