Monza vs Empoli Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

Monza

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Monza will be looking for another win after a 1-2 Serie A triumph against Udinese.

In that game, Monza managed 40% possession and 5 shots at goal with 2 on target. For Monza, goals were scored by Gianluca Caprari (52') and Keita Baldé (90'). At the other end, Udinese had 21 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Lorenzo Lucca (75') was the scorer for Udinese.

Monza haven’t made the most of their chances in more recent games. Their sum of goals equals just 3 vs opposing sides over the course of their previous 6 matches. In those meetings, Monza have also seen the tally of goals against them come to 12. Such a pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward into this game, however.

Going into this game, the form guide shows that Monza:

• haven't beaten Empoli in their previous 2 league games.
• are without a home win in the past 7 matches in the league. Fans are getting restless.

Empoli

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Empoli come into this match following on from a 2-1 Serie A win over Parma in their most recent fixture.

In that game, Empoli had 46% possession and 15 attempts at goal with 4 of them on target. For Empoli, the goals were scored by Jacopo Fazzini (11') and Tino Anjorin (86'). On the other side, Parma got 3 shots on goal with 1 on target. Milan Đurić (73') was the scorer for Parma.

The stats tell the story, and Empoli have been scored against in 6 of their last 6 matches, with opponents netting 11 goals in all. In defence, Empoli just haven’t been too solid at all.

Coming into this contest, Empoli are without an away win for the past 10 league games. Very poor, indeed.

👥 Head to head

If we look at their past head to head duels going back to 06/02/2021, there is nothing to separate the two clubs with Monza winning 2 of those games, Empoli 2 and 2 being drawn in regulation time.

A combined sum of 11 goals were produced between them throughout the course of those matches, with 5 for Brianzoli and 6 created by Azzurri. The average goals per game has been 1.83.

The last league fixture featuring the two was Serie A match day 1 on 17/08/2024 when it finished Empoli 0-0 Monza.

That day, Empoli managed 39% possession and 11 shots at goal with 2 on target.

For their opponents, Monza got 6 shots at goal with 1 on target.

The referee was Michael Fabbri.

🗞️ Team News: Monza

Silvere Ganvoula (unknown injury), Armando Izzo (Adductor injury), Luca Caldirola (unknown injury), Roberto Gagliardini (unknown injury), Dany Mota (unknown injury) and Matteo Pessina (surgery) will not be taking part for Monza boss Alessandro Nesta.

It’s our opinion that Brianzoli should go for a 3-5-1-1 system for this one, utilising Semuel Pizzignacco, Stefan Lekovic, Arvid Brorsson, Andrea Carboni, Samuele Birindelli, J. Daniel Akpa, Alessandro Bianco, Gaetano Castrovilli, G. Kyriakopoulos, Omari Forson and Keita Baldé.

🗞️ Team News: Empoli

Empoli manager Roberto D'Aversa has not got a full squad to pick from. Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Christian Kouamé (Cruciate ligament tear), Pietro Pellegri (Cruciate ligament tear), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery), Szymon Żurkowski (Knee problems) and Youssef Maleh (Collateral ligament injury) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Azzurri could decide to make use of a 3-4-2-1 formation, giving starts to Devis Vásquez, Luca Marianucci, Ardian Ismajli, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Giuseppe Pezzella, Jacopo Fazzini, Liberato Cacace and Sebastiano Esposito.

⚡ Prediction

We feel that Monza will have to play well to breach the defence of this Empoli outfit who we think should manage to get a goal of their own in a winning performance.

We’re therefore anticipating a highly competitive game with a 0-1 victory for Empoli at the end of the match.

📖 ⚽️ What are the best odds for the game?

Checking the betting prices for this game in the full-time result market, backing Monza can be had for 4.75, a wager on the game finishing all-square is 3.6 & taking a punt on the winning team to be Empoli gets 1.75. Those are the best bets offered at this very moment.

Peter Guest, 11:03 14/05/2025