Serie B

Empoli 1–0 Cremonese

Final score · Half-time 1–0 · Latest results

In the sharp price we recorded for this match, Cremonese was the most likely outcome at 36% (fair odds 2.80). No value was flagged: no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule. Recent form — Empoli: DWLDL; Cremonese: LWWLL.

After the whistle

Match stats

Match statsEmpoliCremonese
Possession %2575
Expected goals (xG)1.040.82
Shots1015
Shots on target52
Corners25
Yellow cards13
Red cards10
Fouls1711
Offsides30
Goalkeeper saves24
Pass accuracy %7993

What the market said before kick-off

  • Empoli win 34% happened
  • Draw 30% did not happen
  • Cremonese win 36% did not happen
  • Over 2.5 goals 45% did not happen

Pinnacle closing price with the margin removed, next to what happened. It is the market's view, not a tip: an outcome priced at 30% happens about 3 times in 10.

Referee: Paride Tremolada, Italy · Venue: Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Next matches

Line-ups, events and match stats: API-Football.

Starting line-ups

Empoli 3-4-2-1

  1. Jacopo Seghetti GK
  2. Luca Magnino DF
  3. Marco Curto DF
  4. Cristian Cauz DF
  5. Matteo Egan MF
  6. Edoardo Biondini MF
  7. Gerard Yepes MF
  8. Joseph Ceesay MF
  9. Edoardo Saporiti FW
  10. Filippo Distefano FW
  11. Stiven Shpendi FW

Cremonese 4-2-3-1

  1. Andrea Fulignati GK
  2. Alessandro Vogliacco DF
  3. Matteo Bianchetti DF
  4. Sebastiano Luperto DF
  5. Giuseppe Pezzella DF
  6. Fabio Gerli MF
  7. Simone Lottici Tessadri MF
  8. Michele Collocolo MF
  9. Federico Bonazzoli MF
  10. Jari Vandeputte MF
  11. Manuel De Luca FW

The most likely result is not the same as value: value is where a bookmaker pays more than the fair price, and the two can point to different outcomes.

Value check before kick-off

No value

No value was flagged for this match: before kick-off, no bookmaker price we saw beat the fair price under our rule.

Two most likely results

1/2 Home or away 70% · as recorded

When no single result is likely enough, our pick covers the two most probable outcomes (double chance).

1X2
Sharp, recorded34%30%36%
Other estimates
Our model38%29%34%

Sharp, recorded = Pinnacle when we logged the match (it can be days old). Our model = our own estimate, which on average predicts worse than the market.

Fair odds of the pick (as recorded) 1.43
Sharp odds recorded for this prediction (Pinnacle) 2.80 / 3.15 / 2.68
Pick result (single or double chance) Won · 1

Match context

Empoli averaged 0.8 goals scored and 1.2 conceded per game over their last 5 matches in our results database; Cremonese averaged 1.2 and 2.0 over 5.

These figures come from our own tracked results and odds snapshots for this fixture — not from a generic stats feed.

Why this price?

Empoli
D W L D L
avg 0.8 scored · 1.2 conceded (last 5)
Cremonese
L W W L L
avg 1.2 scored · 2 conceded (last 5)

Form: most recent match first.

Recent head-to-head
14 Apr 2023 Cremonese 1–0 Empoli
11 Nov 2022 Empoli 2–0 Cremonese

Recent form and head-to-head from our settled results — context behind the fair price. The price itself comes from the sharp market, not from these alone.

Public, timestamped record

Logged before kick-off
Prediction record
Pick 1/2 · Home or away
Odds recorded for the prediction 1.37
Pinnacle closing odds (with margin) 1.37
Prediction CLV 0.0%
Result Won
Prediction hash — integrity fingerprint bd7f5df960f30c31

This hash fingerprints the prediction as recorded: teams, kick-off time, our model probabilities, the Pinnacle prices recorded for it (at logging or, if there were none, the first quoted after logging and before kick-off, which can be written in after the match) and the log time. A later edit to any of them would change it (a rescheduled kick-off changes it too). It does not cover closing prices, the result or the value-bet record above; value flags recorded live have their own seal in the public record. Verify in the public record →

Every day a snapshot of the full public record is published to a public Git repository and timestamped with OpenTimestamps. Timestamped snapshots are never overwritten and the Git history shows any difference, so a later change to a past row is visible by comparing two snapshots. The corrections file lists the corrections we announced. Verify on the public log →

Since 20 June 2026 the public record is snapshotted daily (07:40 Bucharest time: 04:40 UTC in summer time, 05:40 UTC in winter) to an external log. A prediction is externally timestamped before kick-off only if it was in a snapshot taken before the match; predictions logged on match day, or whose Pinnacle price was added after logging, first appear there after kick-off. Value flags have been recorded live only since 26 September 2026; earlier value flags were reconstructed on that date.

Methodology

The fair price comes from the sharp market itself: we strip the margin from Pinnacle-style odds — the most accurate public predictor in existence — and use our calibrated Elo + form model as a cross-check and as the fallback where no sharp price exists. Value is flagged only where a softer bookmaker prices a selection above that fair price, never on long shots (implied probability under 30%), and never beyond a plausible band. Most of the time there is no value — and we say so.

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