Empoli vs Palermo 2-4
Edoardo Saporiti 50' (pen)
Bogdan Popov 79' (pen)
Palermo beat Empoli 4-2 at the Carlo Castellani in Serie B Regular Season Round 6, despite a goalless first half. Saporiti gave Empoli the lead from a 50th-minute penalty before Pohjanpalo (57'), Palumbo (65'), Johnsen (69') and Cassandro (88') scored for Palermo, with Popov pulling one back from a 79th-minute penalty. Palermo dominated the shots (35 to 6) and possession (59% to 41%), and no red cards were shown.
Match note written by Pitcharium from the match data.Match timeline
- Simone Romagnoli for Karim Zedadka46'
- Filippo Bandinelli for Lapo Deli46'
- Edoardo Saporiti · VAR check48'
- Edoardo Saporiti · Penalty goal50'
- Jacopo Seghetti · Yellow card57'
- 57'Joel Pohjanpalo assist Mattia Bani
- 65'Antonio Palumbo assist Dennis Johnsen
- 69'Dennis Johnsen assist Antonio Palumbo
- Niccolò Corrado for Stiven Shpendi71'
- Edoardo Biondini for Duccio Degli Innocenti71'
- 75'Filippo Ranocchia · Yellow card
- Bogdan Popov · Penalty goal79'
- 79'Joel Pohjanpalo for Alessandro Gabrielloni
- 79'Antonio Palumbo for Hernani
- 79'Jacopo Segre for Luca Mazzitelli
- 80'Filippo Ranocchia for Nahuel Estévez
- 85'Dennis Johnsen for Patryk Peda
- 88'Tommaso Cassandro assist Alessandro Gabrielloni
- Joseph Ceesay for Matteo Egan89'
Match stats
Line-ups
Empoli starting XI
- 12Jacopo Seghetti
- 25Marco Curto
- 6Simone Romagnoli
- 33Cristian Cauz
- 15Joseph Ceesay
- 8Luca Magnino
- 23Filippo Bandinelli
- 39Edoardo Biondini
- 91Niccolò Corrado
- 77Bogdan Popov
- 10Edoardo Saporiti
Empoli bench · coach Matteo Andreoletti
Palermo starting XI
- 14Mattia Fortin
- 84Tommaso Cassandro
- 13Mattia Bani
- 32Pietro Ceccaroni
- 3Tommaso Augello
- 8Jacopo Segre
- 10Filippo Ranocchia
- 9Dominic Vavassori
- 5Antonio Palumbo
- 17Dennis Johnsen
- 20Joel Pohjanpalo
Palermo bench · coach Filippo Inzaghi
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Serie B table
| # | Team | P | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Palermo | 10 | +12 | 26 |
| 2 |  Modena | 10 | +8 | 20 |
| 3 |  Ascoli | 10 | +10 | 19 |
| 4 |  Mantova | 10 | +4 | 18 |
| 5 |  Avellino | 10 | +5 | 15 |
| 6 |  Benevento | 10 | +4 | 15 |
| 7 |  Hellas Verona | 10 | +6 | 15 |
| 8 |  Pisa | 10 | +3 | 15 |
| 9 |  Padova | 10 | -1 | 14 |
| 10 |  Sudtirol | 10 | +1 | 14 |
| 11 |  Cremonese | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 12 |  Cesena | 10 | -3 | 12 |
| 13 |  Arezzo | 10 | -10 | 11 |
| 14 |  Virtus Entella | 10 | -1 | 10 |
| 15 |  Carrarese | 10 | -4 | 10 |
| 16 |  Juve Stabia | 10 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 |  Vicenza Virtus | 10 | -7 | 9 |
| 18 |  Empoli | 10 | -7 | 8 |
| 19 |  Sampdoria | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 20 |  Catanzaro | 10 | -11 | 6 |