Empoli vs Juventus prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-09-13 16:00.
[p]Perhaps surprisingly, Empoli entered the international break as one of six Serie A teams to remain unbeaten in this league campaign (W1, D2) following their draw against Bologna (1-1), which saw both goals scored inside the opening three minutes! In fact, the last time Empoli started a new top-flight campaign unbeaten after three rounds was back in 2006/07, when they eventually finished seventh – their joint-best finish in Serie A![/p]
[p]Encouragingly, the Azzurri won their fourth game in that campaign 2-0 on home soil, and coach Roberto D’Aversa would love a repeat of that as he serves the final match of his touchline ban. A six-game unbeaten run in all competitions (W3, D3) suggests they’ve not missed his guidance too much, and there’s every reason to believe that can continue as they’ve avoided defeat in two of their last three meetings with Juventus (W1, D1, L1).[/p]
[p]Just like their hosts here, Juventus have also made a positive start to the season by avoiding defeat in their first three Serie A matches (W2, D1). The Bianconeri’s momentum was halted somewhat by a drab goalless draw with Roma before the international break, though it stretched their run of successive clean sheets to four matches – their longest such run since November. [/p]
[p]New boss Thiago Motta will hope they can continue that run by backing up their 3-0 victory at Verona in his only previous away assignment at Juventus. The Old Lady’s new found attacking prowess could go some way to doing that, as they’ve scored nine times across their last four away league matches, having netted just eight times in their opening seven such matches in 2024![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Empoli’s Emmanuel Gyasi has scored first-half goals in back-to-back Serie A matches, part of a run of five of his last six strikes coming before the break. Juventus youngster Kenan Yıldız seemingly prefers to strike late as each of his last three goals for the club came beyond the hour mark in matches that featured 4+ goals.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Seven of Juventus’ last eight competitive matches have seen at least one goal scored inside the opening 30 minutes.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]