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

Sat 10th Oct, 14:00 BST, Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Palermo pay Serie B counterparts Empoli a visit on Saturday afternoon, as Filippo Inzaghi guides his side into an away clash with Guido Pagliuca & co. at the Carlo Castellani. This preview has odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for 17 different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions run off the last 20 matches, so all stats are shown for each side's last 20 too. Home, away and overall records can be explored, while there's also head-to-head history later on in the preview.

Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a sneaky 1-0 win here, and instead are predicting over 1.5 goals. That means that Empoli and Palermo will score at least two between them during 90 minutes. This is based on the recent form of the respective sides, as well as their historic head-to-heads. We give it a probability of 80%. The bookmakers have it available at 1.22.

There’s absolutely nothing to pick between these sides, and our predictive algorithm gives Empoli and Palermo an equal chance of claiming victory. The home win and the away win are both at 50% probability.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Empoli 27%	11/4 1%	-
Draw 23%	5/2 6%	-
Palermo 50%	43/50 2%	-
Draw 1-1 11%	6/1 8%	-
Palermo 2-1 10%	15/2	-
Palermo 1-0 9%	8/1 13%	-
Palermo 2-0 8%	9/1 5%	-
Empoli 2-1 7%	12/1	-
Empoli 1-0 6%	12/1 8%	-
Draw 2-2 6%	12/1	-
Palermo 3-1 6%	14/1	-
Draw 0-0 5%	12/1 18%	-
Palermo 3-0 5%	16/1	-
Empoli 2-0 4%	20/1	-
Palermo 3-2 3%	22/1 12%	-
Empoli 3-1 3%	28/1	-
Palermo 4-1 2%	28/1 15%	-
Empoli 3-2 2%	33/1	-
Over 2.5 Goals 57%	8/11 9%	-
Under 2.5 Goals 43%	43/40 9%	-
Home 1st Goal 45%	13/10 3%	-
Away 1st Goal 52%	4/6	-
No 1st Goal 3%	12/1 18%	-
BTTS - Yes 58%	8/13 7%	-
BTTS - No 42%	6/5 10%	-
BTTS - Home Win 14%	11/2 7%	-
BTTS - Draw 18%	10/3	-
BTTS - Away Win 26%	13/5 10%	-
Home/draw 50%	10/11 6%	-
Away/draw 73%	1/4	-
Home/away 77%	2/7 3%	-
Over 1.5 Goals 80%	2/9 2%	-
Under 1.5 Goals 20%	3/1 7%	-
Over 3.5 Goals 35%	7/4 15%	-
Under 3.5 Goals 65%	2/5 5%	-
Over 4.5 Goals 18%	9/2 15%	-
Under 4.5 Goals 82%	1/7 3%	-
Over 5.5 Goals 8%	10/1 15%	-
Under 5.5 Goals 92%	1/20 1%	-
Over 0.5 Goals 95%	1/25 1%	-
Under 0.5 Goals 5%	12/1 18%	-
Home DNB 43%	13/8	-
Away DNB 66%	4/9	-
Empoli win to nil 12%	6/1	-
Palermo win to nil 24%	11/4 7%	-
Empoli / Empoli 14%	5/1	-
Empoli / Palermo 4%	20/1 9%	-
Empoli / Draw 6%	14/1	-
Draw / Empoli 10%	7/1	-
Draw / Palermo 17%	4/1	-
Draw / Draw 14%	5/1 9%	-
Palermo / Empoli 3%	28/1 15%	-
Palermo / Palermo 27%	21/10 3%	-
Palermo / Draw 6%	12/1	-

