Sampdoria vs Empoli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 15th May 2023

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

Sitting bottom of the table, Sampdoria have claimed 17 points after 34 rounds, while Empoli have amassed 38 points. This places the latter as number 14 in the Serie A at the moment.

Sampdoria are chasing revenge after succumbing to a disappointing defeat in the latest encounter against Empoli. However, judging by prices from the bookmakers, they are in for a tough assignment on Monday.

Sampdoria are not a high scoring team these days, as they only found the back of the net nine times in the last ten outings. That is an average of just 0.9 goals per game, as they conceded 22 goals. They managed one clean sheets in these matches.

Empoli average 0.9 goals a game in their last ten outing, scoring a total of nine goals. They conceded an average of 1.3 per game, for a total of 13 goals, whilst keeping their opponents from scoring two times.

Sampdoria were defeated by 1-0 in their last encounter with Empoli, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though.

Sampdoria vs Empoli Prediction

Sampdoria Form

In their last three matches, Sampdoria lost 5-0 against Fiorentina, 0-2 against Torino and 2-0 against Udinese. Sampdoria claimed just a single measly home win from a possible six in the Serie A, which also saw them drawing two and losing three matches, in which they scored seven and conceded nine goals.

Many people had Sampdoria down as candidates for the drop before the season, but rescue is still within reach, as the season nears its end.

Empoli Form

Empoli won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-1 against Sassuolo, before beating Bologna 3-1. Another win followed, this time by 2-1 against Salernitana. Empoli came through their last six away games in the Serie A without a single win. Of those six matches, they drew two and lost four in which, they were outscored by eight goals to four.

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

Sampdoria won nine points from their last ten encounters with teams from the bottom six, like their upcoming opponent. They won two, scored ten and let in 16 goals. Empoli claimed four wins from 12 goals scored and nine conceded from their past ten matches against teams placed in the bottom six. This handed them 16 points to their account. Sampdoria so far pulled off a record of three wins, eight draws and 23 defeats in the Serie A this season. Empoli are looking at nine wins, 11 draws and 14 defeats in the Serie A.

Sampdoria vs Empoli Squads

Sampdoria Squad

Dejan Stankovic will choose the starting lineup for the upcoming game against Empoli from the players listed below (the information in the brackets refers to goals scored and matches played in the Serie A this season):

Elia Tantalocchi (0/0), Emil Audero (0/25), Martin Turk (0/2), Nicola Ravaglia (0/7), Alessandro Zanoli (1/19), Andrea Conti (0/0), Bram Nuytinck (0/22), Bruno Amione (1/23), Jeison Murillo (0/19), Koray Guenter (1/20), Luigi Aquino (0/0), Marios Oikonomou (0/0), Nicola Murru (0/17), Tommaso Augello (2/33), Abdelhamid Sabiri (2/18), Emirhan Ilkhan (0/9), Filip Djuricic (3/30), Flavio Paoletti (0/0), Gerard Yepes (0/5), Harry Winks (0/17), Lorenzo Malagrida (0/0), Mehdi Leris (1/29), Michael Cuisance (0/12), Simone Trimboli (0/0), Telasco Segovia (0/0), Tomas Rincon (0/30), Fabio Quagliarella (0/19), Ignacio Pussetto (0/5), Jese (1/11), Manolo Gabbiadini (6/31), Manuel De Luca (0/0), Sam Lammers (2/30).

Empoli Squad

Here is the full squad of the away team. The 40 year-old Empoli manager Zanetti will select his starting XI from these players:

Guglielmo Vicario (0/27), Jacopo Seghetti (0/0), Lovro Stubljar (0/0), Samir Ujkani (0/0), Samuele Perisan (0/7), Ardian Ismajili (0/22), Fabiano Parisi (2/31), Gabriele Guarino (0/0), Koni De Winter (0/14), Liberato Cacace (0/10), Lorenzo Tonelli (0/0), Nicolo Cambiaghi (6/24), Petar Stojanovic (0/24), Samuele Angori (0/0), Sebastian Walukiewicz (0/9), Sebastiano Luperto (1/32), Tyronne Ebuehi (2/23), Alberto Grassi (0/21), Duccio Degli Innocenti (0/0), Filippo Bandinelli (2/33), Jacopo Fazzini (0/18), Jean-Daniel Akpa-Akpro (1/20), Liam Henderson (0/21), Nicolas Haas (1/21), Razvan Marin (2/32), Tommaso Baldanzi (4/25), Emanuel Vignato (1/12), Francesco Caputo (4/34), Marko Pjaca (0/15), Martin Satriano (2/29), Mattia Destro (1/14), Roberto Piccoli (0/16).

Sampdoria vs Empoli Team News

At the time of writing, Sampdoria have three players on their injured and absent list as they prepare to meet Empoli this coming Monday.

Fabio Quagliarella, Ignacio Pussetto and Manuel De Luca are missing from the squad, Sampdoria will field against Empolion Monday.

At the time of writing, Empoli just have two players on the injured and absent list, as they prepare for their match this coming Monday.

Mattia Destro and Lorenzo Tonelli all face a spell on the sidelines for Empoli due to various injuries.

Sampdoria vs Empoli Lineups

Sampdoria vs Empoli H2H

Sampdoria were defeated by 1-0 in their last encounter with Empoli, but did win the reverse match 2-0, though. Empoli look back on two wins in their previous matches against their next opponent in the shape of Sampdoria. The home side has a 40% win rate in these encounter for a total record of 4-4-2. No doubt worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

Sampdoria vs Empoli Results

Both teams found the back of the net five times in the last ten matches between Sampdoria and Empoli.

Sampdoria vs Empoli Betting Tips

Having scored just once lately in the Serie A, Jese will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Empoli hope Nicolo Cambiaghi can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.

Both teams hit the back of the net in four of the last 10 matches for Sampdoria on home soil. Both scored at least once in six of the previous 10 away games for Empoli.

Under 2.5 goals happened three times in the last ten encounters between these two rivals. Sampdoria managed an average of 1.4 goals, with Empoli averaging 0.8 goals in these. Both teams not to score was a winning bet five times in this run of matches. Sampdoria saw over 2.5 goals in five of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.9 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in six of Empoli's previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.9 goals in these matches.