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Verona v Empoli : Serie A match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sun 8th Dec, 14:00 BST, Marcantonio Bentegodi, Verona

Sunday afternoon at the Marcantonio Bentegodi, and it’s a Serie A clash between Verona and Empoli. Paolo Zanetti and Roberto D'Aversa will be doing all they can to claim victory. In this preview you'll find odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers for seventeen different betting markets, alongside supporting data that updates as you go between markets. Our predictions run off 20-game form, so all statistics are shown from a 20-game perspective. Home, away and overall performance can be viewed, while there's also head-to-head history later on in the preview.


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Best Tip: Over 1.5 goals

We do not expect to see a a bore-draw or a slim 1-0 win here, and instead we're tipping over 1.5 goals. That means that Verona and Empoli will score a minimum of two between them during 90 mins. It's a prediction based on form stats for each side, as well as historical records when they go head-to-head. We give it a probability of 79%. Bookies have it at 1.30.

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Win / Draw / Win
Over / Under 1.5 Goals
Over / Under 2.5 Goals
Over / Under 3.5 Goals
Win To Nil
Both Teams To Score
Correct Score
Both Teams To Score & Result
Double Chance
Half Time / Full Time
Over / Under 0.5 Goals
Over / Under 4.5 Goals
Over / Under 5.5 Goals
Draw No Bet
Team To Score First
An away win looks like the most likely outcome in the win/draw/win market, with our predictive algorithm suggesting there’s a 43% chance of Empoli coming away with a win.

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Predictions Add Bet365 Coral
Verona
32%
8/5
18%
6/4
14%
Draw
25%
15/8
15%
2/1
14%
Empoli
43%
21/10
5%
2/1
3%
Draw 1-1
12%
9/2
15%
19/4
12%
Empoli 2-1
9%
11/19/1
Empoli 1-0
9%
7/1
38%
6/1
30%
Verona 2-1
8%
10/1
22%
8/1
13%
Verona 1-0
7%
6/1
30%
11/2
24%
Empoli 2-0
7%
12/1
32%
11/1
20%
Draw 2-2
6%
14/1
36%
14/1
36%
Draw 0-0
6%
11/2
50%
5/1
40%
Verona 2-0
5%
11/19/1
Empoli 3-1
5%
28/1
26%
20/1
24%
Empoli 3-0
4%
33/122/1
12%
Verona 3-1
3%
22/1
35%
18/1
46%
Empoli 3-2
3%
40/1
41%
28/1
38%
Verona 3-2
3%
40/1
95%
25/1
53%
Verona 3-0
2%
25/1
24%
18/1
12%
Over 2.5 Goals
55%
6/4
45%
7/5
41%
Under 2.5 Goals
45%
8/15
27%
1/2
27%
Home 1st Goal
47%
10/11
14%
-
Away 1st Goal
50%
13/10
2%
-
No 1st Goal
3%
11/2
50%
-
BTTS - Yes
58%
19/20
24%
21/20
28%
BTTS - No
42%
4/5
20%
7/10
24%
BTTS - Home Win
17%
5/1
50%
9/2
47%
BTTS - Draw
19%
10/3
8%
17/5
5%
BTTS - Away Win
22%
6/1
27%
11/2
30%
Home/draw
57%
4/11
2%
4/11
1%
Away/draw
68%
1/2
10%
1/2
9%
Home/away
75%
2/5
8%
4/11
5%
Over 1.5 Goals
78%
4/9
18%
10/21
21%
Under 1.5 Goals
22%
7/4
36%
6/4
36%
Over 3.5 Goals
33%
7/2
64%
7/2
72%
Under 3.5 Goals
67%
1/5
17%
2/11
18%
Over 4.5 Goals
17%
9/1
100%
17/2
98%
Under 4.5 Goals
83%
1/16
9%
1/20
10%
Over 5.5 Goals
7%
20/1
110%
18/1
111%
Under 5.5 Goals
93%
1/66
5%
1/500
5%
Over 0.5 Goals
94%
1/9
7%
1/10
6%
Under 0.5 Goals
6%
11/2
50%
5/1
40%
Home DNB
49%
8/11
10%
7/10
8%
Away DNB
61%
1/1
11%
1/1
11%
Verona win to nil
15%
3/1
8%
-
Empoli win to nil
21%
7/2
31%
-
Verona / Verona
19%
10/3
20%
3/1
18%
Verona / Empoli
3%
33/1
31%
25/1
24%
Verona / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
Draw / Verona
15%
9/29/2
5%
Draw / Empoli
13%
5/1
14%
5/1
14%
Draw / Draw
19%
10/3
28%
29/10
22%
Empoli / Verona
3%
33/1
48%
22/1
21%
Empoli / Empoli
16%
4/119/5
Empoli / Draw
6%
14/1
15%
12/1
8%
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Win / draw / win Serie A table