Win / draw / win Serie B table

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Empoli Palermo
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Palermo	5	4	1	0	5	13	Oct 10	Jan 9	-	-
2	Sudtirol	5	3	2	0	6	11	Dec 8	Apr 10	Nov 24	Jan 23
3	Mantova	5	3	2	0	5	11	Jan 30	l 3-1F	Feb 13	Oct 17
4	Modena	5	3	1	1	4	10	Jan 16	l 2-1F	Mar 6	Dec 27
5	Ascoli	5	3	1	1	3	10	Feb 27	Oct 17	Apr 17	Nov 6
6	Verona	5	2	1	2	3	7	Nov 28	Mar 2	Feb 27	Dec 5
7	Cesena	5	1	4	0	1	7	May 1	Oct 27	May 14	Dec 12
8	Avellino	5	2	1	2	1	7	Mar 13	Dec 12	Apr 3	d 1-1A
9	Benevento	5	2	1	2	1	7	Feb 13	Nov 24	Nov 28	May 8
10	Pisa	5	2	1	2	0	7	Nov 21	Feb 6	Jan 16	Oct 28
11	Padova	5	2	1	2	-1	7	Apr 3	Nov 7	w 2-1A	Mar 20
12	Empoli	5	2	0	3	-2	6	-	-	Jan 9	Oct 10
13	Arezzo	5	2	0	3	-7	6	l 0-1A	Jan 23	Jan 30	w 2-3F
14	V.Entella	5	1	2	2	1	5	Apr 17	Dec 5	Dec 19	Apr 24
15	Cremonese	5	1	2	2	-2	5	w 1-0F	May 8	Dec 8	Feb 20
16	Vicenza	5	1	2	2	-3	5	Oct 23	Apr 24	Nov 1	Feb 6
17	Sampdoria	5	1	1	3	-4	4	Dec 19	Mar 20	w 3-1F	Apr 10
18	Juve Stabia	5	1	2	2	-3	3	Nov 1	Feb 20	w 1-0F	Mar 13
19	Catanzaro	5	1	0	4	-4	3	May 14	Dec 27	May 1	Nov 21
20	Carrarese	5	0	1	4	-4	1	Mar 6	w 0-1F	Oct 25	Mar 2

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

15 / 20

Clean sheets

5 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

Draw

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Empoli	0 - 1	Arezzo
Empoli	1 - 0	Cremonese
Empoli	1 - 0	Avellino
Empoli	1 - 1	V.Entella
Empoli	4 - 2	Pescara
Empoli	2 - 2	Mantova
Empoli	1 - 1	Cesena
Empoli	1 - 1	Reggiana
Empoli	1 - 2	Juve Stabia
Empoli	0 - 0	Modena
Empoli	0 - 1	Sudtirol
Empoli	1 - 1	Frosinone
Empoli	1 - 3	Palermo
Empoli	5 - 0	Bari 1908
Empoli	1 - 0	Catanzaro
Empoli	1 - 1	Sampdoria
Empoli	1 - 1	Venezia
Empoli	1 - 1	Monza
Empoli	2 - 2	Carrarese
Empoli	1 - 1	Spezia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

16 / 20

Conceded

17 / 20

Clean sheets

3 / 20

Failed to score

4 / 20

Draw

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Empoli	1 - 2	Modena
H	Empoli	0 - 1	Arezzo
A	Empoli	1 - 0	Carrarese
A	Empoli	1 - 3	Mantova
H	Empoli	1 - 0	Cremonese
A	Empoli	2 - 2	Monza
H	Empoli	1 - 0	Avellino
A	Empoli	0 - 2	Venezia
H	Empoli	1 - 1	V.Entella
A	Empoli	0 - 1	Padova
A	Empoli	0 - 1	Sampdoria
H	Empoli	4 - 2	Pescara
A	Empoli	1 - 1	Spezia
H	Empoli	2 - 2	Mantova
A	Empoli	2 - 3	Catanzaro
A	Empoli	1 - 2	Bari 1908
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Cesena
A	Empoli	2 - 2	Frosinone
H	Empoli	1 - 1	Reggiana
H	Empoli	1 - 2	Juve Stabia

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Avellino	1 - 1	Palermo
Arezzo	2 - 3	Palermo
Catanzaro	3 - 0	Palermo
Venezia	2 - 0	Palermo
Reggiana	1 - 1	Palermo
Frosinone	1 - 1	Palermo
Padova	0 - 1	Palermo
Monza	3 - 0	Palermo
Carrarese	0 - 1	Palermo
Pescara	2 - 1	Palermo
Sampdoria	3 - 3	Palermo
Bari 1908	0 - 3	Palermo
Modena	0 - 0	Palermo
Mantova	1 - 1	Palermo
Avellino	2 - 2	Palermo
Empoli	1 - 3	Palermo
V.Entella	1 - 1	Palermo
Juve Stabia	1 - 0	Palermo
Catanzaro	1 - 0	Palermo
Spezia	1 - 2	Palermo

