Empoli vs Südtirol prediction and preview

Serie B · Wednesday 9 December 2026, 19:00 UTC

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Empoli vs Südtirol

Serie B · Wednesday 9 December 2026, 19:00 UTC · Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Empoli · Südtirol · Serie B predictions

Empoli vs Südtirol preview

Empoli welcome Südtirol at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli on Wednesday 9 December 2026 (19:00 UTC) in Serie B. Empoli go into the round 18th, on 8 points from 10 games, while Südtirol go into the round 9th, on 14 points from 10 games.

Empoli come into the game with a D-L-L-D-L run in the league (0 wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats in their last 5), while Südtirol's recent sequence reads D-L-D-L-D. Over their last 6, Empoli have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Südtirol average 1.0 scored and 1.3 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.

The sides have met 2 times in the records we hold: Empoli won 1, 0 games were drawn and Südtirol won 1. Those games averaged 2.0 goals, 1 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 1. The most recent meeting, on 17 Jan 2026, ended Empoli 0-1 Südtirol.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

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Form and table

#TeamPWDLGFGAGDPtsForm
9Südtirol103521110+114DLDLD
18Empoli102261017-78LDLLD

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Head-to-head

2 meetings: Empoli 1, draws 0, Südtirol 1.

Team news

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

Südtirol expected line-up (5-4-1)

Alessandro Plizzari, Salvatore Molina, Andrea Giorgini, Riccardo Stivanello, Giacomo Stabile, Simone Tronchin, Fabio Rispoli, Vasco Lopes

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