Verona have played 14 matches so far this season and are in 17th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

11 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 8 games, drawn zero and won 3. Verona have conceded 26 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 4 matches and kept 2 clean sheets.

Home league performance

Verona have played 7 games at home, winning 3, drawing 0 and losing 4 fixtures. They have scored 10 goals, conceded 17 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 3 times in home league games.

Empoli lay in 10th place on 16 points in the Serie A league table having played 14 matches. Empoli are unbeaten in 6 games against teams below them in the league and kept 3 clean sheets out of 6 games.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 6 games against teams below them in the table, winning 3, drawing 3 and losing 0 games. They have scored 7 goals and kept 3 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Empoli have conceded 3 goals and have failed to score in 1 match.

Away league performance

Empoli have played 7 away games, winning 2, drawing 3 and losing 2 games. They have scored an average of 1.1 goals per away game and conceded an average 1.3 goals per away game.

Won
Draw
Lost
Verona
Empoli
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Napoli1410221232 
w
 
3-0F
Jan 12
l
 
0-1A
Apr 13
2
Atalanta1410132031 
Feb 9
l
 
6-1A
Feb 23
Dec 22
3
Inter138411728 
l
 
0-5A
May 4
l
 
0-3A
Jan 19
4
Fiorentina138411728 
Feb 23
l
 
3-1A
d
 
0-00-0
Apr 27
5
Lazio149141228 
Jan 19
l
 
2-1A
May 4
l
 
2-1F
6
Juventus146801426 
l
 
0-3A
Mar 2
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 2
7
Milan13643922 
Dec 20
Feb 16
Feb 9
l
 
3-0A
8
Bologna13562221 
Mar 9
Dec 30
Jan 26
d
 
1-1A
9
Udinese14527-517 
Jan 4
Mar 16
d
 
1-1F
Feb 16
10
Empoli 14374-416 
Dec 8
May 25
-
-
11
Parma14365-215 
Mar 30
Dec 15
May 11
d
 
