Empoli 1-3 Palermo: result and report
Serie B · Sunday 7 December 2025
Result
Empoli 1-3 Palermo
Serie B · Sunday 7 December 2025, 16:15 UTC · half-time 0-2
Empoli 1-3 Palermo: match report
Empoli lost to Palermo 1-3 in Serie B on Sunday 7 December 2025. The half-time score was 0-2.
Jérémy Le Douaron opened the scoring in the 7th minute. Empoli's goal came from Pietro Pellegri (63'). Palermo scored through Jérémy Le Douaron (7'), Joel Pohjanpalo (18') and Joel Pohjanpalo (74').
Discipline: Empoli received 2 yellow cards; Palermo received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game Empoli were 7th on 20 points from 14 and Palermo 6th on 23 points from 14. Empoli went on to finish that season 17th with 41 points, and Palermo 4th with 75.
Empoli lined up in a 3-4-2-1 and Palermo in a 3-4-2-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Joel Pohjanpalo of Palermo (9.1), ahead of Pietro Ceccaroni (7.9).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 6 Empoli wins, 2 draws and 2 for Palermo.
Going into the match Empoli's last five read W-W-W-L-D and Palermo's W-D-L-W-L.
Key events
- 7'Goal · Jérémy Le Douaron
- 14'Yellow card · Jacopo Segre
- 18'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 33'Yellow card · Bartosz Bereszyński
- 61'Yellow card · Pietro Pellegri
- 63'Goal · Pietro Pellegri
- 74'Goal · Joel Pohjanpalo
- 90'Yellow card · Brando Moruzzi
Head-to-head
Team news
Empoli line-up (3-4-2-1)
Andrea Fulignati, Matteo Lovato, Gabriele Guarino, Nosa Edward Obaretin, Salvatore Elia, Andrea Ghion, Gerard Yepes, Brando Moruzzi, Stiven Shpendi, Joseph Ceesay, Marco Nasti
Palermo line-up (3-4-2-1)
Jesse Joronen, Bartosz Bereszyński, Mattia Bani, Pietro Ceccaroni, Niccolò Pierozzi, Jacopo Segre, Filippo Ranocchia, Tommaso Augello, Antonio Palumbo, Jérémy Le Douaron, Joel Pohjanpalo