Palermo 2-1 Padova: result and AI prediction

AI match recap

Palermo return to a packed Barbera looking to protect their fast start and retain control near the top of the table. Their home intensity, wide combinations and Pohjanpalo’s penalty-box threat give them a clear territorial edge. Padova have enough organisation and transition quality to make this awkward, particularly if they escape Palermo’s first press, but they face the division’s most demanding away assignment. Palermo’s missing wide attacker Strefezza is the main caveat, placing more creative responsibility on Palumbo, Vavassori and Augello.

Head-to-head analysis

Palermo have dominated the recent matchup, winning the last four meetings by narrow margins without conceding. That pattern points to a fixture in which Palermo have historically found a way through while limiting Padova’s attacking output.

Injuries and absences

Palermo are without Strefezza, Hernani and Perin, with Strefezza’s absence most damaging because it narrows the natural wide-attacking options. Padova have no reported fresh concerns, although Artistico remains unavailable and therefore cannot add depth to their forward line.

Form (last 5)

Palermo vs Padova stats

Last meetings

• 2026-03-21Padova 0-1 Palermo
• 2025-12-27Palermo 1-0 Padova
• 2022-06-12Palermo 1-0 Padova
• 2022-06-05Padova 0-1 Palermo
• 2019-04-22Palermo 1-1 Padova
• 2018-12-08Padova 1-3 Palermo

Other Serie B matches

• Juve Stabia – Cesena
• Carrarese – Benevento
• Cremonese – Virtus Entella
• Sampdoria – Catanzaro
• Ascoli – Avellino
• Arezzo – Sudtirol
• Hellas Verona – Vicenza Virtus
• Mantova – Pisa