Empoli 2-4 Palermo: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 10 October 2026

Result

Empoli 2-4 Palermo

Serie B · Saturday 10 October 2026, 13:00 UTC · Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli · half-time 0-0

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Empoli 2-4 Palermo: match report

Empoli were beaten by Palermo 2-4 in Serie B on Saturday 10 October 2026 at Stadio Carlo Castellani. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Edoardo Saporiti opened the scoring in the 50th minute. Empoli's goals came from Edoardo Saporiti (50', penalty) and Bogdan Popov (79', penalty). Palermo scored through Joel Pohjanpalo (57'), Antonio Palumbo (65'), Dennis Johnsen (69') and Tommaso Cassandro (88').

Discipline: Empoli received 1 yellow card; Palermo received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Empoli were 12th on 6 points from 5 and Palermo 1st on 13 points from 5. In the current table Empoli are 18th on 8 points and Palermo are 1st on 26 points.

Empoli lined up in a 3-5-2 and Palermo in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Antonio Palumbo of Palermo (8.7), ahead of Dennis Johnsen (8.1).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 3 draws and 3 for Palermo.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 50'Penalty goal · Edoardo SaporitiEmpoli · 1-0
  • 57'Yellow card · Jacopo SeghettiEmpoli
  • 57'Goal · Joel PohjanpaloPalermo · 1-1
  • 65'Goal · Antonio PalumboPalermo · 1-2
  • 69'Goal · Dennis JohnsenPalermo · 1-3
  • 75'Yellow card · Filippo RanocchiaPalermo
  • 76'Missed penalty · Stiven ShpendiEmpoli
  • 79'Penalty goal · Bogdan PopovEmpoli · 2-3
  • 88'Goal · Tommaso CassandroPalermo · 2-4

Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
1Palermo108202412+1226WWWDW
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 3, Palermo 3.

Team news

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Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Jacopo Seghetti, Marco Curto, Simone Romagnoli, Cristian Căuz, Joseph Ceesay, Luca Magnino, Filippo Bandinelli, Edoardo Biondini, Niccolò Corrado, Bogdan Popov, Edoardo Saporiti

Palermo line-up (4-2-3-1)

Mattia Fortin, Tommaso Cassandro, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Tommaso Augello, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Dominic Vavassori, Antonio Palumbo, Dennis Johnsen, Joel Pohjanpalo

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