Palermo host Carrarese in Serie B. Palermo have made a fast start to the season while Carrarese have found things much harder going.
This one is still the best part of a month away, so there's time for things to shift, but the early gap between these two sides is already pretty stark.
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Longer run of results backs up the table
Looking further back across cup and league games, Palermo have won 11 of their last 20 matches, with just four defeats, and have scored freely along the way. Carrarese's equivalent run shows only four wins in 20, with ten losses and more goals conceded than scored.
Palermo: 20 completed matches; Carrarese: 20 completed matches.
Palermo
- Win
- 55% 11 / 20
- Draw
- 25% 5 / 20
- Loss
- 20% 4 / 20
- Scored
- 38
- Conceded
- 22
- Difference
- +16
Carrarese
- Win
- 20% 4 / 20
- Draw
- 30% 6 / 20
- Loss
- 50% 10 / 20
- Scored
- 19
- Conceded
- 25
- Difference
- -6
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie B | Palermo | Padova | 19.09.2026 | 2-1 |
| Serie B | Avellino | Palermo | 13.09.2026 | 1-1 |
| Serie B | Palermo | Sampdoria | 07.09.2026 | 3-1 |
| Coppa Italia | Palermo | Mantova | 03.09.2026 | 5-2 |
| Serie B | Arezzo | Palermo | 30.08.2026 | 2-3 |
| Serie B | Palermo | Juve Stabia | 23.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Coppa Italia | Palermo | Lecce | 17.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Juventus | Palermo | 11.08.2026 | 2-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Melbourne City | Palermo | 07.08.2026 | 0-2 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Palermo | Iraklis 1908 | 29.07.2026 | 1-1 |
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie B | Carrarese | Benevento | 19.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Serie B | Catanzaro | Carrarese | 12.09.2026 | 1-0 |
| Serie B | Carrarese | Empoli | 05.09.2026 | 0-1 |
| Serie B | Ascoli | Carrarese | 29.08.2026 | 1-1 |
| Serie B | Carrarese | Mantova | 22.08.2026 | 1-2 |
| Coppa Italia | Torino | Carrarese | 15.08.2026 | 1-0 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Virtus Entella | Carrarese | 08.08.2026 | 0-1 |
| Friendlies Clubs | Napoli | Carrarese | 26.07.2026 | 2-0 |
| Serie B | Virtus Entella | Carrarese | 08.05.2026 | 2-1 |
| Serie B | Carrarese | Cesena | 01.05.2026 | 0-0 |
This wider sample mixes competitions and includes some older fixtures, so it's a general form guide rather than a picture of the current squad shape, but the contrast in win rate is hard to miss.
Comparative Team Statistics: Palermo vs Carrarese

Recent meetings have gone Palermo's way
Of the last four meetings between these two, Palermo have won twice, drawn once and lost once. The most eye-catching result was a 5-0 win for Palermo at home last November, and they were also unbeaten at home in the meeting before that, a 1-1 draw.
| League | Home | Away | Date | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serie B | Carrarese | Palermo | 08.03.2026 | 0-1 |
| Serie B | Palermo | Carrarese | 29.11.2025 | 5-0 |
| Serie B | Palermo | Carrarese | 13.05.2025 | 1-1 |
| Serie B | Carrarese | Palermo | 07.12.2024 | 1-0 |
Carrarese's one win in this set came at their own ground back in December 2024, so on this evidence Palermo have had the better of it whenever they've hosted.
Palermo haven't lost at home in the recent head-to-head sample.
A big early gap in the table
Five games into the season, Palermo sit top with 13 points from four wins, a draw and no defeats, scoring ten and conceding just five. Carrarese are bottom on one point, with a single draw and four losses, and they've managed only two goals in return for six conceded.
| № | Team | Played | Win | Draw | Loss | GF/GA | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palermo | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10/5 | 13 |
| 2 | Sudtirol | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9/3 | 11 |
| 3 | Mantova | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10/5 | 11 |
| 18 | Juve Stabia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4/7 | 3 |
| 19 | Catanzaro | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5/9 | 3 |
| 20 | Carrarese | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2/6 | 1 |
That's a snapshot of the opening weeks rather than a full season's evidence, but it's a clear early split between a team clicking and one struggling to get going.
