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Empoli vs Palermo: match report

Empoli hosted Palermo at Stadio Carlo Castellani - Computer Gross Arena on Saturday 10 October 2026, in the Italian Serie B (round 6). Livio Marinelli is the referee, averaging 4.3 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.6.

Result and scorers

Empoli 2-4 Palermo. Goals: Edoardo Saporiti 50' (pen) for Empoli; Joel Pohjanpalo 57' for Palermo; Antonio Palumbo 65' for Palermo; Dennis Johnsen 69' for Palermo; Bohdan Popov 79' (pen) for Empoli; Tommaso Cassandro 88' for Palermo.

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Key moments (contains the result)
  • 50' Penalty: Edoardo Saporiti (Empoli)
  • 57' Goal: Joel Pohjanpalo (Palermo)
  • 57' Yellow card: Jacopo Seghetti (Empoli)
  • 65' Goal: Antonio Palumbo (Palermo)
  • 69' Goal: Dennis Johnsen (Palermo)
  • 75' Yellow card: Filippo Ranocchia (Palermo)
  • 79' Penalty: Bohdan Popov (Empoli)
  • 88' Goal: Tommaso Cassandro (Palermo)
Match stats (contains the result)
40.7%Possession59.3%
6Shots35
2Shots on target12
1Corners5
10Fouls12
2Offsides3
8Saves0
1Yellow cards1
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Empoli 3-5-2

Coach: Matteo Andreoletti

  1. 12 Jacopo Seghetti GK
  2. 25 Marco Curto DEF
  3. 6 Simone Romagnoli DEF
  4. 33 Cristian Cauz DEF
  5. 15 Joseph Ceesay MID
  6. 8 Luca Magnino MID
  7. 39 Edoardo Biondini MID
  8. 23 Filippo Bandinelli MID
  9. 91 Niccolò Corrado MID
  10. 10 Edoardo Saporiti MID
  11. 77 Bogdan Popov FWD

Bench

  • 13 Emiliano Filippis GK
  • 1 Samuele Perisan GK
  • 36 Dawid Bembnista DEF
  • 28 Gabriele Indragoli DEF
  • 5 Duccio Degli Innocenti MID
  • 98 Karim Zedadka MID
  • 44 Lapo Deli MID
  • 57 Luca Belardinelli MID
  • 35 Matteo Egan MID
  • 16 Florijan Meznar FWD
  • 11 Stiven Shpendi FWD

Palermo 3-4-2-1

Coach: Filippo Inzaghi

  1. 14 Mattia Fortin GK
  2. 84 Tommaso Cassandro DEF
  3. 13 Mattia Bani DEF
  4. 32 Pietro Ceccaroni DEF
  5. 9 Dominic Vavassori FWD
  6. 8 Jacopo Segre MID
  7. 10 Filippo Ranocchia MID
  8. 3 Tommaso Augello MID
  9. 5 Antonio Palumbo MID
  10. 17 Dennis Tørset Johnsen FWD
  11. 20 Joel Pohjanpalo FWD

Bench

  • 12 Manfredi Nespola GK
  • 1 Mattia Perin GK
  • 96 Giangiacomo Magnani DEF
  • 29 Patryk Peda DEF
  • 33 Andrea Bozzolan MID
  • 6 Claudio Gomes MID
  • 11 Emmanuel Quartsin Gyasi MID
  • 23 Hernani MID
  • 36 Luca Mazzitelli MID
  • 24 Nahuel Estévez MID
  • 27 Niccolò Pierozzi MID
  • 99 Alessandro Gabrielloni FWD
Previous meetings
  • Saturday 7 February 2026: Palermo 3-2 Empoli
  • Sunday 7 December 2025: Empoli 1-3 Palermo
  • Friday 2 February 2018: Empoli 4-0 Palermo
  • Saturday 9 September 2017: Palermo 3-3 Empoli
  • Sunday 28 May 2017: Palermo 2-1 Empoli