Match Info

Serie B - Round 8

Date: 23 October 2026, Friday 🏁 Finished

Location: Stadio Carlo Castellani (Empoli) 🌤️ ...

Referee: Allegretta C. G. (Ita)

Where to Watch on TV:

Country	Kick-Off	TV Channels
Italy	20:30	DAZN Italia, Destination Calcio, LAB Channel
Serbia	20:30	Arena Sport 1x2
Switzerland	20:30	Blue Sport 3, Blue Sport 3
International	18:30	OneFootball TV


	Empoli		Vicenza Virtus

	1	X	2
	2.55	3.20	2.75	Watch
	2.50	3.30	2.70
	2.43	3.40	2.75	Watch
	2.71	3.30	2.87
	2.56	3.3	2.71	Watch
	2.65	3.15	2.80
	2.49	3.21	2.95	Watch
	2.50	3.20	2.65
Avarage Now (Initially)	2.55 ↑ (2.3)	3.26 ↑ (3.1)	2.77 ↓ (2.9)

The most likely Over/Under: 2.50

The best margin for this event is 2%, offered by

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Current Win Probability

Empoli
37%

Draw
29%

Vicenza Virtus
34%

Initial Probability (when we started the analysis)

39.4%

29.3%

31.3%

Our Initial ML Estimation

40.2%

28.7%

30.7%

Analysis of Changes in Winning Probabilities:

Empoli has seen a decrease in its chances compared to the initial analysis. (-2.4%)

Vicenza Virtus has improved its chances compared to the initial analysis. (+2.7%)

ML Model estimates a higher probability for Empoli than the current prediction. (+3.2%)

ML Model estimates a lower probability for Vicenza Virtus than the current prediction. (-3.3%)

Who will win by Users?

1	X	2
28.6%	42.9%	28.6%

Empoli - Vicenza Virtus Predictions

Users Predictions: 7 users predict this event. Empoli will win (votes: 2 - 28.6%). Vicenza will win (votes: 2 - 28.6%). It will Tie (votes: 3 - 42.9%).

Verified Performance Core (Selected Experts): 1 Selected Experts predict this event. Empoli (votes: 1 - 100%).

Over/Under & Asian Handicap Predictions by Selected Experts:

O/U 2.5 - over (1.81) (votes: 2 - 100%) .

BTTS - yes (1.64) (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. 98. Zedadka K. 23. Bandinelli F. 5. Degli Innocenti D. 10. Saporiti E. 91. Corrado N. 77. Popov B. 15. Ceesay J.	16. Gagno R. (G) 66. Papetti A. 23. Brighenti N. (C) 5. Marchizza R. 28. Caferri L. 26. Pellizzari G. 8. Bellemo A. 10. Valoti M. 21. Corazza T. 7. Rauti N. 9. Morra C.
Substitutes
57. Belardinelli L. 36. Bembnista D. 39. Biondini E. 44. Deli L. 20. Di Stefano F. 35. Egan M. 13. Filippis E. (G) 28. Indragoli G. 1. Perisan S. (G) 6. Romagnoli S. 11. Shpendi S.	24. Alessio F. 1. Bagheria F. (G) 4. Carraro M. 32. Costa F. 6. Leverbe M. 33. Merkaj S. 11. Moncini G. 99. Pietrelli A. 27. Sandon T. 44. Talarico R. 30. Vescovi M. 29. Zonta L.
Coaches
Andreoletti M.	Gallo F.

Key Events of the Match

1st Half (0 - 1)
20', 0 - 1, Rauti N. ⚽, Papetti A. (A),
2nd Half (0 - 1)
50', Ceesay J. ↓, Shpendi S. ↑,
55', Curto M. 🟥,
69', Marchizza R. 🟨,
69', Saporiti E. ↓, Di Stefano F. ↑,
69', Bandinelli F. ↓, Belardinelli L. ↑,
70', Degli Innocenti D. ↓, Deli L. ↑,
73', Deli L. 🟨,
74', Rauti N. ↓, Merkaj S. ↑,
74', Morra C. ↓, Alessio F. ↑,
78', Marchizza R. ↓, Sandon T. ↑,
80', Caferri L. 🟨,
82', Magnino L. ↓, Egan M. ↑,
83', Valoti M. ↓, Zonta L. ↑,
85', 0 - 2, Pellizzari G. ⚽, Zonta L. (A),

Preview

Important points are at stake as a mid-tier club meets a struggling opponent (ranked 14th and 17th in the Serie B (Play Out: )).

Neither team has been performing at its best in recent fixtures.

In this match, both teams have fairly balanced chances of victory.

Confirmed absences for Empoli: Monaco S. (Inactive) Romagnoli S. (Inactive).

Confirmed absences for Vicenza: Cuomo G. (Inactive) Rada A. (Muscle Injury) Tsadjout F. (Surgery).

In the last 3 head-to-head meetings, Empoli has recorded 2 wins, 1 draw, and 0 losses, with a goal aggregate of 8:4 (averaging 2.7:1.3 goals per game).

Specifically in home fixtures for Empoli against this opponent, the record stands at 1 win, 1 draw, and 0 losses, with 6:4 goals (averaging 3:2 per game).

Standings

		Pl	W	D	L		Diff	Pts
15	L.R. Vicenza	9	2	3	4	12:17	-5	9
17	Empoli	9	2	1	6	8:15	-7	7

Outrights of Italian Serie B for now

Empoli: 0.41%

Last Results with these Odds

Empoli - the odds 2.3 are the expected chance of winning is 39.45%, but this team recently wins 0% of matches with these odds.

Form

✺ - easy match; ✺ - difficult match;

- FC Empoli
Italian Serie B
17.10.26	Ascoli - Empoli	1:1 ✺
10.10.26	Empoli - Palermo	2:4 ✺
20.09.26	Modena - Empoli	2:1 ✺
11.09.26	Empoli - Arezzo	0:1 ✺
05.09.26	Carrarese - Empoli	0:1 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 8.3 TLLLW
- Vicenza Virtus
Italian Serie B
17.10.26	Benevento - Vicenza Virtus	2:2 ✺
10.10.26	Vicenza Virtus - Pisa	0:3 ✺
20.09.26	Verona - Vicenza Virtus	2:1 ✺
12.09.26	Vicenza Virtus - Juve Stabia	1:1 ✺
06.09.26	Virtus Entella - Vicenza Virtus	2:2 ✺
Form Coefficient (based on results and difficulties of last matches) - 7 TLLTT

Latest Head to Head

Coppa Italia
15.08.21	Empoli - Vicenza Virtus	4:2
Italian Serie B
13.03.21	Vicenza Virtus - Empoli	0:2
28.11.20	Empoli - Vicenza Virtus	2:2

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