Empoli 4-0 Palermo: result and report

Serie B · Friday 2 February 2018

Result

Empoli 4-0 Palermo

Serie B · Friday 2 February 2018, 19:30 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Empoli 4-0 Palermo: match report

Empoli won against Palermo 4-0 in Serie B on Friday 2 February 2018. It was 2-0 at half-time.

Matteo Brighi opened the scoring in the 12th minute. Empoli's goals came from Matteo Brighi (12'), Francesco Caputo (45'), Francesco Caputo (51') and Francesco Caputo (82', penalty). Palermo did not score.

Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Empoli were 3rd on 40 points from 23 and Palermo 2nd on 43 points from 23. Empoli went on to finish that season 1st with 85 points, and Palermo 2nd with 78.

Empoli lined up in a 4-3-1-2 and Palermo in a 3-5-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 4 Empoli wins, 4 draws and 2 for Palermo.

Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-W-D-D and Palermo's W-D-W-D-W.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 12'Goal · Matteo BrighiEmpoli · 1-0
  • 31'Yellow card · Aljaz StrunaPalermo
  • 45'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-0
  • 47'Yellow card · Miha ZajcEmpoli
  • 51'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 3-0
  • 53'Yellow card · Fran Martinez NionEmpoli
  • 72'Yellow card · G. RolandoPalermo
  • 82'Penalty goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 4-0

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Empoli 4, draws 4, Palermo 2.

Team news

Empoli line-up (4-3-1-2)

Gabriel, Domenico Maietta, Frédéric Veseli, Manuel Pasqual, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Matteo Brighi, Miha Zajc, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo

Palermo line-up (3-5-2)

Josip Posavec, Giuseppe Bellusci, Aljaž Struna, Haitam Aleesami, Przemyslaw Szyminski, Paweł Dawidowicz, Aleksandar Trajkovski, Mato Jajalo, Igor Coronado, Ivaylo Chochev, Ilija Nestorovski