Empoli without a win in 6 matches
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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 1 draw and 5 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 1:0 against Carrarese.
Match Centre: Empoli vs Catanzaro
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Empoli
Fri 14 May
Time TBD
Away
Catanzaro
Sat 10 Oct · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:4Palermo
Saporiti 50' (p)Popov 79' (p)
Pohjanpalo 57'Palumbo 65'Johnsen 69'Cassandro 88'
Sat 24 Oct · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro1:6Ascoli
Koffi 18'
Gori 21', 76'Acampora 32'Gattoni 36'Corradini 45+1'Milanese 53'
Fri 16 Oct · Serie Baway
Hellas Verona2:2Catanzaro
Mosquera 37', 67'
Candela 11'Pecorino 75' (p)
Sun 11 Oct · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro1:3Mantova
Antonini 90+1'
Tomasevic 30'Ruocco 34'Bragantini 55'
Sat 19 Sep · Serie Baway
Sampdoria2:1Catanzaro
Insigne 56'Begic 85'
Gartenmann 45+2' (og)
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
What to watch for
Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.
Catanzaro have scored in 6 matches in a row
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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 7 goals in those matches.
Last meeting, 8 March 2026: Catanzaro – Empoli 3:2
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Filippo Pittarello: 2 goals.
2 points apart in the table
18.Empoli7 pts
20.Catanzaro5 pts
Empoli: place 18, 7 pts · Catanzaro: place 20, 5 pts.
Players to watch
Serie B, this season.
Edoardo Saporiti
Empoli · midfielder
3goals
0assists
7.02avg rating
Last match, Cesena: 1 goal, rating 7.4.
Emanuele Pecorino
Catanzaro · forward
1goal
1assist
6.93avg rating
Last match, Hellas Verona: 1 goal, rating 7.8.
Who is out
Injuries and suspensions
The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.
Recent matches
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“This set-up” is Empoli at home and Catanzaro away, as in this match.
Empoli
all matches · 10
2W1D7L0.9scored per match1.6conceded per match
at home · 10
3W4D3L1.3scored per match1.4conceded per match
away · 10
1W2D7L0.8scored per match1.5conceded per match
- 27 Oct CesenaASerie B 2:1L
- 23 Oct VicenzaHSerie B 0:2L
- 17 Oct AscoliASerie B 1:1D
- 10 Oct PalermoHSerie B 2:4L
- 20 Sep ModenaASerie B 2:1L
- 11 Sep ArezzoHSerie B 0:1L
- 5 Sep CarrareseASerie B 0:1W
- 30 Aug MantovaASerie B 3:1L
- 22 Aug CremoneseHSerie B 1:0W
- 17 Aug PisaACoppa Italia 1:1L
- 8 May MonzaASerie B 2:2D
- 1 May AvellinoHSerie B 1:0W
- 25 Apr VeneziaASerie B 2:0L
- 19 Apr Virtus EntellaHSerie B 1:1D
- 12 Apr Calcio PadovaASerie B 1:0L
- 6 Apr SampdoriaASerie B 1:0L
- 22 Mar PescaraHSerie B 4:2W
- 14 Mar MantovaHSerie B 2:2D
- 28 Feb CesenaHSerie B 1:1D
- 15 Feb ReggianaHSerie B 1:1D
Sat 10 Oct · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:4Palermo
Saporiti 50' (p)Popov 79' (p)
Pohjanpalo 57'Palumbo 65'Johnsen 69'Cassandro 88'
Sun 30 Aug · Serie Baway
Mantova3:1Empoli
Ruocco 58'Vlahović 61'Benaïssa 90'
Saporiti 51'
Sun 22 Mar · Serie Bat home
Empoli4:2Pescara
Shpendi 9', 65'Lovato 33'Fila 80'
Di Nardo 41', 47'
Sat 14 Mar · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:2Mantova
Shpendi 50'Saporiti 84'
