Serie B Opening Day: All Three Promoted Teams Lose Their First Match
The opening weekend of the 2026/2027 Serie B season, which kicked off on Friday evening and concluded on Sunday, August 23rd, has produced an unprecedented event. For the very first time in the league's history, all three teams that were relegated from Serie A have lost their opening match. On Saturday evening, Cremonese fell to a defeat away at Empoli. Yesterday, in two separate matches played at 7:00 PM, Pisa and Hellas Verona were defeated by Padova and Ascoli, respectively.
Highlighting this peculiar statistic, which was noted by La Gazzetta dello Sport this morning, let's review the overall results from the 10 matches played:
SERIE B - MATCHDAY 1
Vicenza-Catanzaro 3-2
Goals: 17' D'Alessandro (C), 39' Cuomo (V), 51' Verrengia (C), 80' Pietrelli (V), 89' Morra (V)
Carrarese-Mantova 1-2
Goals: 22' Ruocco (M), 61' Ilie (M), 80' Pinelli (C)
Sudtirol-Virtus Entella 1-0
Goal: 90' Davi
Avellino-Arezzo 1-2
Goals: 15' Russo (A), 56' [pen.] Cianci (A), 90' Ionita (A)
Benevento-Modena 1-2
Goals: 26' Salvemini (B), 65' Santoro (M), 76' Caso (M)
Empoli-Cremonese 1-0
Goal: 21' S. Shpendi
Hellas Verona-Ascoli 1-2
Goals: 21’ Mulattieri (H), 53’ Silipo (A), 56’ D’Uffizi (A)
Pisa-Padova 0-1
Goal: 63’ Fusi
Cesena-Sampdoria 1-1
Goals: 17’ C. Shpendi (C), 83’ Henderson (S)
Palermo-Juve Stabia 1-0
Goal: 4’ Johnsen
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