1-1F
12
Torino14437-415 
l
 
2-3A
Apr 6
Dec 13
Mar 16
13
Cagliari14356-914 
Apr 27
l
 
1-0A
Apr 6
w
 
0-2F
14
Genoa14356-1114 
Apr 13
w
 
0-2F
Dec 28
Mar 2
15
Roma14347-613 
w
 
3-2F
Apr 20
Mar 9
w
 
1-2F
16
Lecce14347-1513 
May 11
l
 
1-0A
Jan 11
d
 
1-1F
17
Verona 144010-1612 
-
-
May 25
Dec 8
18
Como 190714257-1211 
May 18
l
 
3-2A
w
 
1-0F
Mar 30
19
Monza14176-510 
l
 
0-3A
Feb 2
d
 
0-00-0
May 18
20
Venezia142210-148 
w
 
2-1A
Jan 26
Apr 20
Jan 4
Win / draw / win form
3
Verona have lost 3 consecutive league games
Verona 17TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
3
Goals: Scored
27
Conceded
33
Games: Scored
16 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
4 / 20
Won
8
D
4
Lost
8
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Verona0 - 5Inter
Verona3 - 2Roma
Verona0 - 3Monza
Verona2 - 1Venezia
Verona2 - 3Torino
Verona0 - 3Juventus
Verona3 - 0Napoli
Verona2 - 2Inter
Verona1 - 2Torino
Verona2 - 1Fiorentina
Verona1 - 0Udinese
Verona1 - 2Genoa
Verona1 - 3Milan
Verona1 - 0Sassuolo
Verona2 - 2Juventus
Verona1 - 1Frosinone
Verona2 - 1Empoli
Verona0 - 1Salernitana
Verona2 - 0Cagliari
Verona1 - 1Lazio
Goals: Scored
25
Conceded
40
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
Won
7
D
1
Lost
12
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AVerona0 - 1Cagliari
HVerona0 - 5Inter
AVerona1 - 3Fiorentina
HVerona3 - 2Roma
AVerona0 - 1Lecce
AVerona1 - 6Atalanta
HVerona0 - 3Monza
HVerona2 - 1Venezia
AVerona2 - 3Como 1907
HVerona2 - 3Torino
AVerona1 - 2Lazio
AVerona2 - 0Genoa
HVerona0 - 3Juventus
HVerona3 - 0Napoli
HVerona2 - 2Inter
AVerona2 - 1Salernitana
HVerona1 - 2Torino
HVerona2 - 1Fiorentina
AVerona0 - 1Lazio
HVerona1 - 0Udinese
Empoli 10TH
20 league games
Away
Overall
Goals: Scored
18
Conceded
26
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
18 / 20
Clean sheets
2 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
4
Draw
7
Lost
9
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Milan3 - 0Empoli
Lecce1 - 1Empoli
Parma1 - 1Empoli
Lazio2 - 1Empoli
Cagliari0 - 2Empoli
Bologna1 - 1Empoli
Roma1 - 2Empoli
Udinese1 - 1Empoli
Lazio2 - 0Empoli
Atalanta2 - 0Empoli
Lecce1 - 0Empoli
Inter2 - 0Empoli
Milan1 - 0Empoli
Sassuolo2 - 3Empoli
Salernitana1 - 3Empoli
Juventus1 - 1Empoli
Verona2 - 1Empoli
Cagliari0 - 0Empoli
Torino1 - 0Empoli
Genoa1 - 1Empoli
Goals: Scored
14
Conceded
20
Games: Scored
11 / 20
Conceded
13 / 20
Clean sheets
7 / 20
Failed to score
9 / 20
Won
5
Draw
9
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
AEmpoli0 - 3Milan
HEmpoli1 - 1Udinese
AEmpoli1 - 1Lecce
HEmpoli1 - 0Como 1907
HEmpoli0 - 3Inter
AEmpoli1 - 1Parma
HEmpoli0 - 1Napoli
AEmpoli1 - 2Lazio
HEmpoli0 - 0Fiorentina
AEmpoli2 - 0Cagliari
HEmpoli0 - 0Juventus
AEmpoli1 - 1Bologna
AEmpoli2 - 1Roma
HEmpoli0 - 0Monza
HEmpoli2 - 1Roma
AEmpoli1 - 1Udinese
AEmpoli0 - 2Lazio
HEmpoli0 - 0Frosinone
AEmpoli0 - 2Atalanta
HEmpoli1 - 0Napoli
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Win / draw / win head to head (H2H)
6
Verona have not lost to Empoli in 6 consecutive league meetings
League games at Verona since 2015
Verona
Empoli
Goals: Scored
7
5
Games: Scored
4 / 5
5 / 5
Clean sheets
0 / 5
1 / 5
VER
3
D
1
EMP
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Verona
Verona2 - 1
Draw1 - 1Draw
Verona2 - 1
0 - 1Empoli
Verona2 - 1
League games at Empoli since 2015
Empoli
Verona
Goals: Scored
3
3
Games: Scored
3 / 5
3 / 5
Clean sheets
2 / 5
2 / 5
VER
1
D
3
EMP
1
FIXTURE HISTORY AT Empoli
0 - 1Verona
Draw1 - 1Draw
Draw1 - 1Draw
Empoli1 - 0
Draw0 - 0Draw
Goal Statistics

