SSC Napoli vs Empoli Betting Odds, Tips, Predictions, Preview 8th November 2022

Empoli are aiming for an upset on Tuesday, when faced with Serie A leaders SSC Napoli at Diego Armando Maradona. It will be a surprise to see the latter slip up, though, considering the difference in the table between the two sides. Empoli won 3-2 and 1-0 in the two most recent meetings with SSC Napoli, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage.

SSC Napoli have taken the lead in the Serie A after collecting 35 points from their initial 13 encounters. Empoli trail by 21 points after 13 rounds, leaving them as number 14 in the table on 14 points.

Entering the match as favourite, SSC Napoli are highly motivated to extend their current unbeaten streak in the Serie A going. They should be in with a decent chance of adding another win to their account. The visitors no doubt aim to make life as unpleasant as possible for the hosts but face a daunting task.

SSC Napoli scored 23 goals, conceded eight, and pulled off three clean sheets in their past ten matches.

Empoli are currently not the most scoring team in the Serie A, as they only found the back of the net nine times in ten matches. This is an average of just 0.9 goals a game in which they conceded 15 times, an average of 1.5 per game. They managed three clean sheets in of these.

SSC Napoli vs Empoli Prediction

SSC Napoli form

SSC Napoli have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Sassuolo by 4-0. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 2-0 against Liverpool, before claiming three points in a 1-2 win against Atalanta. In their last six Serie A home matches, SSC Napoli racked up five strong wins, while they've drawn once. They lost none while scoring 16 and conceding four goals.

They opened the season hopeful of medals, but in current form SSC Napoli even deserves a mention when talking about the title.

Empoli Form

Empoli collected one win from their last three matches, as Juventus won by 4-0. Atalanta were too strong as well, winning 0-2, before Empoli won 1-0 against Sassuolo. Empoli managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Serie A. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring nine time and letting in five.

Few people saw Empoli at the fun end of the table this season, but they are displaying a great form right now.

SSC Napoli should be too strong against Empoli to drop any points, and combining this with over 2.5 goals, ups the price on the expected home win at Diego Armando Maradona.

SSC Napoli scored 22 goals and conceded six in their last eight games against teams from the bottom half of the Serie A table. They collected 20 points and six victories. Empoli won zero matches and picked up two points from their last six encounters with teams in the top half of the Serie A. They scored five goals and conceded 14.

SSC Napoli have a record of 11 wins, two draws and zero defeats in the Serie A this season. Empoli are looking at three wins, five draws and five defeats in the Serie A.

SSC Napoli vs Empoli Team News

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

Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Amir Rrahmani are missing from the squad, SSC Napoli will field against Empolion Tuesday.

Empoli have four on the list of injured and absent players before their next match against SSC Napoli on Tuesday.

Empoli need to do without Mattia Destro, Koni De Winter, Alberto Grassi and Lorenzo Tonelli, who are not fit enough to travel to Diego Armando Maradona.

SSC Napoli vs Empoli H2H

Empoli won 3-2 and 1-0 in the two most recent meetings with SSC Napoli, and go into their upcoming match with a psychological advantage. SSC Napoli have a 40% win rate in the against Empoli, who won four of these matches. The total record reads 4-2-4, which is worth keeping in mind before you make a choice for your next accumulator, depending on your betting strategy.

SSC Napoli vs Empoli Results

Betting on both teams to score in recent matches between SSC Napoli and Empoli would have made you a decent profit. Both teams found their way to the goal eight times in their previous ten matches. Odds on both teams finding the back of the net are best priced at 1.95 with the bookies.

SSC Napoli vs Empoli Betting Tips

Victor Osimhen found the target six times in his previous six matches, whereas Mattia Destro just scored once in a similar number of matches.

In their last 10 matches at Diego Armando Maradona across all tournaments SSC Napoli won nine times, drew one and lost zero times. Empoli claimed three wins, three draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. SSC Napoli claimed four wins without allowing a goal against in their last 10 games on home soil.

Both teams to score was a winning bet eight times in the ten encounters most recent outings between SSC Napoli and Empoli. More than three goals came out eight times, as SSC Napoli scored 2.4 goals on average, with Empoli pulling off 1.8 goals on average. There were over 2.5 goals scored in eight of SSC Napoli’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They scored an average of three goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in four of the visitor's last ten games this season. On average, they scored 0.9 times in those matches.