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Empoli v FC Sudtirol : Serie B match betting preview, prediction and odds

Sat 17th Jan, 14:00 BST, Carlo Castellani, Empoli

Saturday afternoon sees Alessio Dionisi’s Empoli and Fabrizio Castori’s FC Sudtirol go up against one another in a Serie B clash at the Carlo Castellani. We've analysed both sides' last 20 Serie B matches, as well as trends within the competition and the market, to generate our match predictions. All the statistics, including head to heads (H2H), are shown below, alongside odds from the UK's biggest bookmakers.


In-Play
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

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Empoli
44%
--
Draw
27%
--
Sudtirol
29%
--
Draw 1-1
13%
--
Empoli 1-0
12%
--
Sudtirol 1-0
9%
--
Empoli 2-1
9%
--
Draw 0-0
8%
--
Empoli 2-0
8%
--
Sudtirol 2-1
7%
--
Sudtirol 2-0
5%
--
Draw 2-2
5%
--
Empoli 3-1
4%
--
Empoli 3-0
4%
--
Sudtirol 3-1
3%
--
Empoli 3-2
2%
--
Sudtirol 3-0
2%
--
Sudtirol 3-2
2%
--
Over 2.5 Goals
46%
--
Under 2.5 Goals
54%
--
Home 1st Goal
50%
--
Away 1st Goal
44%
--
No 1st Goal
5%
--
BTTS - Yes
50%
--
BTTS - No
50%
--
BTTS - Home Win
19%
--
BTTS - Draw
18%
--
BTTS - Away Win
13%
--
Home/draw
71%
--
Away/draw
56%
--
Home/away
73%
--
Over 1.5 Goals
71%
--
Under 1.5 Goals
29%
--
Over 3.5 Goals
24%
--
Under 3.5 Goals
76%
--
Over 4.5 Goals
11%
--
Under 4.5 Goals
89%
--
Over 5.5 Goals
4%
--
Under 5.5 Goals
96%
--
Over 0.5 Goals
92%
--
Under 0.5 Goals
8%
--
Home DNB
63%
--
Away DNB
48%
--
Empoli win to nil
25%
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Sudtirol win to nil
16%
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Win / draw / win Serie B table

Empoli have played 18 matches so far this season and lay in 9th place in the Serie B league table.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 11 games against teams below in the table, having won 5, drawn 3 and lost 3 matches. They have kept 3 clean sheets and have failed to score in 2 fixtures. Empoli have outscored their opponents by 25 goals to 16 goals.

Home League Performance

Empoli have played 10 games at home winning 3, drawing 6 and losing 1 game. They have scored 17 goals, kept 2 clean sheets and conceded 11 goals at home.

Sudtirol are in 17th position in the Serie B on 16 points having played 18 matches so far this season. Sudtirol are having a poor run against away teams, having not won a match so far this season. They have also not scored in 3 of those games.

Away League Performance

2 of those games have been losing matches. They have conceded 12 goals and kept 1 clean sheet. They have scored 8 goals in total and failed to score in 3 fixtures.

Performance against teams above them in the league

15 games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 6 games, drawn 7 and won 2. Sudtirol have conceded 18 goals, scored 13, failed to score in 7 fixtures and have kept 2 clean sheets.

Won
Draw
Lost
Empoli
Sudtirol
Results by League Table
TEAM PLD W D L GD PTS HOME AWAY HOME AWAY
1
Frosinone1811521838 
d
 
