Empoli vs Udinese Prediction

This Monday’s Serie A match sees Udinese make the trip to face Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani – Computer Gross Arena. This is a big game for those surrounding these teams in the middle of the table as Empoli and Udinese are only separated by both a point and a position.

Key Stats

• Empoli have scored 3 goals in their last 5 matches whereas Udinese have scored 5 goals in their last 5 matches
• Udinese have conceded the most penalties in the Serie A (5)
• Udinese are unbeaten in the last 5 meetings (2W-3D)

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Both these sides can find themselves within touching distance of each other. One sits in 10th whilst the other sits in ninth. It is Udinese that place above Empoli, something that they will like to change heading into this Monday’s afternoon match.

Empoli Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Devis Vásquez; Mattia Viti, Ardian Ismajli (c), Saba Goglichidze; Liberato Cacace, Youssef Maleh, Nicolas Haas, Liam Henderson, Emmanuel Gyasi; Pietro Pellegri, Lorenzo Colombo

Empoli have had a very good start to the season, residing in the mid table places, a much better place than their 17th place finish last year. After 12 games they sit in 10th place with three wins, three losses and six draws. Those matches have left them with 15 points, just the one point away from their opponents in Monday’s match, Udinese. A win would help them overtake Udinese as well as potentially moving up the standings to as high as seventh if other results went their way. Azzurri Empolesi are struggling for goals this season though scoring only nine so far. Striker Lorenzo Colombo is responsible for contributing to three of them by scoring twice and providing an assist. He could be the difference in Empoli’s efforts to take all three points in this match.

Udinese Preview

Predicted Line-Up: Maduka Okoye; Isaak Touré, Jaka Bijol, Lautaro Giannetti; Hassane Kamara, Oier Zarraga, Jesper Karlström, Sandi Lovrić, Kingsley Ehizibue; Florian Thauvin (c), Lorenzo Lucca

Similarly to Empoli, Udinese have had a good start to the season so far. Playing 12 games and they sit in ninth place with five wins, six losses and one draw. Those results have left them with 16 points. Unfortunately for Udinese they come into this game with three consecutive losses, the latest one being a 2-1 away loss against Atalanta. He might not have been on the scoresheet in that game but striker for I Bianconeri, Lorenzo Lucca, has bagged four goals in the 12 games he’s played. He could be the one that Udinese look to for a result against Empoli on Monday.

Head To Head Stats: Empoli vs Udinese

There have been 36 matches where these two teams have faced each other throughout history.

Udinese come into this match holding an advantage over Empoli as they have come out victors on 15 occasions, seven more times than Empoli’s eight wins in this fixture. A draw has happened 13 times out of the 36 games, leaving Udinese with a 41.7% win percentage.

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Udinese. They have won twice where Empoli haven’t won at all. The other three results have ended in a draw and given they are so close to each other in the league standings, there could be another draw to be added to the tally this Monday.

19th May 2024 – Udinese 1-1 Empoli – Serie A

6th October 2023 – Empoli 0-0 Udinese – Serie A

11th March 2023 – Empoli 0-1 Udinese – Serie A

4th January 2023 – Udinese 1-1 Empoli – Serie A

16th April 2022 – Udinese 4-1 Empoli – Serie A

Betting Tips For Empoli vs Udinese

Empoli may have struggled to find the back of the net by only scoring nine goals, but they have also been great defensively as they have only conceded 10 goals. Three of the last five matches have been low scoring draws and considering how close they are to each other in their performances, a draw is likely to occur once more.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with HT/FT Result Draw/Draw + Under 2.5 Goals as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 10/3 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £43.30 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Empoli vs Udinese

Empoli 1-1 Udinese

Udinese have lost three games in a row coming into this match and Empoli have struggled to find the back of the net, having one of the lowest goals for tally in the Serie A. We can see this game ending with both teams sharing a point with each other come the full time whistle.