Match Info

Serie B - Round 1

Date: 22 August 2026, Saturday

Location: Stadio Carlo Castellani (Empoli)

Referee: Tremolada P. (Ita)

Where to Watch on TV:


Italy	DAZN Italia, LAB Channel
Usa	SportsEngine Play
World	OneFootball TV


	Empoli		Cremonese

	1	X	2
	3.2	3.2	2.25	Watch
	3.10	3.10	2.30
	3.1	3	2.3	Watch
	3.37	3.2	2.39
	3.25	3.07	2.33	Watch
	3.35	3.05	2.35
	3.22	3.22	2.32	Watch
	3.15	3.15	2.33
Avarage Now (Initially)	3.22 ↑ (2.78)	3.12 ↑ (3.08)	2.32 ↓ (2.59)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.25

The best margin for this event is 2.8%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Empoli
29.3%

Draw
30.2%

Cremonese
40.6%

Initial Probability

(when we started the analysis)

33.6%

30.3%

36.1%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Empoli has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-4.3%)

Cremonese has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+4.5%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
0%	85.7%	14.3%

Empoli - Cremonese Predictions

Users Predictions: 7 users predict this event. Cremonese will win (votes: 1 - 14.3%). It will Tie (votes: 6 - 85.7%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

BTTS - yes (1.74) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

AH 0, 1st Half - Cremonese (1.76) (votes: 1 - 100%) .

Overall Expert Consensus (including all markets): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Cremonese (votes: 1 - 100%).

Expected Score (Market Odds): 1:1

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Lineups

Starting Lineups
12. Seghetti J. (G) 8. Magnino L. (C) 25. Curto M. 33. Cauz C. 35. Egan M. 39. Biondini E. 21. Yepes G. 15. Ceesay J. 10. Saporiti E. 20. Di Stefano F. 11. Shpendi S.	1. Fulignati A. (G) 38. Vogliacco A. 15. Bianchetti M. (C) 5. Luperto S. 3. Pezzella G. 8. Lottici Tessadri S. 16. Gerli F. 18. Collocolo M. 90. Bonazzoli F. 27. Vandeputte J. 9. De Luca M.
Substitutes
31. Babalola S. 57. Belardinelli L. 9. Bianchi F. 22. Brancolini F. (G) 44. Deli L. 38. Huqi M. 28. Indragoli G. 1. Perisan S. (G) 77. Popov B. 6. Romagnoli S. 29. Tosto L. 98. Zedadka K.	22. Agazzi F. (G) 14. Berti T. 71. Elia S. 13. Fellipe Jack 12. Festa M. (G) 23. Folino F. 25. Lordkipanidze D. 19. Nasti M. 21. Rocchetti Y.
Coaches
Pagliuca G.	Giampaolo M.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (1 - 0)
16', Vandeputte J. 🟨,
19', Collocolo M. ↓, Elia S. ↑,
21', 1 - 0, Shpendi S. ⚽, Cauz C. (A),
45+2', Bianchetti M. 🟨,
2nd Half (0 - 0)
57', Di Stefano F. ↓, Popov B. ↑,
59', Ceesay J. 🟥,
63', Shpendi S. ↓, Zedadka K. ↑,
65', De Luca M. ↓, Nasti M. ↑,
65', Elia S. ↓, Berti T. ↑,
77', Yepes G. ↓, Deli L. ↑,
77', Biondini E. ↓, Belardinelli L. ↑,
77', Saporiti E. ↓, Romagnoli S. ↑,
82', Luperto S. ↓, Rocchetti Y. ↑,
85', Bonazzoli F. 🟨,
90+4', Popov B. 🟨,
90+8', Pagliuca G. 🟨,

Preview

In the last 5 head-to-head matches, Empoli won 3.

In this match, both teams have almost equal chances to win.

There will not play in Empoli: Pellegri P. (Knee Injury)

There will not play in Cremonese: Baschirotto F. (Thigh Injury)

There are questionable in Cremonese: Stuckler D. (Injury)

In the last 9 head-to-head matches, Empoli won 3 matches, drew 4 matches, lost 2 matches, and goals 11:9. (average 1.2:1).

Including home matches between the teams, Empoli won 2 matches, drew 2 matches, lost 0 matches, and goals 5:2. (average 1.3:0.5).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
13	Empoli	6	2	0	4	6:10	-4	6
15	Cremonese	6	1	3	2	5:7	-2	6

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- FC Empoli
Coppa Italia
17.08.26	Pisa - Empoli	2:1 penalties ✺
Club Friendly
01.08.26	Empoli - Spezia	1:1 ✺
25.07.26	Empoli - Virtus Entella	1:0 ✺
Italian Serie B
08.05.26	Monza - Empoli	2:2 ✺
01.05.26	Empoli - Avellino	1:0 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 12.3 LTWTW
- US Cremonese
Coppa Italia
17.08.26	Cremonese - Sampdoria	2:0 ✺
Club Friendly
29.07.26	Cremonese - Cittadella	1:1 ✺
24.07.26	Cremonese - Giana Erminio	4:0 ✺
Italian Serie A
24.05.26	Cremonese - Como	1:4 ✺
17.05.26	Udinese - Cremonese	0:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 11 WTWLW

Latest Head to Head

Italian Serie A
14.04.23	Cremonese - Empoli	1:0
11.11.22	Empoli - Cremonese	2:0
Italian Serie B
13.04.21	Cremonese - Empoli	2:2
15.12.20	Empoli - Cremonese	1:0
03.03.20	Cremonese - Empoli	2:3
Coppa Italia
03.12.19	Cremonese - Empoli	1:0
Italian Serie B
20.10.19	Empoli - Cremonese	1:1

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