Empoli vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-04-05 13:00.
[p]With no victories from their last 15 league games (D4, L11), Empoli could equal their longest run without a win in Serie A this weekend. Their recent form at Stadio Carlo Castellani is unsurprisingly also very poor, with Tuesday’s 3-0 home defeat to Bologna in the first leg of their Coppa Italia semi-final meaning that Roberto D’Aversa’s side have now lost four in a row on their own patch without scoring.[/p]
[p]Having not won in Serie A since early December, Empoli begin this matchday in the relegation zone and two points from safety, but they did beat this weekend’s visitors Cagliari 2-0 in September’s reverse fixture and now have the opportunity to record back-to-back victories against them for the first time in Italy’s top flight.[/p]
[p]Overall, the last 12 Serie A meetings between the sides have been closely fought, with both teams picking up four wins and four draws and scoring 14 times! As part of that sequence, Cagliari bring an improving H2H record at Empoli into this fixture after securing a victory and a draw from their last two visits, compared to losing six of their first seven top-flight away H2Hs (W1).[/p]
[p]Looking to extinguish the threat of relegation, Cagliari put some distance between themselves and the bottom three with a 3-0 win against Monza last Sunday, meaning they could now win two consecutive league matches for the first time since March 2024, the first of which was a 1-0 victory at Empoli. [/p]
[p]Sitting in 15th ahead of the round, only six points above their hosts here, Cagliari still have work to do to ensure survival, and have struggled on the road with just one win from their last 12 Serie A away games (D4, L7), including defeats in their last two.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: On-loan striker Christian Kouamé is the only Empoli player to have scored a goal in their last four encounters and has not experienced defeat in his last five career appearances against Cagliari. For the visitors, Roberto Piccoli contributed a goal and an assist last month and will be keen to make his mark against a side that he represented on loan for 15 league matches in 2023! [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Ahead of the round, Empoli have conceded the most goals (27) and scored the fewest (four) from the 61st minute onwards in Serie A this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]