Lazio vs Empoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-10-05 13:00.
[p]Lazio are starting to recover from an uninspiring start to the season, as a 4-1 hammering of Nice in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday made it three consecutive wins, netting 3+ goals in each. The Eagles enter the round three points adrift of leaders Napoli, and bridging that gap depends on finding consistency as they’re yet to register back-to-back Serie A wins this term.[/p]
[p]That’s something they can change here, after a 3-2 win over Torino in their last league outing. Marco Baroni’s men ought to be confident of building on that considering that Lazio are unbeaten across their last eight top-flight home matches (W6, D2) and that run looks likely to extend as they’ve never lost a home H2H against Empoli (W11, D4).[/p]
[p]Empoli may feel that the time is now to break their duck after making a stunning start to the campaign. The division’s surprise package enter the round as one of only two teams yet to lose in this league campaign (W2, D4), with their ten points at this stage their joint-best start to a top-flight season after six rounds.[/p]
[p]That came back in 2002/03, but rather ominously they would lose on matchday seven to none other than Lazio! Empoli’s water-tight defence that’s conceded just twice in Serie A so far this term should have the visiting fans confident of a positive result here however, as will their improvement on the road. The Azzurri have won two of their first three away league games (D1), which is a far cry from ending last season with five defeats from their last six trips (D1)![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Mattia Zaccagni rounded off Lazio’s scoring in the Europa League win and has directly contributed to two of their last three H2H goals (G1, A1). Empoli’s Emmanuel Gyasi has endured a miserable time against Lazio down the years, losing all eight personal H2Hs and being yellow carded four times![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Lazio have scored 2+ goals in each of the last six H2Hs, including three straight wins by a 2-0 scoreline.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Sridhar B[/i][/p]