Frosinone vs Empoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-11-05 17:30.
Having been relegated comfortably on both of their previous two stints in Italy’s top tier, newly-promoted Frosinone have rarely before experienced such heights, as they sit in mid-table in Serie A (SA) after collecting 12 points from their opening ten games. The Canaries achieved another milestone in the days leading up to this game too, progressing into the Round of 16 in the Coppa Italia where they will face reigning SA champions Napoli next month.
Needing to quickly refocus on their SA exploits, Eusebio Di Francesco’s side now look to build on what has been a positive start back to life in the top flight. Even still, three defeats in their most recent four SA games are indicative of the harsh realities of competing with Italy’s elite. But as they now face an Empoli side beneath them in the table, they can take heart from the fact they have won both home league games this term against sides starting this round in the bottom half, and haven’t lost at home this season to anyone other than last season’s champions, Napoli.
Both Inter and AC Milan come up on the fixture list over the next few weeks, so Frosinone will be desperate to turn the tide on home soil against lowly Empoli, who so far have both struggled to score goals and leaked them frequently at the other end. Unsurprisingly given those two factors, Gli Azzurri have the worst goal difference of all 20 clubs in the division and come into this clash occupying one of the three relegation spots.
There’s already been a managerial change for the strugglers, and although it’s been slow, some progress has been made since the return of former head coach Aurelio Andreazzoli. He has guided them to all seven of the points they’ve picked up so far, including three with a win away against Fiorentina in their last league road trip – a win which ended a run of three successive travelling SA defeats ‘to nil’ prior.
Players to watch: Matias Soulé is generally Frosinone’s go-to man when it comes to goals, scoring or assisting in each of their last three home games. For Empoli, Francesco Caputo has seven career goals in ten games against Monday’s opponents, though none since 2018.
Hot stat: No SA side has scored fewer second half goals this season than Empoli’s one.