Empoli vs Sampdoria Prediction, Tips & Odds – Jan. 16, 2022 20:45 CET
Empoli vs Sampdoria Prediction 16.01.2023. Empoli and Sampdoria will end the 18th round in the Italian Serie A. The match is scheduled for Monday at 20:45.
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Empoli vs Sampdoria Odds
Empoli vs Sampdoria 1×2: 2.235/3.11/3.50
Total Over/Under (2.5): 2.175/1.685
Odds via 22Bet Sportsbook.
Empoli Team News
Empoli cannot boast of this season’s performance in Serie A. In 17 games, the home team recorded 4 wins, 7 draws, and 6 losses, with a goal difference of 15:22. That was enough for 19 points and position number 14 in the table.
After returning from the World Cup break, Empoli recorded 2 draws, both away. First, they played 1:1 against Udinese, and then in Rome, they won a point by playing 2:2 against Lazio. The result in Rome can be deceiving, given that Empoli scored both goals with a huge amount of luck.
The bookmakers favor them in this match mainly because of their performance at home, where they have won 11 out of 19 points. However, they have many goalscoring problems at home, with only 7 goals scored, so it will be interesting to see if they end that streak of low goals at home against one of the worst defenses in the league.
Sampdoria Team News
The Italian giant from Genoa is in a tough situation. Sampdoria has won only 9 points in 17 games so far, so it is currently in the relegation zone. To make matters even more complicated, they are 7 points behind the first team outside the danger zone, Sassuolo.
This season, the visitors stand out for two parameters – offensive and defensive performance. They scored 8 goals (worst offensive performance) and conceded 30 goals (fourth-worst defensive performance), so one gets the impression that they are legitimately in the relegation zone.
They recently beat Sassuolo away by 2:1 and lost at home against Napoli by 2:0 (they fought hard, and Napoli had 2 penalties). At the same time, in the Cup, they played lightly and lost against Fiorentina by 1:0.
Empoli vs Sampdoria H2H
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Injuries and suspensions
Empoli: –
Sampdoria: Rincon.
Expected lineups
Empoli:
Vicario – Stojanovic, Ismajli, Luperto, Parisi – Marin, Grassi, Akpa Akpro – Bajrami, Caputo, Satriano
Sampdoria:
Audero – Murillo, Colley, Nuytinck – Leris, Sabiri, Vieira, Augelio, Djuricic – Lammers, Gabbiadini
Empoli vs Sampdoria Prediction
Although the guests are in worse shape and in the relegation zone, we think the bookmakers underestimated the Sampdoria team. Against Sassuolo and Napoli, they showed that they could be a serious and dignified opponent, and when we add to that the fact that this is one of their last chances to preserve a realistic chance of survival, we believe that the visitors will fight fiercely on the field.
Empoli scored only 7 goals in 8 games at home, so Sampdoria definitely has a chance to “get” a positive result here. We say this although Sampdoria has scored 8 goals so far. It’s time to end that negative streak of matches without a goal scored.
Objectively speaking, Empoli is a very average team that will be much closer to the relegation zone than to the middle of the table for the rest of the season. Both draws (against Udinese and Lazio) were “pulled off” with a lot of luck, and we believe they will need much more than the luck factor this time.
We are going against the bookmakers in this match, and we predict that the Sampdoria team will return to Genoa undefeated.
Kick-off Time: Monday, 16.01.2023 20:45 CET
Prediction: Sampdoria or Draw ( X2 )
Odds: 1.71
Sportsbook: 22bet