Bragantini 21'Cella 37'
Catanzaro
all matches · 10
1W2D7L1.2scored per match2.3conceded per match
at home · 10
4W1D5L1.9scored per match2.0conceded per match
away · 10
1W3D6L1.2scored per match1.8conceded per match
- 27 Oct BeneventoASerie B 1:1D
- 24 Oct AscoliHSerie B 1:6L
- 16 Oct Hellas VeronaASerie B 2:2D
- 11 Oct MantovaHSerie B 1:3L
- 19 Sep SampdoriaASerie B 2:1L
- 12 Sep CarrareseHSerie B 1:0W
- 5 Sep SüdtirolASerie B 2:0L
- 30 Aug PisaASerie B 2:1L
- 21 Aug VicenzaASerie B 3:2L
- 15 Aug SüdtirolHCoppa Italia 2:2L
- 29 May MonzaASerie B 0:2W
- 24 May MonzaHSerie B 0:2L
- 20 May PalermoASerie B 2:0L
- 17 May PalermoHSerie B 3:0W
- 12 May AvellinoHSerie B 3:0W
- 8 May Bari 1908HSerie B 2:3L
- 1 May PalermoASerie B 3:2L
- 25 Apr SpeziaHSerie B 4:2W
- 18 Apr Juve StabiaASerie B 1:1D
- 14 Apr ModenaHSerie B 2:2D
Sat 24 Oct · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro1:6Ascoli
Koffi 18'
Gori 21', 76'Acampora 32'Gattoni 36'Corradini 45+1'Milanese 53'
Fri 16 Oct · Serie Baway
Hellas Verona2:2Catanzaro
Mosquera 37', 67'
Candela 11'Pecorino 75' (p)
Sun 11 Oct · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro1:3Mantova
Antonini 90+1'
Tomasevic 30'Ruocco 34'Bragantini 55'
Sat 19 Sep · Serie Baway
Sampdoria2:1Catanzaro
Insigne 56'Begic 85'
Gartenmann 45+2' (og)
Fri 21 Aug · Serie Baway
Vicenza3:2Catanzaro
Cuomo 39'Pietrelli 80'Morra 89'
D'Alessandro 17'Verrengia 51'
Sat 15 Aug · Coppa Italiaat home
Catanzaro2:2Südtirol
pens 3:4
Pafundi 27'Iemmello 53'
Pyyhtiä 17'Mixtur 85'
Tue 12 May · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro3:0Avellino
Pontisso 41'Cassandro 83'Iemmello 90+3' (p)
Fri 8 May · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro2:3Bari 1908
Verrengia 12'Koffi 90+7' (p)
Moncini 23'Piscopo 40', 50'
Fri 1 May · Serie Baway
Palermo3:2Catanzaro
Johnsen 15'Nuamah 54' (og)Pohjanpalo 86' (p)
Pittarello 3', 32'
Sat 25 Apr · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro4:2Spezia
Petriccione 24'Jack 63'Pittarello 78', 82'
Valoti 44'Lapadula 90+3' (p)
Tue 14 Apr · Serie Bat home
Catanzaro2:2Modena
Pittarello 5'Rispoli 40'
Adorni 28'Mendes 90+5'
Head to head
3 meetings since 2024.
Last time · 8 Mar 2026 · Serie B
Catanzaro 3:2 Empoli
Pittarello 56', 63' · Cassandro 73' · Elia 1' · Nasti 15'
2wins
1wins
0 draws3.7 goals per match · both scored in 2 of 3
2wins
0wins
0 draws3.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2
0wins
1wins
0 draws5.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 1
Expected lineups
For now, the last starting XI: Empoli (3-5-2, last: Cesena) · Catanzaro (3-5-2, last: Benevento).
JSSeghetti
CCCăuz
SRRomagnoli
LMMagnino
NCCorrado
ESSaporiti
GYYepes
EBBiondini
KZZedadka
SSShpendi
BPPopov
MPPigliacelli
MIImperiale
MAAntonini
MRRuggero
MDDorval
GAAlesi
JPPetriccione
FTTchaouna
ACCandela
PIIemmello
NKKoffi
EmpoliCatanzaro
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Who wins?
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- Kick-off
- Fri 14 MayTime TBD
- Where to watch
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- Stadium
- Stadio Carlo Castellani Empoli · show map
- Rest
- Empoli 198 days · Catanzaro 198 days Both last played: Serie B
- Table
- 18. Empoli (7 pts) and 20. Catanzaro (5 pts) Matchday 38