Ace Football previews the Serie A game between Verona and Empoli who meet up on Sunday. The match preview includes the current team news, stats, and a recommended betting tip.
Mid-placed Empoli travel to Stadio M. A. Bentegodi to face struggling Verona in a round 15 game, which kicks-off this coming Sunday. The home side could do with a win to ease their trouble at the wrong end of the table.
Verona are placed 17th with 12 points after 14 matches. Empoli occupy a position as tenth in the league on 16 points.
Team form: Verona vs Empoli
Verona Form
In their last three matches, Verona lost 3-1 against Fiorentina, 0-5 against Inter and 1-0 against Cagliari. Verona only pulled off two wins from a possible six in recent Serie A matches on home soil. Of the remaining four matches, they drew zero and lost four, as they scored seven and conceded 17 goals.
Empoli Form
Empoli have been a tad mediocre in their last three matches where a win has failed to come their way. Against Udinese, they got a 1-1 draw, before coming up short against AC Milan, who ran out 3-0 winners. Lately, they managed to draw once again in a 2-2 game with Fiorentina. Empoli managed to win just once in their past six away games in the Serie A. On top of winning once they also drew three as well as losing two, while scoring eight time and letting in six.
Betting stats for Verona and Empoli
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Verona and Empoli. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In the last 10 Verona home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 17 of the last 19 Verona home matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Verona have lost 6 of the last 7 matches while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- Verona have lost 6 of the last 7 matches in the Serie A while scoring less than 1.5 goals
- In 9 of the last 11 Verona matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In the last 20 Empoli matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 15 Empoli away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 14 Empoli matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 12 Empoli away matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Empoli away matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 2.5
Players in form: Verona vs Empoli
Having scored just once lately in the Serie A, Suat Serdar will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Empoli hope Pietro Pellegri can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of three Serie A goals in his last six Serie A games.
Betting markets: Verona vs Empoli
Full-time result
Verona claimed a modest four wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in one of the games, whilst losing five. Empoli won four of their last 10 games away, drew four and lost two of the games in this run. Verona have not lost to Empoli in 3 consecutive home meetings.
Both teams to score
Surprisingly, Verona only scored the first goal of the match in two out of their last ten games. Empoli scored the opening goal in six of the last ten games. Empoli should be able to score at least once on Sunday as Verona failed in keeping a single clean sheet in those last 10 outings. Empoli managed two clean sheets in their 10 most recent outings. Verona have scored in 4 consecutive home meetings with Empoli.
Total goals
Verona saw over 2.5 goals in eight of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 1.1 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals came up in four of Empoli’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 0.7 goals in these matches. Somehow Verona failed to keep a clean sheet in their previous 11 matches.
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