Serie B WON 0–1
Sat, Sep 5 · 19:30 · Stadio dei Marmi
Carrarese Home
VS
Empoli FC Away
Carrarese vs Empoli — Serie B
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Value Fair · 2/5
Odds 1.22 Odds via Bet365
Our estimate80%
This price needs82%
Expert analysis

Carrarese and Empoli Set for Tight Defensive Duel

Both sides have kept games low on goals in their opening fixtures this season with similar attacking and defensive outputs on average. Carrarese at home tends to control possession without creating many clear chances while Empoli on the road focuses on compact defending to limit opportunities. Their recent head to head meetings produced goals but stayed within bounds that rarely explode into high totals. Current form shows Carrarese alternating results without much attacking spark and Empoli mixing wins and losses while maintaining clean sheets at times. These patterns suggest the match will hinge on midfield battles and set piece caution rather than open end to end action. Empoli carries a slight edge from Serie A experience but Carrarese home setup often neutralizes such advantages through organized pressing. Overall the context points toward a controlled contest where teams prioritize structure over risk.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 73.2% win rate
Result
0–1 WON

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.22 won — final score 0–1.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Filippo Di Stefano ↓ Joseph Ceesay 45'
  3. Second half
  4. Luca Magnino 51'
  5. Jacopo Martini ↓ Luka Topalovic 60'
  6. Bogdan Popov ↓ Steven Shpendi 61'
  7. Filippo Bandinelli ↓ edoardo biondini 61'
  8. Niccolò Belloni ↓ Gabriele parlanti 71'
  9. Mattia Finotto ↓ Moustapha Cisse 71'
  10. Matthias Braunöder ↓ Nicolas Schiavi 72'
  11. Bogdan Popov assist Luca Magnino 74'
  12. Karim Zedadka ↓ matteo egan 78'
  13. Nicolo Cudrig ↓ Fabio Andrea 78'
  14. Duccio Degli Innocenti ↓ Edoardo Saporiti 82'
  15. Filippo Di Stefano 87'
This season
Carrarese Empoli
Over 2.5 goals 0% 0%
Clean sheet 0% 50%
Failed to score 0% 0%
Scored per game 1.0 1.0
Conceded per game 1.5 1.5
Scored home / away 1.0 / 1.0 1.0 / 1.0

Across 2 and 2 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
10 PIS Pisa 2 1 0 1 3
11 EMP Empoli ▲ 2 1 0 1 3
12 VIC Vicenza Virtus 2 1 0 1 3
13 JUV Juve Stabia 2 1 0 1 1
14 CAR Carrarese ▲ 2 0 1 1 1
15 BEN Benevento 2 0 1 1 1
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Carrarese LWLLD
L @ Napoli 0–2 Jul 26
W @ Virtus Entella 1–0 Aug 8
L @ Torino 0–1 Aug 15
L vs Mantova 1–2 Aug 22
D @ Ascoli 1–1 Aug 29
Empoli DDWL
D @ Livorno 1–1 Aug 8
D @ Pisa 1–1 Aug 17
W vs Cremonese 1–0 Aug 22
L @ Mantova 1–3 Aug 30
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Carrarese
Scored 0.6 avg
0 1 0 1 1
Conceded 1.2 avg
2 0 1 2 1
Empoli
Scored 1.0 avg
1 1 1 1
Conceded 1.3 avg
1 1 0 3
Head-to-head · last meetings
1 Carrarese
1 Draws
0 Empoli FC
Jan 2026 Carrarese 3–0 Empoli Carrarese
Sep 2025 Empoli 2–2 Carrarese Draw

Over 2.5 goals in 2 of the last 2 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Carrarese 3-5-2
  • 1 S. Pizzignacco G
  • 13 F. Ruggeri D
  • 6 F. Oliana D
  • 41 L. Romani D
  • 33 F. Reale M
  • 77 G. Parlanti M
  • 18 Nicolás Schiavi M
  • 17 L. Topalović M
  • 73 J. Rouhi M
  • 9 F. Abiuso F
  • 11 M. Cissé F
Bench N. Bonfanti, M. Braunöder, N. Cudrig, M. Finotto, G. Garofani, Y. Khafi, T. Macchioni, J. Martini, P. Pinelli, N. Ravaglia, Gonçalo Esteves, N. Belloni

G. Cioffi

Empoli 3-4-2-1
  • 12 J. Seghetti G
  • 25 M. Curto D
  • 35 M. Egan D
  • 33 C. Cauz D
  • 15 J. Ceesay M
  • 8 L. Magnino M
  • 21 Gerard Yepes M
  • 91 N. Corrado M
  • 39 E. Biondini M
  • 10 E. Saporiti M
  • 11 S. Shpendi F
Bench L. Belardinelli, F. Bandinelli, D. Bembnista, R. Berizzi, D. Degli Innocenti, L. Deli, F. Distefano, G. Indragoli, S. Perisan, B. Popov, S. Romagnoli, K. Zedadka

G. Pagliuca