1-1A
Feb 20
Mar 21
d
 
2-2A
2
Monza1811431337 
d
 
1-1A
May 9
Feb 11
d
 
1-1A
3
Venezia1810531735 
d
 
1-1A
Apr 25
Feb 28
l
 
3-0A
4
Palermo189631533 
l
 
1-3A
Feb 7
l
 
0-2A
Feb 21
5
Catanzaro18873731 
w
 
1-0F
Mar 8
Jan 31
d
 
1-1F
6
Cesena18945531 
Feb 28
Jan 10
l
 
0-1A
Apr 6
7
Modena188551129 
Jan 31
l
 
2-1F
Apr 11
d
 
0-00-0
8
Juve Stabia18684-126 
Feb 11
l
 
2-0A
May 9
l
 
1-0A
9
Empoli18666124 
-
-
l
 
1-2F
Jan 17
10
Padova18576-322 
w
 
3-1F
Apr 11
Jan 25
d
 
1-1F
11
Avellino18576-922 
May 1
w
 
0-3F
l
 
0-1A
Mar 17
12
Reggiana18558-320 
Feb 15
l
 
3-1F
w
 
3-1F
Mar 3
13
Carrarese18486-520 
d
 
2-2A
Jan 23
d
 
1-1A
Feb 7
14
Sampdoria18459-717 
d
 
1-1F
Apr 6
w
 
3-1F
May 1
15
Spezia18459-817 
d
 
1-1A
Mar 17
Jan 10
Apr 18
16
Bari 190818387-1217 
w
 
5-0F
Mar 4
d
 
0-00-0
Feb 15
17
Sudtirol182106-516 
Jan 17
w
 
1-2A
-
-
18
V.Entella18378-1016 
Apr 18
l
 
1-0A
Mar 7
d
 
1-1A
19
Mantova184311-1215 
Mar 14
w
 
0-1F
Apr 25
d
 
1-1F
20
Pescara18279-1213 
Mar 21
l
 
4-0A
Mar 14
d
 
1-1F
Promotion
Promotion Play Off
Relegation Play Off
Relegation
Win / draw / win form
11
Sudtirol have not won in 11 consecutive away league games
Empoli 9TH
20 league games
Home
Overall
Goals: Scored
24
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
15 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
5 / 20
W
4
Draw
9
Lost
7
HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Empoli1 - 1Frosinone
Empoli1 - 3Palermo
Empoli5 - 0Bari 1908
Empoli1 - 0Catanzaro
Empoli1 - 1Sampdoria
Empoli1 - 1Venezia
Empoli1 - 1Monza
Empoli2 - 2Carrarese
Empoli1 - 1Spezia
Empoli3 - 1Padova
Empoli1 - 2Verona
Empoli2 - 1Parma
Empoli0 - 1Lazio
Empoli2 - 2Venezia
Empoli0 - 0Cagliari
Empoli0 - 1Roma
Empoli0 - 5Atalanta
Empoli0 - 2Milan
Empoli1 - 1Bologna
Empoli1 - 3Lecce
Goals: Scored
29
Conceded
27
Games: Scored
17 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
3 / 20
Won
7
Draw
6
Lost
7
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
HEmpoli1 - 1Frosinone
AEmpoli1 - 0Mantova
AEmpoli0 - 2Juve Stabia
HEmpoli1 - 3Palermo
HEmpoli5 - 0Bari 1908
AEmpoli3 - 0Avellino
HEmpoli1 - 0Catanzaro
AEmpoli0 - 1V.Entella
HEmpoli1 - 1Sampdoria
AEmpoli1 - 2Modena
HEmpoli1 - 1Venezia
AEmpoli2 - 1Sudtirol
HEmpoli1 - 1Monza
HEmpoli2 - 2Carrarese
AEmpoli0 - 4Pescara
HEmpoli1 - 1Spezia
AEmpoli1 - 3Reggiana
HEmpoli3 - 1Padova
HEmpoli1 - 2Verona
AEmpoli3 - 1Monza
Sudtirol 17TH
20 league games
Away
11
Overall
Goals: Scored
26
Conceded
29
Games: Scored
14 / 20
Conceded
16 / 20
Clean sheets
4 / 20
Failed to score
6 / 20
W
3
Draw
11
Lost
6
AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Juve Stabia1 - 0Sudtirol
V.Entella1 - 1Sudtirol
Monza1 - 1Sudtirol
Modena0 - 0Sudtirol
Padova1 - 1Sudtirol
Venezia3 - 0Sudtirol
Mantova1 - 1Sudtirol
Pescara1 - 1Sudtirol
Frosinone2 - 2Sudtirol
Catanzaro1 - 1Sudtirol
Pisa3 - 3Sudtirol
Palermo1 - 2Sudtirol
Salernitana2 - 1Sudtirol
Mantova2 - 0Sudtirol
Cittadella1 - 5Sudtirol
Brescia0 - 0Sudtirol
Cremonese3 - 1Sudtirol
Frosinone0 - 3Sudtirol
Sassuolo5 - 3Sudtirol
Modena0 - 0Sudtirol
Goals: Scored
19
Conceded
24
Games: Scored
12 / 20
Conceded
17 / 20
Clean sheets
3 / 20
Failed to score
8 / 20
W
2
Draw
12
Lost
6
OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
ASudtirol0 - 1Juve Stabia
ASudtirol1 - 1V.Entella
HSudtirol0 - 0Bari 1908
ASudtirol1 - 1Monza
HSudtirol0 - 1Avellino
ASudtirol0 - 0Modena
HSudtirol1 - 1Carrarese
ASudtirol1 - 1Padova
ASudtirol0 - 3Venezia
HSudtirol0 - 1Cesena
ASudtirol1 - 1Mantova
HSudtirol1 - 2Empoli
ASudtirol1 - 1Pescara
HSudtirol3 - 1Reggiana
ASudtirol2 - 2Frosinone
HSudtirol0 - 2Palermo
HSudtirol3 - 1Sampdoria
ASudtirol1 - 1Catanzaro
HSudtirol0 - 0Bari 1908
ASudtirol3 - 3Pisa
Goal Statistics