Palermo's start has been close to perfect, Carrarese's has been the opposite.

Palermo's attack has been sharp
The player data we have points to Palermo's attacking players being heavily involved this season. D. Johnsen has three goals and four assists in five matches, while D. Vavassori has two goals and J. Pohjanpalo has chipped in with two assists.
On the Carrarese side, the only detail available is on discipline, with G. Parlanti picking up two yellow cards in five games. That's not enough to draw conclusions about the squad as a whole, just a small piece of the picture.
Squad lists and player details
Squad and player details
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Gomes | France | 26 | Midfielder | 180 | n/a |
| M. Perin | Italy | 33 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 85 |
| J. Pohjanpalo | Finland | 32 | Attacker | 186 | 83 |
| Hernani | Brazil | 32 | Midfielder | 188 | 77 |
| J. Joronen | Finland | 33 | Goalkeeper | 197 | 89 |
| N. Estévez | Argentina | 30 | Midfielder | 181 | 77 |
| G. Magnani | Italy | 31 | Defender | 190 | 85 |
| M. Bani | Italy | 32 | Defender | 188 | 80 |
| F. Barba | Italy | 33 | Defender | 187 | 80 |
| L. Mazzitelli | Italy | 30 | Midfielder | 184 | 76 |
| T. Augello | Italy | 32 | Defender | 180 | 70 |
| E. Gyasi | Ghana | 32 | Defender | 181 | 70 |
| A. Palumbo | Italy | 30 | Midfielder | 182 | 76 |
| J. Segre | Italy | 29 | Midfielder | 185 | 75 |
| F. Ranocchia | Italy | 25 | Midfielder | 178 | n/a |
| P. Ceccaroni | Italy | 30 | Defender | 188 | 73 |
| Gabriel Strefezza | Brazil | 29 | Attacker | 168 cm | 63 kg |
| D. Johnsen | Norway | 28 | Midfielder | 185 | 72 |
| J. Le Douaron | France | 28 | Attacker | 189 | 78 |
| A. Gabrielloni | Italy | 32 | Attacker | 178 | 70 |
| Name | Country | Age | Position | Height | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Dagba | France | 28 | Midfielder | 170 | 62 |
| M. Finotto | Italy | 33 | Attacker | 186 | 72 |
| Nicolás Schiavi | Argentina | 31 | Midfielder | 173 | 70 |
| V. Fiorillo | Italy | 36 | Goalkeeper | 190 | 74 |
| F. Melegoni | Italy | 27 | Midfielder | 186 | 74 |
| S. Pizzignacco | Italy | 25 | Goalkeeper | 188 | 76 |
| N. Ravaglia | Italy | 37 | Goalkeeper | 184 | 75 |
| N. Belloni | Italy | 32 | Midfielder | 176 | 78 |
| F. Oliana | Italy | 27 | Defender | 183 | n/a |
| M. Braunöder | Austria | 24 | Midfielder | 173 | 67 |
| N. Bonfanti | Italy | 24 | Attacker | 178 | 68 |
| G. Garofani | Italy | 23 | Goalkeeper | 184 | 80 |
| N. Cudrig | Italy | 24 | Attacker | n/a | n/a |
| F. Abiuso | Italy | 23 | Attacker | 185 | 77 |
| Gonçalo Esteves | Portugal | 22 | Defender | 176 | 72 |
| J. Rouhi | Sweden | 22 | Midfielder | 183 | 68 |
| Tommaso Guercio | Poland | 21 | Defender | 186 cm | 81 kg |
| L. Romani | Italy | 21 | Defender | n/a | n/a |
| J. Martini | Italy | 21 | Midfielder | n/a | n/a |
| M. Cissé | Guinea | 23 | Attacker | 184 | 75 |
Everything here points the same way: Palermo top of the table, well ahead on the wider form figures, and unbeaten at home in recent meetings with Carrarese. It's about as one-sided a picture as you'll see from the evidence available.
Without a market to actually assess against that picture, though, there's nothing concrete to back here yet. We'll leave this one without a pick for now and revisit closer to kickoff.
