Palermo 3-2 Empoli: result and report
Serie B · Saturday 7 February 2026
Result
Palermo 3-2 Empoli
Serie B · Saturday 7 February 2026, 16:15 UTC · half-time 1-1
Palermo 3-2 Empoli: match report
Palermo won against Empoli 3-2 in Serie B on Saturday 7 February 2026. The half-time score was 1-1.
Gabriele Guarino opened the scoring in the 5th minute. Palermo's goals came from an own goal by Andrea Fulignati (24'), Joel Pohjanpalo (57') and Joel Pohjanpalo (84', penalty). Empoli scored through Gabriele Guarino (5') and Tyronne Ebuehi (72').
Discipline: Palermo received 2 yellow cards; Empoli received 4 yellow cards.
Going into the game Palermo were 4th on 41 points from 22 and Empoli 11th on 28 points from 22. Palermo went on to finish that season 4th with 75 points, and Empoli 17th with 41.
Palermo lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Empoli in a 3-5-2. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Pohjanpalo of Palermo (8.2), ahead of Tommaso Augello (7.6).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Palermo wins, 4 draws and 4 for Empoli.
Key events
- 5'Goal · Gabriele Guarino
- 24'Own goal · Andrea Fulignati
- 33'Yellow card · Mattia Bani
- 38'Yellow card · Matteo Lovato
- 45'Yellow card · Pietro Ceccaroni
- 57'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 66'Yellow card · Nosa Edward Obaretin
- 72'Goal · Tyronne Ebuehi
- 84'Penalty goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 90+6'Yellow card · Andrea Fulignati
- 90+7'Yellow card · Luca Magnino
Head-to-head
Team news
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Palermo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jesse Joronen, Patryk Peda, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Niccolò Pierozzi, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Tommaso Augello, Jérémy Le Douaron, Emmanuel Gyasi, Joel Pohjanpalo
Empoli line-up (3-5-2)
Andrea Fulignati, Matteo Lovato, Gabriele Guarino, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Antonio Candela, Luca Magnino, Andrea Ghion, Duccio Degli, Salvatore Elia, Marco Nasti, Stiven Shpendi