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Empoli v Palermo : Serie B match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 7th Dec, 16:15 BST, Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Home advantage is often beneficial in the Serie B, and Alessio Dionisi’s Empoli will have the joy of it on Sunday afternoon. Filippo Inzaghi’s Palermo are their opponents at the Carlo Castellani. All stats, including each side's 20 game form and head-to-head history, will change as you browse each of the betting markets via the tabs below. Odds from leading bookmakers and, of course, our algorithmic predictions will too.


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Over / Under 1.5 Goals
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Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
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Empoli
36%
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Draw
29%
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Palermo
35%
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Draw 1-1
13%
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Empoli 1-0
12%
--
Palermo 1-0
12%
--
Draw 0-0
11%
--
Empoli 2-1
7%
--
Palermo 2-1
7%
--
Empoli 2-0
7%
--
Palermo 2-0
7%
--
Draw 2-2
4%
--
Empoli 3-1
3%
--
Palermo 3-1
3%
--
Empoli 3-0
2%
--
Palermo 3-0
2%
--
Empoli 3-2
2%
--
Palermo 3-2
1%
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Over 2.5 Goals
38%
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Under 2.5 Goals
62%
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Home 1st Goal
46%
--
Away 1st Goal
46%
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No 1st Goal
8%
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BTTS - Yes
45%
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BTTS - No
55%
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BTTS - Home Win
13%
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BTTS - Draw
18%
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BTTS - Away Win
13%
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Home/draw
65%
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Away/draw
64%
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Home/away
71%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
65%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
35%
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Over 3.5 Goals
18%
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Under 3.5 Goals
82%
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Over 4.5 Goals
7%
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Under 4.5 Goals
93%
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Over 5.5 Goals
3%
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Under 5.5 Goals
97%
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Over 0.5 Goals
89%
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Under 0.5 Goals
11%
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Home DNB
56%
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Away DNB
56%
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Empoli win to nil
22%
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Palermo win to nil
22%
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Win / draw / win Serie B table

Empoli have played 13 matches so far this season and are in 8th position in the league. Empoli are winless in the 4 games they have played against teams above them in the table and have conceded in every game. Empoli are unbeaten at home after 7 games and have kept 1 clean sheet in those matches.

Performance against teams above them in the league

4 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 2 games, drawn 2 and won zero. Empoli have conceded 7 goals, scored 4, scored in every game and kept no clean sheets.

Home league performance

Empoli have played 7 games at home, winning 2, drawing 5 and losing 0 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 7 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and scored in every home league game.

Palermo lay in 6th place on 20 points in the Serie B league table having played 13 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 1 and losing 2 games. They have scored 14 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Palermo have conceded 5 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Palermo have played 6 away games, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Empoli
Palermo
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Monza139221129 
d
 
1-1A
May 9
l
 
0-3A
Mar 14
2
Modena137511326 
Jan 31
l
 
2-1F
d
 
1-1F
Jan 24
3
Frosinone137421225 
Dec 27
Feb 21
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 11
4
Cesena13724523 
Feb 28
Jan 10
Apr 18
d
 
1-1A
5
Venezia136431022 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
d
 
0-00-0
May 9
6
Palermo13553620 
Dec 7
Feb 7
-
-
7
Reggiana13454017 
Feb 14
l
 
3-1F
w
 
2-1F
Apr 25
8
Empoli13454-117 
-
-
Feb 7
Dec 7
9
Juve Stabia12453-117 
Feb 10
Dec 13
Mar 17
l
 
1-0A
10
Carrarese13373216 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 24
Nov 29
Mar 7
11
Catanzaro13373116 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 7
May 1
l
 
1-0A
12
Avellino13445-916 
May 1
w
 
0-3F
Apr 6
Dec 20
13
V.Entella13364-515 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Feb 14
d
 
1-1A
14
Padova13355-414 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 11
Dec 27
Mar 21
15
Mantova13427-614 
Mar 14
Dec 21
Mar 3
Jan 10
16
Sudtirol13274-313 
Jan 17
w
 
1-2A
Feb 21
w
 
0-2F
17
Bari 190812345-613 
Nov 29
Mar 3
w
 
2-0F
Jan 31
18
Sampdoria13247-710 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
Dec 12
Feb 10
19
Pescara13166-109 
Mar 21
l
 
4-0A
w
 
5-0F
Feb 28
20
Spezia13157-88 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 17
Jan 17
w
 
