About Match
The points column shows no gap: 6 apiece, Empoli 8th and Palermo 7th. The last five rounds place Empoli 4th in the league for form — higher than their 8th in the standings. In league terms the two rates read 1/1 for Empoli and 2/1 for Palermo (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.31. A win would lift Empoli to 9 points and up to 1st, overtaking Palermo (other results unchanged).
Palermo arrive on a run of four straight wins.
GioScore's database holds 13 meetings between the two: 5 for Empoli, 3 for Palermo and 5 drawn, at 2.77 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 38% of meetings won. History points to goals: 62% of the meetings had three or more. Recent editions have opened up: 4.4 goals per game across the last five meetings against 2.77 historically.
Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli, capacity 16,284, hosts the game.