Empoli's fans will be hoping for goals on Sunday afternoon, not least because Verona have conceded in each of their last 11 Serie A games. A PG of 1.6 for R. D'Aversa's side suggests that run should continue.

Verona 17th Empoli 10th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.3
goals
1.6
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
27%
1
35%
2
23%
3
10%
4+
There is a 62% probability that Verona will score no more than 1 goal
0
21%
1
33%
2
26%
3
13%
4+
7%
There is a 79% probability that Empoli will score 1 or more goals
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+10
Verona’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
-9
Empoli’s goalscoring when away has been inline with predictions
1.4
average goals scored
0.9
average goals scored
1.7
conceded
1.3
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie A - 2024/2025 season
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Verona
PG (predicted goals)
Empoli
1.3
1.6
Attack rating
13%
better
VER
EMP
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Games scored9
8
Failed to score5
6
Scored first3
7
Goals scored17
10
Avg. goals scored1.2
0.7
Avg. shots per game7
6
Avg. shots per goal5
8
Conversion rate for18
13
Avg. XG for1.1
0.7
KickOff rating
+13%
Defence rating
VER
EMP
46%
better
view stats
Games conceded12
9
Clean sheets2
5
Conceded first11
4
Goals conceded33
14
Avg. goals conceded2.4
1
Avg. shots/game conceded11
11
Avg. shots/goal conceded5
11
Conversion rate against21%
9%
Avg. XG against1.7
1.5
KickOff rating
+46%

Verona v Empoli Serie A lLine ups will show here when available.

Verona Serie A squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
13436
L MontipòC TengstedtD LazovićR Belahyane
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Lazović MID1413
-
L Montipò GLK13
-
G Magnani DEF131
2
-
J Tchatchoua DEF1311
4
1
R Belahyane MID132
5
1
D Mosquera FWD1331
1
-
C Tengstedt FWD134
2
-
D Coppola DEF12
5
-
T Suslov MID11
2
1
G Kastanos MID1111
1
-
F Daniliuc DEF9
-
D Bradaric DEF9
2
-
D Silva MID9
-
O Duda MID92
6
-
D. Rocha Livramento do Rosario FWD911
1
1
A Harroui MID81
1
-
S Serdar MID81
2
-
A Sarr FWD81
-
P Dawidowicz DEF6
2
1
D Ghilardi DEF5
1
-
M Frese DEF5
-
M. Lambourde FWD41
1
-
D Faraoni  DEF3
-
F Alidou FWD3
-
S Perilli GLK1
-
Y Okou DEF1
-
A Cissè MID1
-
Empoli Serie A squad statistics 2024/2025
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
14324
D VásquezP Pellegri G PezzellaL Henderson
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
D Vásquez GLK14
2
-
A Ismajli DEF14
1
-
M Viti DEF14
-
L Henderson MID14
4
-
E Gyasi FWD142
2
-
L Colombo FWD1421
2
-
G Pezzella DEF132
2
-
O Solbakken FWD13
1
-
S. Goglichidze DEF11
1
L Cacace DEF102
4
-
N Haas  MID10
1
-
F Anjorin MID101
2
-
Y Maleh MID10
1
-
S Esposito FWD102
-
E Ekong FWD10
1
-
P Pellegri  FWD103
3
-
A Grassi MID7
3
-
J Fazzini MID7
2
-
M Sciglio DEF5
-
L. Marianucci DEF2
-
J Sambia DEF2
-