Palermo 3-3 Empoli: result and report

Serie B · Saturday 9 September 2017

Result

Palermo 3-3 Empoli

Serie B · Saturday 9 September 2017, 13:00 UTC · half-time 2-1

Palermo · Empoli · Serie B predictions

Palermo 3-3 Empoli: match report

Palermo drew with Empoli 3-3 in Serie B on Saturday 9 September 2017. The half-time score was 2-1.

Thiago Cionek opened the scoring in the 10th minute. Palermo's goals came from Thiago Cionek (10'), Igor Coronado (14') and Eddy Gnahoré (77'). Empoli scored through Lorenco Šimić (23'), Francesco Caputo (54') and Francesco Caputo (90+4', penalty).

Discipline: Palermo received 3 yellow cards; Empoli received 2 yellow cards.

Going into the game Palermo were 6th on 4 points from 2 and Empoli 7th on 4 points from 2. Palermo went on to finish that season 2nd with 78 points, and Empoli 1st with 85.

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

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 2 Palermo wins, 3 draws and 5 for Empoli.

Data as of 5 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 10'Goal · Thiago CionekPalermo · 1-0
  • 14'Goal · Igor CoronadoPalermo · 2-0
  • 23'Goal · Lorenco ŠimićEmpoli · 2-1
  • 54'Goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 2-2
  • 65'Yellow card · Michele CastagnettiEmpoli
  • 77'Goal · Eddy GnahoréPalermo · 3-2
  • 85'Yellow card · Francesco CaputoEmpoli
  • 90+1'Yellow card · Aleksandar TrajkovskiPalermo
  • 90+3'Yellow card · Eddy GnahoréPalermo
  • 90+4'Yellow card · Andrea RispoliPalermo
  • 90+4'Penalty goal · Francesco CaputoEmpoli · 3-3

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Palermo 2, draws 3, Empoli 5.

Team news

Palermo line-up (3-4-3)

Josip Posavec, Giuseppe Bellusci, Andrea Rispoli, Aljaž Struna, Thiago Cionek, Haitam Aleesami, Mato Jajalo, Igor Coronado, Eddy Gnahoré, Ivaylo Chochev, Ilija Nestorovski

Empoli line-up (3-5-2)

Ivan Provedel, Lorenco Simic, Sebastiano Luperto, Manuel Pasqual, Simone Romagnoli, Joel Untersee, Rade Krunic, Ismaël Bennacer, Michele Castagnetti, Alfredo Donnarumma, Francesco Caputo