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

17 / 20

Conceded

13 / 20

Clean sheets

7 / 20

Failed to score

3 / 20

Won

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Palermo	2 - 1	Padova
A	Palermo	1 - 1	Avellino
H	Palermo	3 - 1	Sampdoria
A	Palermo	3 - 2	Arezzo
H	Palermo	1 - 0	Juve Stabia
H	Palermo	2 - 0	Catanzaro
A	Palermo	0 - 3	Catanzaro
A	Palermo	0 - 2	Venezia
H	Palermo	3 - 2	Catanzaro
A	Palermo	1 - 1	Reggiana
H	Palermo	2 - 0	Cesena
A	Palermo	1 - 1	Frosinone
H	Palermo	2 - 0	Avellino
A	Palermo	1 - 0	Padova
H	Palermo	2 - 2	Juve Stabia
A	Palermo	0 - 3	Monza
A	Palermo	1 - 0	Carrarese
H	Palermo	2 - 1	Mantova
A	Palermo	1 - 2	Pescara
H	Palermo	3 - 0	Sudtirol

Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)

Empoli

Palermo

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

4 / 5

1 / 5

Clean sheets

4 / 5

1 / 5

EMP

PAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Empoli
	1 - 3	Palermo
Empoli	4 - 0
Empoli	1 - 0
Draw	0 - 0	Draw
Empoli	3 - 0

Palermo

Empoli

Goals: Scored

Games: Scored

3 / 5

4 / 5

Clean sheets

1 / 5

2 / 5

EMP

PAL

FIXTURE HISTORY AT Palermo
Palermo	3 - 2
Draw	3 - 3	Draw
Palermo	2 - 1
	0 - 1	Empoli
Draw	0 - 0	Draw

Goal Statistics

Goals have been difficult to come by for Empoli of late. It has been 5 Serie B games since they last scored more than 1, and a PG of 1.2 suggests they'll have problems ending that run on Saturday afternoon against Palermo.

Palermo have been reliable in attack of late, finding the net in 6 consecutive Serie B matches. Their PG of 1.8 against Empoli on Saturday suggests they're likely to extend that run.

	Empoli 12th	Palermo 1st
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.8 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 30% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 66% probability that Empoli will score no more than 1 goal	0 17% 1 30% 2 27% 3 16% 4+ 10% There is a 83% probability that Palermo will score 1 or more goals

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-5 Empoli’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions	-8 Palermo’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
	1.3 average goals scored	1.2 average goals scored
	1.1 conceded	1.3 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Serie B - 2026/2027 season

EMP

PAL

39%

better

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Games scored	4		5
Failed to score	1		0
Scored first	4		3
Goals scored	4		10
Avg. goals scored	0.8		2
Avg. shots per game	7		10
Avg. shots per goal	9		5
Conversion rate for	11		19
Avg. XG for	0		0
KickOff rating		+39%

12%

better

EMP

PAL

view stats

Games conceded	3		4
Clean sheets	2		1
Conceded first	1		2
Goals conceded	6		5
Avg. goals conceded	1.2		1
Avg. shots/game conceded	12		11
Avg. shots/goal conceded	10		11
Conversion rate against	10%		9%
Avg. XG against	0		0
KickOff rating		+12%

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

Empoli Serie B squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	1	1	3
J Seghetti	E. Saporiti	C Cauz	L Magnino

