Empoli vs Cagliari Live Stream, Predictions

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Empoli

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Empoli will be hoping to return to winning ways here after the 0-3 Coppa Italia defeat in their last game at the hands of Bologna.

In that game, Empoli managed 33% possession and 7 shots on goal with 1 of them on target. Bologna got 14 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. Riccardo Orsolini (23') and Thijs Dallinga (29', 51') scored for Bologna.

Empoli have struggled with their forward play in recent times. Their goals record equals just 3 versus opponents during their last six outings. In those meetings, Empoli have also seen the tally of goals scored against them total 7.

Heading into this contest, Empoli have not won at home in their last 8 matches in the league. It's been disappointing.

Cagliari

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Cagliari go into this game following on from a 3-0 Serie A win over Monza in their previous outing.

In that game, Cagliari managed 42% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 4 on target. For Cagliari, the goalscorers were Nicolas Viola (49'), Gianluca Gaetano (73') and Zito Luvumbo (92'). Monza got 12 attempts at goal with 3 on target.

During their six most recent matches, Davide Nicola's Cagliari have found the net a total of 5 times thus yielding them the goals scored per game average of 0.83.

Leading up to this clash, Cagliari:

• remain unbeaten by Empoli when they've played them away from home in the last 2 league matches.
• have not won away from home in their last 5 league games.

🤜🤛 Head to head

Checking on their past head to head clashes dating back to 20/01/2019 shows that Empoli have won 2 of them & Cagliari 1, with the number of drawn matches being 3.

11 goals were produced between them during those clashes, with 7 from Azzurri and 4 belonging to Casteddu / Rossoblu. That’s an average goals per game figure of 1.83.

The last league encounter featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 5 on 20/09/2024 which ended up with the score at Cagliari 0-2 Empoli.

That day, Cagliari managed 61% possession and 21 attempts on goal with 2 on target.

Empoli had 9 attempts at goal with 4 on target. Lorenzo Colombo (33') and Sebastiano Esposito (49') scored.

The match was refereed by Simone Sozza.

📋 Team News: Empoli

Youssef Maleh (Knee problems), Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Ardian Ismajli (Hamstring muscle injury), Szymon Żurkowski (Knee problems), Tino Anjorin (Thigh problems), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery) and Pietro Pellegri (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Empoli manager Roberto D'Aversa.

📋 Team News: Cagliari

Thanks to a mainly healthy squad, there is only the one fitness issue for the Cagliari boss Davide Nicola to be concerned about. Adam Obert (Groin injury) misses out for this game.

✨ Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Cagliari and Empoli should play out a closely-fought contest here.

A draw looks like a realistic possibility, but we’ll see what happens. We’re therefore anticipating a tight encounter, finishing with a 1-1 score at the end of the 90.

Peter Guest, 23:20 02/04/2025