Palermo 2-1 Empoli: result and report

Serie A · Sunday 28 May 2017

Result

Palermo 2-1 Empoli

Serie A · Sunday 28 May 2017, 18:45 UTC · half-time 0-0

Palermo · Empoli · Serie A predictions

Palermo 2-1 Empoli: match report

Palermo won against Empoli 2-1 in Serie A on Sunday 28 May 2017. It was 0-0 at half-time.

Ilija Nestorovski opened the scoring in the 76th minute. Palermo's goals came from Ilija Nestorovski (76') and Bruno Henrique (84'). Empoli scored through Rade Krunic (87').

Discipline: Palermo received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.

Going into the game Palermo were 19th on 23 points from 37 and Empoli 17th on 32 points from 37. Palermo went on to finish that season 19th with 26 points, and Empoli 18th with 32.

Palermo lined up in a 3-5-1-1 and Empoli in a 4-3-1-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Rade Krunic of Empoli (8.5), ahead of Ilija Nestorovski (8.0).

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Palermo wins, 2 draws and 6 for Empoli.

Going into the match Palermo's last five read L-W-D-W-L and Empoli's L-L-W-L-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 11'Yellow card · H. AleesamiPalermo
  • 38'Yellow card · Giuseppe BellusciEmpoli
  • 49'Yellow card · Assane DiousséEmpoli
  • 66'Yellow card · Vincent LauriniEmpoli
  • 67'Yellow card · Andrea CostaEmpoli
  • 69'Yellow card · Alessandro DiamantiPalermo
  • 76'Goal · Ilija NestorovskiPalermo · 1-0
  • 84'Goal · Bruno HenriquePalermo · 2-0
  • 87'Goal · Rade KrunicEmpoli · 2-1
  • 90+2'Yellow card · Ivaylo ChochevPalermo

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Palermo 2, draws 2, Empoli 6.

Team news

Palermo line-up (3-5-1-1)

Andrea Fulignati, Edoardo Goldaniga, Giancarlo González, Thiago Cionek, Andrea Rispoli, Ivaylo Chochev, Haitam Aleesami, Mato Jajalo, Gennaro Ruggiero, Alessandro Diamanti, Ilija Nestorovski

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

Alberto Pelagotti, Vincent Laurini, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Costa, Manuel Pasqual, Assane Dioussé, Daniele Croce, Miha Zajc, Rade Krunic, Massimo Maccarone, Mame Thiam