📏 Form Guide

Catanzaro

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Catanzaro head into this match following a 2-2 Serie B drawn result against Carrarese.

For Catanzaro, the goalscorers were Mattia Compagnon (54') and Filippo Pittarello (65'). Luigi Cherubini (43') and Stiven Shpendi (81') scored for Carrarese.

It has not been often in recent games where Catanzaro have shown defensive steel. The reality is that Catanzaro have seen their defence breached in 5 of their previous 6 clashes, leaking 12 goals on the way.

Palermo

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Following on from being defeated in their last game at the hands of AS Bari in Serie B competition, Palermo will be hoping to turn things around here.

The only scorer from Palermo was Joel Pohjanpalo (18'). Giulio Maggiore (6') and Lorenco Šimić (89') scored for AS Bari.

In their last 6 clashes, Palermo have amassed the sum of 12 goals. Palermo have also managed to score in every single one of those games. During that period, they’ve seen 10 goals go against them. It will be interesting to find out if that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Serie B match day 17 on 15/12/2024 which finished with the scoreline of Palermo 1-2 Catanzaro.

That day, Palermo had 44% possession and 26 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Their only player to score was Dimitrios Nikolaou (32').

For their opponents, Catanzaro had 10 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. Tommaso Biasci (3') and Marco Pompetti (82') scored.

The match was refereed by Alberto Ruben Arena.

ℹ️ Team News: Catanzaro

It seems likely that Aquile del Sud could line up in a 3-5-2 formation this time, beginning the first half with Mirko Pigliacelli, Nicolo Brighenti, Stefano Scognamillo, Federico Bonini, Tommaso Cassandro, Rares Ilie, Jacopo Petriccione, Marco Pompetti, Mattia Compagnon, Tommaso Biasci and Pietro Iemmello.

ℹ️ Team News: Palermo

Thanks to a largely full-strength squad, there’s only the one fitness worry for the Palermo gaffer Alessio Dionisi to be concerned with. Alfred Gomis (Patellar tendon rupture) won’t be in action.

We are inclined to think that Rosaneri seem most likely to elect for a 3-4-2-1 lineup, starting the game with Emil Audero, Rayyan Baniya, Alexis Blin, Giangiacomo Magnani, Niccolò Pierozzi, Claudio Gomes, Filippo Ranocchia, Kristoffer Lund, Roberto Insigne, Jeremy Le Douaron and Francesco Di Mariano.

⚡ Prediction

We’ve got the feeling that Palermo and Catanzaro could find scoring goals difficult here.

Little in this one, and it’s almost too close to call. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 0-0 draw at full-time.

Victor Martins, 12:07 27/04/2025