Empoli vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-24 18:45.
[p]Empoli survived relegation from Serie A last year thanks to a 93rd-minute winner against Roma on the final day, and similar heroics may be required again here as the Azzurri head into the final weekend inside the drop zone, but level on points with 17th-placed Lecce. If that is still true come full-time, a play-off will be required, but Roberto D’Aversa’s side will hope to avoid that, and can go some way to doing so by beating a Hellas Verona side that sit three points above them, in what is a tight and complicated relegation battle involving five sides.[/p]
[p]Back-to-back wins against Parma and Monza, who sit in the bottom six along with Verona, have given Empoli a real chance of survival and should encourage them here. They were winless in 20 league games prior (D6, L14), but could now secure three successive Serie A victories for the first time since 2019 should they beat a side they thumped 4-1 in December’s reverse fixture.[/p]
[p]Verona are not yet safe from the drop either, yet their three-point gap to the drop zone allows them a greater degree of comfort than their hosts. A draw is therefore all the Mastiffs need to secure their place in the top flight, and they’ve certainly got the form to achieve that given that five of their last eight matches ended level, including both of the last two.[/p]
[p]Paolo Zanetti’s side have seen four of their last five wins come on the road, but they’ve also lost four of their last six league trips (W1, D1), failing to score in each of those defeats. This is a venue they’ll be confident of correcting their course at, since Verona have been beaten on just one of their last seven trips to Empoli across all competitions (W2, D4).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Jacopo Fazzini is finishing the season in excellent form with four direct goal contributions in his last five matches (G3, A1), the latest of which was the assist for Empoli’s first goal against Monza. Darko Lazović was on target for Verona against Como last time out, but he’s never scored in back-to-back matches in his Serie A career.[/p]
[p]Hot streak: None of the last six Empoli-held H2Hs produced over 2.5 goals.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]