Empoli vs Sampdoria Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 16th January 2023

Sampdoria will go up against Empoli on Monday for a Serie A meeting.

The two teams enter the match at Stadio Carlo Castellani with ten points separating them in the Serie A standings.

Empoli are looking for a payback after suffering a disappointing defeat in their latest encounter with Sampdoria and odds favour them to pull it off.

Sampdoria won 2-0 in February 2022 and 3-0 in September 2021 in the last two matches against Empoli.

Empoli vs Sampdoria Prediction

Empoli Form

Empoli look in good shape before their upcoming match, as they seek to remain unbeaten. They started by taking out Cremonese in a 2-0 win, before a 1-1 draw followed against Udinese. Their most recent outing resulted in a 2-2 draw in a hard fought encounter with Lazio. In their last six Serie A home matches, Empoli have three wins, while they've drawn zero and lost three. They scored six and conceded seven goals.

Sampdoria Form

In their last three matches, Sampdoria won 1-2 win against Sassuolo, lost 0-2 against SSC Napoli and lost 1-0 against Fiorentina. In their last six away matches in the Serie A, Sampdoria won twice, while also recording one draw. They endured three defeats in this run, with a scoreline from these matches saying nine goals conceded and five scored.

For whatever reason, Sampdoria and Empoli usually find goals tough to come by, when facing each other, and history makes under 2.5 goals our call here.

Empoli won ten points from their last five encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won three, scored five and let in two goals. Sampdoria claimed two wins from five goals scored and eight conceded from their past five matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them six points to their account. Empoli are looking at a record of four wins, seven draws and six defeats in the Serie A this season. Sampdoria are looking at two wins, three draws and 12 defeats in the Serie A.

Empoli vs Sampdoria Team News

At the time of writing, it looks as if only two players are unavailable for Empoli, when they prepare for their upcoming assignment.

Mattia Destro and Lorenzo Tonelli are all absent from the Empoli squad that faces Sampdoria at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

Sampdoria have three on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against Empoli on Monday.

Names like Fabio Quagliarella, Ignacio Pussetto and Manuel De Luca most likely won't be deemed fit enough to play Empoli.

Empoli vs Sampdoria H2H

Betting on Sampdoria winning to nil in their latest meetings with Empoli would have been a sound choice. They ended up winning 2-0 in February 2022 and 3-0 in September 2021, respectively. Empoli go into their upcoming match against Sampdoria with a 10% winning record in recent meetings. This gives them a 1-4-5 record in the latest encounters with their next opponent. A record worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Empoli vs Sampdoria Results

Both teams to score paid out five times in the previous ten matches between home side Empoli and Sampdoria. Best priced odds on BTTS with the bookies are at 19/20.

Empoli vs Sampdoria Betting Tips

Tommaso Baldanzi found the target two times in his previous six matches, whereas Manolo Gabbiadini just scored once in a similar number of matches.

Empoli won five of their previous 10 matches across all tournaments at Stadio Carlo Castellani. They drew one and lost four as well, while Sampdoria won two of their last 10 games away. They drew three and lost five. Sampdoria managed to score the opener five times in 10 away games, with Empoli scoring the first goal of the game in five times in their last 10 games at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in the last ten encounters between Empoli and Sampdoria as under 2.5 goals happened three times. Empoli scored an average of 0.7 goals a game, with Sampdoria averaging 1.5 goals in this run. Empoli saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in six of the last ten games for Sampdoria, who scored 1.7 times on average in those matches.