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
J Seghetti GLK	5			-
C Cauz DEF	5		1	1 -
K Zedadka MID	5			1 -
E. Saporiti MID	5	1		-
G Yepes MID	5	1		1 -
L Magnino MID	5		1	3 -
B. Popov FWD	5	1		1 -
S. Shpendi FWD	5	1		-
M Curto DEF	4			1 1
N Corrado MID	4			-
E. Biondini MID	4			1 -
M. Egan MID	4		1	-
L Belardinelli MID	4			1 -
J Ceesay MID	4			1
F Distefano FWD	4			1 -
S Romagnoli DEF	3			-
L. Deli MID	3			1 -
F Bandinelli MID	2			-
D Innocenti MID	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
1	3	1	1
E. Saporiti	E. Saporiti	C Cauz	C Cauz

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
E. Saporiti MID	1	3		1
G Yepes MID	1	2		1
B. Popov FWD	1	1
S. Shpendi FWD	1	3
C Cauz DEF			1	1
K Zedadka MID		2
L Magnino MID			1
E. Biondini MID		1
M. Egan MID		1	1	1
F Distefano FWD				1
S Romagnoli DEF		1
F Bandinelli MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
268	15	27
C Cauz	G Yepes	G Yepes

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
C Cauz DEF	268	10	19
L Magnino MID	260	13	22
M Curto DEF	235	2	11
G Yepes MID	213	15	27
J Seghetti GLK	201		2
E. Saporiti MID	128	2	19
N Corrado MID	95	6	13
K Zedadka MID	86	4	16
E. Biondini MID	82	3	11
M. Egan MID	77	4	9
S. Shpendi FWD	61	5	14
F Distefano FWD	51	2	4
S Romagnoli DEF	50	2	5
J Ceesay MID	43	4	12
F Bandinelli MID	42	2	5
L Belardinelli MID	32	2	8
B. Popov FWD	27	2	14
L. Deli MID	26	1	2
D Innocenti MID	3		2

Palermo Serie B squad statistics 2026/2027

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
5	3	4	2
T Augello	D Johnsen	D Johnsen	M Bani

Players	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Augello DEF	5	1	1	1 -
T Cassandro DEF	5			1 -
M Bani DEF	5			2 -
F Ranocchia MID	5	1		1 -
J Segre MID	5			1 -
N Estévez MID	5			1 -
D. Vavassori FWD	5	2		-
J Pohjanpalo FWD	5	1	2	-
D Johnsen FWD	5	3	4	-
N Pierozzi DEF	4			1 -
P Ceccaroni DEF	4			-
A Gabrielloni FWD	4			-
M. Fortin GLK	3			-
E Gyasi MID	3			1 -
A Palumbo MID	3	1		1 -
Hernani MID	3		1	-
G Strefezza FWD	3	1		1 -
M Perin GLK	2			-
C Gomes MID	2			-
F Barba DEF	1			-
G Magnani DEF	1			-
P Peda DEF	1			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
3	6	4	2
D Johnsen	D Johnsen	D Johnsen	F Ranocchia

Players	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
D Johnsen FWD	3	6	4	1
D. Vavassori FWD	2	5
T Augello DEF	1	1	1	1
F Ranocchia MID	1	4		2
J Pohjanpalo FWD	1	3	2	2
A Palumbo MID	1	2		1
G Strefezza FWD	1	2
J Segre MID		1
N Pierozzi DEF				1
A Gabrielloni FWD		2
E Gyasi MID		1
Hernani MID			1	1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
261	13	24
T Augello	F Ranocchia	M Bani

Players	passes	tackles	duels won
T Augello DEF	261	3	18
M Bani DEF	253	8	24
P Ceccaroni DEF	244	3	10
F Ranocchia MID	234	13	24
J Segre MID	114	8	20
D Johnsen FWD	109	3	16
T Cassandro DEF	105	3	13
A Palumbo MID	98	8	14
M Perin GLK	96		2
M. Fortin GLK	95		1
N Estévez MID	86	3	7
D. Vavassori FWD	76	2	16
J Pohjanpalo FWD	71		11
Hernani MID	71	7	16
N Pierozzi DEF	69	2	2
F Barba DEF	67	3	9
E Gyasi MID	25	2	5
G Magnani DEF	20	3	9
G Strefezza FWD	18	1	4
C Gomes MID	9		1
A Gabrielloni FWD	7	2	6
P Peda DEF	4