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Catanzaro v Empoli, Serie B, Sun, 8 Mar 2026: statistics and head to head

2025-26. Sun, 8 Mar 2026

32Full time, half-time 0–2
EmpoliAway

Catanzaro won by 1 goal.

DDWLLLeague form, oldest to newestLDLWD

Restored from the 11 October backup. Current updates are not connected.

Stadio Nicola Ceravolo. Photo: Emanuele1982 at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, cropped and resized.

Stored context before this match

Before this match, Catanzaro have 14 scored home results and Empoli 13 scored away results stored in 2025-26. Statistical pre-kickoff PPG: Catanzaro at home: 1.93 points per match (14 measured matches); Empoli away: 1.00 points per match (13 measured matches). Observed points use 3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss, before official adjustments. Catanzaro scored 1.57 per home match (14 measured matches); Empoli scored 1.08 away (13). The competition's pooled scoring average was 1.25 per club appearance across 570 measured appearances. Both sides scored in 13 of 27 pooled club appearances (48.1%). A shared fixture counts once for each club's record. Earlier stored meetings: 1. Catanzaro: 0 wins; Empoli: 1 wins; draws: 0.

Only scored source results before the recorded kickoff enter this statistical brief; same-day records with unknown kickoff order are excluded.

A plain reading of the stored figures. No verified written preview is current for this match.

How the goals came

No timeline: goal minutes, cards and substitutions are not stored for this match. The goals are shown by half instead.

First half02
Second half30

The match in numbers

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 16Shots5
  • 6Shots on target2
  • 9Corners1
  • 9Fouls26
  • 1Yellow cards2
  • 0Red cards0

From shots to goals

Catanzaro

  • Shots16
  • On target6
  • Goals3

38% of shots on target, 50% of those scored.

Empoli

  • Shots5
  • On target2
  • Goals2

40% of shots on target, 100% of those scored.

Counts only. Shot positions are not stored, so no shot map is drawn.

Prediction

Prototype model, not yet validated

No prediction is shown for a finished match. The model keeps no figure from before kick-off, so showing one now would be written with the result already known.

How the model works

Head to head

Meetings before this match. Same-day meetings qualify only when both recorded kickoff times establish an earlier start.

1 valid scored meetings from a bounded window of up to 10 stored meetings, any competition. Too few to read much into. Clean sheets count each named club separately; a 0–0 gives both clubs a clean sheet.

0
Catanzaro wins
0
Draws
1
Empoli wins
Goals / meeting
1.00
1 goals in 1 meeting · small sample
Both scored
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 1.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 2.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Over 3.5
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Catanzaro clean sheets
0%
0 of 1 meeting · small sample
Empoli clean sheets
100%
1 of 1 meeting · small sample
Corners / meeting
6.00
1 with corner data · small sample
Cards / meeting
10.00
1 with card data · small sample
  1. Empoli v CatanzaroSat, 8 Nov 2025 · Serie B 2025-261–0HT 0–0

Latest stored form

These are the clubs’ latest stored results across competitions, independent of this fixture’s date.

Any competition, newest first. The form chips read oldest to newest. C = corners, Y = cards (for and against).

Stored season rate grid

Arithmetic averages of both clubs' stored whole-season rates, with each source sample shown. These aggregates can include results after this fixture.

Catanzaro at home, Empoli away
  • 55%
    Both teams scored
    League 54%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 97%
    Over 0.5 goals
    League 93%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 76%
    Over 1.5 goals
    League 76%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 53%
    Over 2.5 goals
    League 48%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 37%
    Over 3.5 goals
    League 26%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 18%
    Over 4.5 goals
    League 9%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 2.9
    Avg total goals
    League 2.56
    19 + 19 matches
  • 68%
    1st half over 0.5
    League 71%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 42%
    1st half over 1.5
    League 32%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 9.8
    Corners per match
    League 9.54
    19 + 19 matches
  • 68%
    Corners over 8.5
    League 60%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 61%
    Corners over 9.5
    League 49%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 39%
    Corners over 10.5
    League 37%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 4.8
    Cards per match
    League 4.69
    19 + 19 matches
  • 71%
    Cards over 3.5
    League 68%
    19 + 19 matches
  • 55%
    Cards over 4.5
    League 51%
    19 + 19 matches

Stored season context, 2025-26

Season figures include all stored results in this competition-season. Ratings use the latest stored calculation; these sections can include information after this fixture.

Season comparison, 2025-26

Catanzaro at home, Empoli away
Catanzaro (home)Empoli (away)
5Position15
WDDWLLast 5, oldest to newestDLLLD
19Played19
1.84Points per match0.79
47%Win %21%
1.79Scored / match1.00
1.21Conceded / match1.74
3.00Avg total goals2.74
63%Both scored47%
32%Clean sheets16%
11%Failed to score37%
–xG for–
–xG against–

Half by half

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 0.741st half scored / match0.53
  • 0.741st half conceded / match0.47
  • 1.052nd half scored / match0.47
  • 0.472nd half conceded / match1.26
  • 37%Leading at half-time11%
  • 79%1st half over 0.558%
  • 42%1st half over 1.542%
  • 79%2nd half over 0.5100%
  • 42%2nd half over 1.553%
  • 37%Scored in both halves21%

Goals, shots, corners and cards

Catanzaro at home, Empoli away, this season.

Goals

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 1.79Scored / match1.00
  • 1.21Conceded / match1.74
  • 3.00Match total / match2.74
  • 90%Scored 1+63%
  • 63%Scored 2+32%
  • 68%Conceded 1+84%
  • 42%Conceded 2+58%
  • 79%Match over 1.574%
  • 47%Match over 2.558%
  • 42%Match over 3.532%

Shots and xG

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 13.53Shots for10.00
  • 11.58Shots against15.42
  • 4.74On target for3.26
  • 3.47On target against5.53
  • 13%Shot conversion10%

Corners

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 4.68Corners for4.00
  • 4.74Corners against6.26
  • 9.42Match total10.26
  • 63%Over 7.595%
  • 58%Over 8.579%
  • 58%Over 9.563%
  • 37%Over 10.542%
  • 26%Over 11.516%

Cards

CatanzaroEmpoli
  • 2.21Cards for2.53
  • 2.95Cards against1.89
  • 5.16Match total4.42
  • 84%Over 2.590%
  • 74%Over 3.568%
  • 58%Over 4.553%
  • 37%Over 5.526%
  • 12.00Fouls committed16.74

The table, 2025-26

#ClubPGDPts
3Monza382976
4Palermo382872
5Catanzaro381159
6Modena381355
7Juve Stabia38-151
13Sampdoria38-1344
14Virtus Entella38-1542
15Empoli38-741
16Sudtirol38-1041
17Bari38-2240
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Where to watch

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