Palermo vs Catanzaro betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie B match on December 15th, 2024

Palermo will be playing against Catanzaro in a Serie B football match scheduled to take place on Sunday, December 15th, 2024, at 14:00h (UTC), in Italy, check the Palermo vs Catanzaro betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Palermo vs Catanzaro will occur

The game will be played in the Stadio Renzo Barbera stadium, in the city of Palermo, with a capacity for 36349 spectators, who hope to help the team to surprise in this match.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Palermo vs Catanzaro betting tip 2024/2025

Despite the season change, the Serie B has not changed much regarding goals. Today's average goals in the competition are still similar to what was seen in the tournament's last edition. The current mark is 2.45 goals per game, which is very close to the 2.53 goals per game of the last championship.

Palermo last match

Palermo is coming off a loss. In its last outing they faced Carrarese in a match valid for Serie B, and the match ended 1-0. The eleven coached by A. Dionisi played in a 4-1-4-1 formation.

The odds for the defeat of the home team before the match were 3.30, so it was expected to be a fairly even match.

The defense certainly did not have an easy time in this match. The worst in the department is perhaps Dimitris Nikolaou, who was missing in the most important moments of the match. One of the worst on the field.

Catanzaro last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a victory in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie B, Catanzaro, who used a 3-5-1-1 formation, faced the Brescia team with a final score of 2-1.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.35.

Palermo vs Catanzaro h2h

Palermo occupied 6th place when they went against Catanzaro, who was in 7th place, in their last match at Serie B. Palermo first went in with a 4-3-3 formation, which was engaged by Catanzaro with a 4-4-2 deployment.

These teams the last time they met which was on 26-01-2024 played out a 1-1 draw in a highly contested Serie B match during the 2023/2024 football season.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

Palermo

Serie B leaderboard now

The Palermo team with 21 points currently occupies the 8th place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion Play-off, with a campaign of 5 wins, 6 draws and 5 losses.

In the 17th round, the team has an advantage of 1 point against the Catanzaro team, which is ranked just below in position 9. It also has 1 point less than Juve Stabia team that is in the 7th place.

Palermo has no high aspirations or relegation concerns, being positioned in the middle of the league table in the Italy Serie B. Despite, the team will try to take advantage of the home factor to take home a win.

Palermo analysis

Currently, Palermo has a tally of 16 goals scored and 13 goals against, at the end of round 16 of Serie B.

The Palermo team comes from a defeat in the Serie B, and its coach Alessio Dionisi wants to counter this trend by imposing a loss on his opponent, using the advantage of playing at home.

Palermo appears to be using a tactical approach in their defensive play, as they have been conceding a high number of fouls in recent matches, above the league average. However, despite this, they have only received a low number of yellow cards, below the league average of 5.21. This suggests that Palermo is committing fouls in strategic areas of the pitch, with the aim of disrupting the opposition's attacking play and preventing them from building momentum.

Recent results have shown that Palermo is struggling to find the back of the net, with a low number of goals scored and a high number of games where they have failed to score. This may indicate that they need to work on creating better chances and improving their attacking efficiency.

Best goalscorer from Palermo

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Roberto Insigne. Palermo owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 4 goals in this season.

Catanzaro

Serie B leaderboard now

Catanzaro arrives in this game with 20 points, and in 9th place in the Serie B, having won 3 games in total and lost twice, making a total of 11 draws.

Catanzaro analysis

Catanzaro after 16 days has put up 20 goals scored, and taken 17, and thus record has a positive goal difference.

An average ball possession of 54.06% is what the Catanzaro team usually tries in their attempt to control the game. This is because teams with ball possession above 50% can typically exert some control over their opponents.

Catanzaro is a more offensive team than Palermo, having 1536 attacks vs. 1433 from Palermo, having scored 20 times, in comparison, Palermo converted into goal 16 times.

Best goalscorer from Catanzaro

If we want to highlight a player from the team's attack at this stage, we have to name Pietro Iemmello. The Attacker scored 9 goals in the current season, helping Catanzaro to achieve victory in several disputes.

It should also be noted that 2 of the goals scored by the player were from the penalty spot.

Bet suggestions for this game:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Palermo is Roberto Insigne, who has already scored 4 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Catanzaro is Pietro Iemmello, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Taking into consideration that Catanzaro scores an average of 0.86 goals per match when playing away, we should consider the under 2.5 betting market, especially because this team usually does not concede goals when playing out of their stadium.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.85.

Corners Top Betting Tips

A good thing to note for those wanting to get sports betting results is that there is an average of 4.56 corners per game.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4.12 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

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