📏 Form Guide

Empoli

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Empoli will be looking for an improved result here following the 3-0 Serie A defeat in their last game at the hands of SSC Napoli.

In that game, Empoli had 37% possession and 12 shots on goal with 1 on target. At the other end, Napoli had 17 shots on goal with 6 on target. Scott McTominay (18', 61') and Romelu Lukaku (56') scored for SSC Napoli.

Empoli haven’t made the most of their chances in recent times. Their goals record stands at just 1 vs opposing sides during their previous 6 outings. In those games, Empoli have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 9.

Pre-game facts show that Empoli:

• have not been beaten in the league by Venezia in their last 2 games.
• have not won against Venezia in their last 5 league matches.
• are without a win at home for the past 9 league matches. They will be so desperate to end this run.

Venezia

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Venezia go into this clash after a 1-0 Serie A win to defeat Monza in their previous game.

In that match, Venezia had 44% possession and 9 shots at goal with 4 of them on target. The scorer for Venezia was Daniel Fila (72'). At the other end, Monza had 10 shots at goal with 3 on target.

Clashes with Venezia have ended up being rather laboured ones recently with a battle of the defences becoming customary. During their past half dozen games, the measly gross goal total of 6 has been recorded between them as well as opposing sides at an average goals per match of 1. That kind of pattern isn’t assured to be sustained into this match, however.

Leading up to this clash, Venezia:

• have not lost to Empoli when they've played them away from home in the last 3 matches in the league.
• have not been beaten in their last 3 away league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 18 matches in the league. They must be getting so desperate.

↔️ Head to head

Looking over their most recent head-to-head clashes stretching back to 03/07/2020 tells us that Empoli have won 1 of these games & Venezia 2, with the number of draws standing at 3.

In all, 13 goals were produced between them in these games, with 6 for Azzurri and 7 created by Arancioneroverdi. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.17.

The last league meeting featuring the two was Serie A match day 19 on 04/01/2025 which ended up with the score at Venezia 1-1 Empoli.

That time, Venezia had 50% possession and 8 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Their only player on the scoresheet was Joel Pohjanpalo (5').

At the other end, Empoli had 18 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Sebastiano Esposito (32') was the scorer.

The referee was Juan Luca Sacchi.

📋 Team News: Empoli

Christian Kouamé (Cruciate ligament tear), Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Ardian Ismajli (Hamstring muscle injury), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery), Pietro Pellegri (Cruciate ligament tear), Szymon Żurkowski (Knee problems) and Youssef Maleh (Collateral ligament injury) won’t be able to feature for Empoli boss Roberto D'Aversa.

It’s our opinion that Azzurri look set to employ a 4-4-2 formation for this game with Devis Vasquez, Saba Goglichidze, Luca Marianucci, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jacopo Fazzini, Sebastiano Esposito and Lorenzo Colombo.

📰 Team News: Venezia

Venezia manager Eusebio Di Francesco has to currently contend with reduced team options. Richie Sagrado (muscular problems), Filip Stanković (Partial patellar tendon tear) and Michael Svoboda (Cruciate ligament tear) will miss out on this game.

We reckon that Arancioneroverdi seem likely to begin the game with a 3-5-2 lineup, going with Ionut Andrei Radu, Marin Sverko, Jay Idzes, Fali Cande, Alessio Zerbin, Kike Perez, H. N. Caviglia, Issa Doumbia, M. Egill Ellertsson, Gaetano Oristanio and Christian Gytkjaer.

🧠 Prediction

We’re of the view that Venezia would be disappointed if they were not to find the back of the net against this Empoli outfit, although that may not be enough to prevent defeat.

We can see both teams to score in a 2-1 advantage for Empoli at the end of the 90 minutes. We are expecting it to be pretty even.

Andre Moura, 12:04 20/04/2025