Serie B MISSED 2–4
Sat, Oct 10 · 15:00 · Stadio Carlo Castellani
Empoli FC Home
VS
Palermo Away
Empoli vs Palermo — Serie B
Tipster's pick Under 3.5 Goals
Confidence Low
Odds 1.40 Odds via Bet365
Expert analysis

Empoli Home Defence Points to Tight Contest

Empoli sit in thirteenth place after collecting six points from five matches and they score just half a goal on average at home. Palermo top the standings with thirteen points but concede one and a half goals in away fixtures. The visitors have scored in every game this season while Empoli have failed to find the net once already. Head to head encounters between these two have seen over two and a half goals in six of the last ten meetings. Empoli have recorded three or more total goals in only two of their five league games so far. Palermo average two point eight goals scored per match yet their away form points to a more measured approach here. The main risk lies in whether Palermo’s attacking threat overwhelms Empoli’s home defence early on.

AcePredictor Analysis by AcePredictor 68.1% win rate
Result
2–4 MISSED

Our pick “Under 3.5 Goals” at odds 1.40 didn’t land — final score 2–4.

Match timeline
  1. First half
  2. Lapo Deli ↓ Filippo Bandinelli 45'
  3. Karim Zedadka ↓ Simone Romagnoli 45'
  4. Second half
  5. Edoardo Saporiti Penalty 50'
  6. Joel Pohjanpalo assist Mattia Bani 57'
  7. Jacopo Seghetti 57'
  8. Antonio Palumbo assist Dennis Johnsen 65'
  9. Dennis Johnsen assist Antonio Palumbo 69'
  10. Duccio Degli Innocenti ↓ Edoardo Biondini 71'
  11. Steven Shpendi ↓ Niccolo Corrado 71'
  12. Filippo·Ranocchia 75'
  13. Bogdan Popov 79'
  14. Hernani ↓ Jacopo Segre 80'
  15. Nahuel Estévez ↓ Filippo·Ranocchia 80'
  16. Alessandro Gabrielloni ↓ Joel Pohjanpalo 80'
  17. Luca Mazzitelli ↓ Antonio Palumbo 80'
  18. Patryk Peda ↓ Dennis Johnsen 85'
  19. Tommaso Cassandro assist Alessandro Gabrielloni 88'
  20. Matteo Egan ↓ Joseph Ceesay 89'
This season
Empoli Palermo
Over 2.5 goals 40% 60%
Clean sheet 40% 20%
Failed to score 20% 0%
Scored per game 0.8 2.0
Conceded per game 1.2 1.0
Scored home / away 0.5 / 1.0 2.0 / 2.0

Across 5 and 5 matches played this season.

League table position
# Team PWDLPts
1 PAL Palermo ▲ 5 4 1 0 13
2 SUD Sudtirol 5 3 2 0 11
3 MAN Mantova 5 3 2 0 11
4 MOD Modena 5 3 1 1 10
5 ASC Ascoli 5 3 1 1 10
6 PAD Padova 5 2 1 2 7
7 BEN Benevento 5 2 1 2 7
8 HEL Hellas Verona 5 2 1 2 7
9 AVE Avellino 5 2 1 2 7
10 CES Cesena 5 1 4 0 7
11 PIS Pisa 5 2 1 2 7
12 ARE Arezzo 5 2 0 3 6
13 EMP Empoli ▲ 5 2 0 3 6
14 VIR Virtus Entella 5 1 2 2 5
Recent form · last 5 finished matches
Empoli WLWLL
W vs Cremonese 1–0 Aug 22
L @ Mantova 1–3 Aug 30
W @ Carrarese 1–0 Sep 5
L vs Arezzo 0–1 Sep 11
L @ Modena 1–2 Sep 20
Palermo WWWDW
W @ Arezzo 3–2 Aug 30
W vs Mantova 5–2 Sep 3
W vs Sampdoria 3–1 Sep 7
D @ Avellino 1–1 Sep 13
W vs Padova 2–1 Sep 19
Goals trend · last 5 matches
Empoli
Scored 0.8 avg
1 1 1 0 1
Conceded 1.2 avg
0 3 0 1 2
Palermo
Scored 2.8 avg
3 5 3 1 2
Conceded 1.4 avg
2 2 1 1 1
Head-to-head · last meetings
4 Empoli FC
3 Draws
3 Palermo
Feb 2026 Palermo 3–2 Empoli Palermo
Dec 2025 Empoli 1–3 Palermo Palermo
Feb 2018 Empoli 4–0 Palermo Empoli
Sep 2017 Palermo 3–3 Empoli Draw
May 2017 Palermo 2–1 Empoli Palermo

Over 2.5 goals in 6 of the last 10 meetings.

Confirmed lineups
Empoli 3-5-2
  • 12 J. Seghetti G
  • 25 M. Curto D
  • 6 S. Romagnoli D
  • 33 C. Cauz D
  • 15 J. Ceesay M
  • 8 L. Magnino M
  • 39 E. Biondini M
  • 23 F. Bandinelli M
  • 91 N. Corrado M
  • 10 E. Saporiti F
  • 77 B. Popov F
Bench D. Bembnista, D. Degli Innocenti, L. Deli, M. Egan, E. Filippis, G. Indragoli, F. Meznar, S. Perisan, S. Shpendi, K. Zedadka, L. Belardinelli

M. Andreoletti

Palermo 3-4-2-1
  • 14 M. Fortin G
  • 84 T. Cassandro D
  • 13 M. Bani D
  • 32 P. Ceccaroni D
  • 9 D. Vavassori M
  • 8 J. Segre M
  • 10 F. Ranocchia M
  • 3 T. Augello M
  • 5 A. Palumbo M
  • 17 D. Johnsen M
  • 20 J. Pohjanpalo F
Bench G. Magnani, E. Gyasi, C. Gomes, A. Gabrielloni, N. Estévez, A. Bozzolan, Hernani, L. Mazzitelli, M. Nespola, P. Peda, M. Perin, N. Pierozzi

F. Inzaghi