Catanzaro vs Empoli prediction and preview
Serie B · Sunday 27 December 2026, 14:00 UTC
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Catanzaro vs Empoli
Serie B · Sunday 27 December 2026, 14:00 UTC · Stadio Nicola Ceravolo, Catanzaro
Catanzaro vs Empoli preview
Catanzaro host Empoli in Serie B on Sunday 27 December 2026, kick-off 14:00 UTC at Stadio Nicola Ceravolo in Catanzaro. Catanzaro are 20th in the table with 6 points from 10, while Empoli sit 18th on 8 points after 10 matches.
Recent form: Catanzaro D-D-L-D-L, Empoli D-L-L-D-L (most recent first). Over their last 6, Catanzaro have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.5 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 6. Empoli average 1.2 scored and 2.2 conceded across their last 6, with 0 clean sheets.
Head to head, Catanzaro have 1 win to Empoli's 1 across 2 meetings, with 0 draws. Those games averaged 3.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 1. The most recent meeting, on 8 Mar 2026, ended Catanzaro 3-2 Empoli.
At home this season Catanzaro have 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats from 4 matches; on the road Empoli have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 5.
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Catanzaro expected line-up (3-5-2)
Mirko Pigliacelli, Marco Imperiale, Matias Antonini, Jacopo Petriccione, Antonio Candela, Gabriele Alesi, Franky Tchaouna, Mehdi Dorval, Pietro Iemmello, N'Dri Koffi
Empoli expected line-up (3-5-2)
Jacopo Seghetti, Cristian Căuz, Marco Curto, Edoardo Saporiti, Niccolò Corrado, Karim Zedadka, Luca Magnino, Filippo Bandinelli, Bogdan Popov, Joseph Ceesay
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