Empoli vs Sampdoria betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 19.September
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Sampdoria have journeyed here for an action-packed game against the hosts Empoli. Get smart on the fixture with this in-depth Serie A preview!

Both contenders have had enough rest since their last work day in an official game. Let's have faith in that this will be an active fixture!

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Empoli form and stats

Empoli have less points than they have played home games in the Serie A so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 0 points. Empoli are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Carlo Castellani, having lost their two previous games here.

The Empoli crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Venezia here at Stadio Carlo Castellani in a Serie A match. Nedim Bajrami (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.63/10. Bajrami scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled passed the opponent 6 of 8 times.

Before that game, the home loss against Lazio with the scoreline 1-3.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Empoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found five matches with the results: Won four, drawn one and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Empoli after this match as they are travelling to Cagliari for a Serie A game in only three days.

Early season league goal statistics from Empoli's 2 home games: 2 goals, 5 conceded.

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Sampdoria form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie A for Sampdoria and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 6 wins, 4 draws and 9 losses from 19 games.

Sampdoria played 2-2 against Inter in their previous match. Maya Yoshida was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.41. The defender Yoshida scored one goal and won 1 of 3 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-1 defeat against Milan.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Sampdoria in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sampdoria, one draw and four defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Napoli in just four days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Sampdoria has managed 0 goals and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Empoli victory, four draws and five Sampdoria wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, seven matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliN. Bajrami
N. Bajrami
1 goals
EmpoliF. Bandinelli
F. Bandinelli
1 goals
EmpoliL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
1 goals

Empoli missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 1 3
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 1 1 2
2 2 1 Lost L 0 0 1
3 2 1 Scored S 0 0 2
5 5 2 Conceded C 0 0 3
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 67%
67% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 33%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 50% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 33%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 67%
 
7.3 6.5 8 Corners for (avg) C F 6 6 6
4.3 2.5 2 Corners against (avg) C A 8 8 5
2.3 2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.7 19.5 22 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10 14.3
4.3 5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 3.7
23% 20% 14% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 18%
Empoli Last season Sampdoria
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
19 11   Won W   6 15
16 8   Drew D   4 7
3 0   Lost L   9 16
68 38   Scored S   20 52
35 15   Conceded C   28 54
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
82% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 84%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   47% 58%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   21% 26%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   58% 61%
37% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 18%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   26% 21%
 
6.5 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.2
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.6 5.3
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.2
5 3   Red cards R C   2 3
 
16.6 18.6   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 10.7
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.9
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 35%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
3 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
4 Inter 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
5 Udinese 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
6 Lazio 3 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 6
7 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
8 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
10 Atalanta 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Torino 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Empoli 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
13 Genoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Venezia 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Sampdoria 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Juventus 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
17 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Spezia 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 -6 1
19 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Salernitana 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 38 28 7 3 89 35 19 17 1 1 53 18 19 11 6 2 36 17 54 91
2 Milan 38 24 7 7 74 41 19 8 6 5 31 24 19 16 1 2 43 17 33 79
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 90 47 19 12 3 4 49 24 19 11 6 2 41 23 43 78
4 Juventus 38 23 9 6 77 38 19 14 2 3 40 18 19 9 7 3 37 20 39 78
5 Napoli 38 24 5 9 86 41 19 12 4 3 50 20 19 12 1 6 36 21 45 77
6 Lazio 38 21 5 12 61 55 19 13 3 3 36 23 19 8 2 9 25 32 6 68
7 Roma 38 18 8 12 68 58 19 13 4 2 42 18 19 5 4 10 26 40 10 62
8 Sassuolo 38 17 11 10 64 56 19 7 8 4 31 27 19 10 3 6 33 29 8 62
9 Sampdoria 38 15 7 16 52 54 19 9 3 7 32 26 19 6 4 9 20 28 -2 52
10 Hellas Verona 38 11 12 15 46 48 19 6 6 7 23 23 19 5 6 8 23 25 -2 45
11 Genoa 38 10 12 16 47 58 19 5 7 7 29 30 19 5 5 9 18 28 -11 42
12 Bologna 38 10 11 17 51 65 19 7 5 7 33 33 19 3 6 10 18 32 -14 41
13 Fiorentina 38 9 13 16 47 59 19 6 6 7 25 25 19 3 7 9 22 34 -12 40
14 Udinese 38 10 10 18 42 58 19 5 4 10 14 19 19 5 6 8 28 39 -16 40
15 Spezia 38 9 12 17 52 72 19 5 7 7 28 33 19 4 5 10 24 39 -20 39
16 Cagliari 38 9 10 19 43 59 19 5 4 10 22 32 19 4 6 9 21 27 -16 37
17 Torino 38 7 16 15 50 69 19 3 9 7 25 36 19 4 7 8 25 33 -19 37
18 Benevento 38 7 12 19 40 75 19 2 7 10 19 39 19 5 5 9 21 36 -35 33
19 Crotone 38 6 5 27 45 92 19 5 2 12 23 35 19 1 3 15 22 57 -47 23
20 Parma 38 3 11 24 39 83 19 2 5 12 16 39 19 1 6 12 23 44 -44 20

Sampdoria:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Roma 3 3 0 0 9 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 7 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 9
3 Napoli 3 3 0 0 6 2 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 9
4 Inter 3 2 1 0 9 3 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 3 6 7
5 Udinese 3 2 1 0 6 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 7
6 Lazio 3 2 0 1 9 4 1 1 0 0 6 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 5 6
7 Fiorentina 3 2 0 1 5 5 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 6
8 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
9 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 4
10 Atalanta 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 4
11 Torino 3 1 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 5 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 3
12 Empoli 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 -2 3
13 Genoa 3 1 0 2 4 8 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 3 6 -4 3
14 Venezia 3 1 0 2 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 2 2 6 -4 3
15 Sampdoria 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 2
16 Juventus 3 0 1 2 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 4 -2 1
17 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 5 9 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 -4 1
18 Spezia 3 0 1 2 3 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 3 8 -6 1
19 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
20 Salernitana 3 0 0 3 2 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 0 0 2 2 7 -9 0

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