FC Sudtirol's defensive record is to be admired, F. Castori's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive Serie B outings. An average PG rating of 1.4 for Empoli makes sense in this context.

Empoli 9th Sudtirol 17th
Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction
1.4
goals
1.1
goals
Scoring probability
Scoring probability
0
24%
1
34%
2
24%
3
11%
4+
There is a 58% probability that Empoli will score no more than 1 goal
0
34%
1
37%
2
20%
3
4+
There is a 71% probability that Sudtirol will score no more than 1 goal
 
20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games
+3
Empoli’s goalscoring at home has been inline with predictions
+22
Sudtirol have scored 22% more goals when away than predicted
1.2
average goals scored
1.3
average goals scored
1.5
conceded
1.5
conceded
 
Attack defence ratings
Serie B - 2025/2026 season
Empoli
PG (predicted goals)
Sudtirol
1.4
1.1
Attack rating
%
better
EMP
FCS
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Games scored0
0
Failed to score0
0
Scored first0
0
Goals scored0
0
Avg. goals scored0
0
Avg. shots per game0
0
Avg. shots per goal0
0
Conversion rate for0
0
Avg. XG for0
0
KickOff rating
0%
Defence rating
%
better
EMP
FCS
view stats
Games conceded0
0
Clean sheets0
0
Conceded first0
0
Goals conceded0
0
Avg. goals conceded0
0
Avg. shots/game conceded0
0
Avg. shots/goal conceded0
0
Conversion rate against0%
0%
Avg. XG against0
0
KickOff rating
0%

Empoli v Sudtirol Serie B lLine ups will show here when available.

Empoli Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
18646
A FulignatiS. ShpendiS Elia S Elia 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
A Fulignati GLK18
2
-
G Yepes MID171
5
-
B. Moruzzi DEF162
1
-
F Carboni DEF161
1
-
G Guarino DEF162
3
1
N. Obaretin DEF161
2
1
S Elia  MID1614
5
1
R Ilie MID164
3
-
S. Shpendi FWD166
2
-
A Ghion MID15
1
-
M Lovato DEF14
-
J Ceesay MID143
2
-
P Pellegri  FWD1232
2
-
M Curto DEF101
1
-
L. Ignacchiti MID102
1
-
B. Popov FWD105
1
1
E. Saporiti MID91
1
-
D Innocenti MID92
2
-
M Nasti FWD83
1
-
T Ebuehi DEF7
-
L Belardinelli MID7
4
-
N Haas  MID5
-
I. Konate FWD5
-
F Bianchi FWD2
-
L. Tosto DEF1
-
G Indragoli DEF1
-
Sudtirol Serie B squad statistics 2025/2026
Overall
Attack
Defence
Most startsMost goalsMost assistsMost cards
17425
R KoflerS. MerkajR OdogwuS Davì 
PlayersAppserancesgoalsAssistscards
J. Martini MID1821
4
-
R Odogwu FWD1832
1
-
R Kofler DEF171
3
1
S Molina MID171
1
-
S Tronchin MID171
3
1
S. Merkaj FWD1741
2
1
S Davì  DEF162
5
-
M Adamonis GLK15
2
-
K Zedadka MID15
1
-
F Tait MID15
-
E. Pecorino FWD142
2
-
H Kaouakibi DEF1311
2
-
M Coulibaly MID1311
2
-
F Davi DEF12
3
-
A Masiello DEF11
1
-
D Casiraghi MID1111
-
A Mallamo MID10
2
-
F Veseli DEF9
1
-
N. Pietrangeli DEF8
-
F. Bordon DEF6
1
-
J. Italen FWD61
1
-
G Poluzzi GLK3
-