1-2F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
Empoli 8TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
9
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Empoli1 - 0Catanzaro
Empoli1 - 1Sampdoria
Empoli1 - 1Venezia
Empoli1 - 1Monza
Empoli2 - 2Carrarese
Empoli1 - 1Spezia
Empoli3 - 1Padova
Empoli1 - 2Verona
Empoli2 - 1Parma
Empoli0 - 1Lazio
Empoli2 - 2Venezia
Empoli0 - 0Cagliari
Empoli0 - 1Roma
Empoli0 - 5Atalanta
Empoli0 - 2Milan
Empoli1 - 1Bologna
Empoli1 - 3Lecce
Empoli1 - 2Genoa
Empoli0 - 1Torino
Empoli1 - 1Udinese
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
30
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
6
Draw
6
Lost
8
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AEmpoli3 - 0Avellino
HEmpoli1 - 0Catanzaro
AEmpoli0 - 1V.Entella
HEmpoli1 - 1Sampdoria
AEmpoli1 - 2Modena
HEmpoli1 - 1Venezia
AEmpoli2 - 1Sudtirol
HEmpoli1 - 1Monza
HEmpoli2 - 2Carrarese
AEmpoli0 - 4Pescara
HEmpoli1 - 1Spezia
AEmpoli1 - 3Reggiana
HEmpoli3 - 1Padova
HEmpoli1 - 2Verona
AEmpoli3 - 1Monza
HEmpoli2 - 1Parma
HEmpoli0 - 1Lazio
AEmpoli1 - 2Fiorentina
HEmpoli2 - 2Venezia
AEmpoli0 - 3Napoli
Palermo 6TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
23
Conceded
23
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
Won
5
Draw
6
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
V.Entella1 - 1Palermo
Juve Stabia1 - 0Palermo
Catanzaro1 - 0Palermo
Spezia1 - 2Palermo
Cesena1 - 1Palermo
Sudtirol0 - 2Palermo
Juve Stabia1 - 0Palermo
Cesena2 - 1Palermo
Catanzaro1 - 3Palermo
Bari 19082 - 1Palermo
Salernitana1 - 2Palermo
Sampdoria1 - 1Palermo
Cosenza0 - 3Palermo
Spezia2 - 2Palermo
Reggiana2 - 1Palermo
Cittadella2 - 1Palermo
Sassuolo2 - 1Palermo
Carrarese1 - 0Palermo
Frosinone1 - 1Palermo
Mantova0 - 0Palermo
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
19
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
14 / 20
Clean sheets
6 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
APalermo1 - 1V.Entella
APalermo0 - 1Juve Stabia
HPalermo5 - 0Pescara
HPalermo0 - 3Monza
APalermo0 - 1Catanzaro
HPalermo1 - 1Modena
APalermo2 - 1Spezia
HPalermo0 - 0Venezia
APalermo1 - 1Cesena
HPalermo2 - 0Bari 1908
APalermo2 - 0Sudtirol
HPalermo0 - 0Frosinone
HPalermo2 - 1Reggiana
APalermo0 - 1Juve Stabia
HPalermo1 - 1Carrarese
HPalermo2 - 0Frosinone
APalermo1 - 2Cesena
HPalermo1 - 2Sudtirol
APalermo3 - 1Catanzaro
APalermo1 - 2Bari 1908
Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
4
Empoli have kept a clean sheet in 4 consecutive home league meetings with Palermo
League games at Empoli since 2014
Empoli
Palermo
Goals: Scored
8
0
Games: Scored
3 / 4
0 / 4
Clean sheets
4 / 4
1 / 4
EMP
3
D
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Empoli
Empoli4 - 0
Empoli1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Empoli3 - 0
League games at Palermo since 2015
Palermo
Empoli
Goals: Scored
5
5
Games: Scored
2 / 4
3 / 4
Clean sheets
1 / 4
2 / 4
EMP
1
D
2
PAL
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Palermo
Draw3 - 3Draw
Palermo2 - 1
0 - 1Empoli
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics
Empoli 8th Palermo 6th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.1
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Empoli will score no more than 1 goal
0
33%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 70% probability that Palermo will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
-14
Empoli have scored 14% fewer goals at home than predicted
-2
Palermo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.0
average goals scored
1.2
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.2
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie B - 2025/2026 season
Empoli
PG (predicted goals)
Palermo
1.1
1.1
Attack rating
18%
better
EMP
PAL
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Games scored11
8
Failed to score2
5
Scored first6
6
Goals scored17
16
Avg. goals scored1.3
1.2
Avg. shots per game8
10
Avg. shots per goal6
8
Conversion rate for17
12
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
+18%
Defence rating
EMP
PAL
34%
better
view stats
Games conceded11
8
Clean sheets2
5
Conceded first7
5
Goals conceded18
10
Avg. goals conceded1.4
0.8
Avg. shots/game conceded9
8
Avg. shots/goal conceded7
11
Conversion rate against15%
10%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
+34%

Empoli v Palermo Serie B lLine ups will show here when available.

Empoli Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13535
A FulignatiS. ShpendiS Elia S Elia 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Fulignati GLK13
1
-
F Carboni DEF121
1
-
S Elia  MID1213
4
1
G Yepes MID12
4
-
R Ilie MID123
3
-
S. Shpendi FWD125
1
-
G Guarino DEF111
2
1
N. Obaretin DEF111
2
1
M Lovato DEF11
-
B. Moruzzi DEF111
-
A Ghion MID10
1
-
B. Popov FWD105
1
1
M Curto DEF91
1
-
J Ceesay MID92
1
-
L. Ignacchiti MID82
1
-
P Pellegri  FWD81
1
-
T Ebuehi DEF7
-
L Belardinelli MID7
4
-
E. Saporiti MID61
1
-
D Innocenti MID5
2
-
N Haas  MID3
-
M Nasti FWD31
-
I. Konate FWD3
-
F Bianchi FWD1
-
Palermo Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13534
N PierozziJ PohjanpaloJ PohjanpaloM Bani
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
N Pierozzi DEF1342
3
-
T Augello DEF131
3
-
J Segre MID1321
1
-
J Douaron FWD1311
-
J Pohjanpalo FWD1353
-
J Joronen GLK12
-
S Diakité DEF121
2
-
P Ceccaroni DEF12
1
1
A Palumbo MID122
2
-
P Peda DEF11
2
-
M Bani DEF101
4
-
C Gomes MID101
-
M Brunori FWD1011
3
-
A Blin MID9
2
-
F Ranocchia MID9
1
1
B Bereszynski DEF7
1
-
A Vasic MID71
1
-
E Gyasi MID7
-
G Corona FWD6
1
-
S Giovane MID5
-
D Veroli DEF21
1
-
F Bardi GLK1
-