Carrarese (home)
- Carrarese have scored 1.23 and conceded 0.77 goals per home game in Serie B 2025/2026.
- Carrarese head coach Nicola Antonio Calabro has set his team up to be as pragmatic as possible since taking over in January 2024.
- The 3-4-3 system includes a three-man defence that will be compact and block up their central areas to frustrate their opponents.
- Fabio Abiuso is Carrarese’s most advanced player and has eight goals in 26 Serie B appearances this season, so he will be the player to watch on Sunday.
Palermo (away)
- Palermo have scored 1.46 goals and conceded 1.08 per away game in Serie B 2025/2026.
- Palermo are clear favorites to return to Serie A in the summer of 2026 after taking the Italian league by storm under Filippo Inzaghi.
- Palermo have played pro-active, high-tempo, vertical football since the former Milan and Italy international was appointed to take charge in June 2025.
- The Sicilian team are not a perfect unit, but the team has been winning more than it has been losing of late and have an in-form goalscorer in Joel Pohjanpalo to make them a threat to any second-tier defence.
- The former Bayer Leverkusen and Brighton & Hove Albion striker has 18 Serie B goals in 27 appearances for Palermo, including five in his last five.
- Palermo are fourth in the Serie B table with 51 points from 27 matches, 20 more than Carrarese who are 11th with 31 points from the same number of games.
Head-to-Head
The last head-to-head meeting in Serie B was just three months ago when Palermo won 5-0 at home, but it’s worth noting that Palermo have never beaten Carrarese away from home ( one win each and a draw across three meetings ).
Key Players
- Joel Pohjanpalo - The former Bayer Leverkusen and Brighton & Hove Albion striker has 18 Serie B goals in 27 appearances for Palermo, including five in his last five.
- Fabio Abiuso - Carrarese’s most advanced player and has eight goals in 26 Serie B appearances this season.
Betting Insights
- The odds on Palermo to win (2.04) are also very tempting.
- The goal expectation is high with over 2.5 goals coming in at 1.93.
Prediction
We’re backing Palermo to get the job done in this clash because their superior attacking players should have enough to break through Carrarese’s defensive lines.
