Empoli vs Venezia prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-04-19 13:00.
[p]It is 17 league games without a win for Empoli (D5, L12), who begin the weekend with only Monza below them in Serie A and two points from safety. They were beaten 3-0 at Napoli on Monday in a third successive match across all competitions in which they failed to score, so they host fellow strugglers Venezia having netted in just two of their last nine league fixtures (D3, L6).[/p]
[p]Five successive scoring blanks on their own turf at Stadio Carlo Castellani across league and cup suggests there’ll be no reprieve here, with no side in the division claiming fewer home wins in Serie A than their one (D6, L8). Empoli remain in the Coppa Italia, but a three-goal deficit heading into the second leg of their semi-final with Bologna means the Azzurri are reliant on survival to salvage their campaign.[/p]
[p]Venezia can solely focus on the league, but they also begin the round in the relegation zone, level on points with Empoli. They gave themselves a chance of avoiding an immediate return to Serie B when they beat Monza 1-0 last Saturday, ending a 14-game winless run which began immediately after Christmas in the process (D8, L6).[/p]
[p]The Lagunari last won back-to-back Serie A matches in November 2021, and have not emerged victorious on the road in the top-flight since February 2022! Encouragement can certainly be found from recent meetings against Empoli, as Venezia boast an unbeaten record from the five previous Serie A H2Hs (W2, D3) – the most they’ve played an opponent in this competition without losing.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Giuseppe Pezzella is Empoli’s joint-top assist provider in Serie A this term (A3), the last of which was for his side’s last goal at the end of March. Mikael Egill Ellertsson set up Venezia’s goal against Monza last weekend, but his previous three direct goal contributions all came in away matches (G2, A1). [/p]
[p]Hot stat: Venezia have scored multiple goals in only one of their last 15 games.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tom Penn[/i][/p]