Venice-Empoli prediction, odds, statistical analysis, matchday 19 of Serie A

Venezia-Empoli is the match that will officially open the 19th day of the Serie A championship. A delicate match for Di Francesco’s team who ended 2024 in penultimate place in the standings and who need points to try to get out of the red zone . D’Aversa’s team is also looking for success after three consecutive defeats. Let’s find out the prediction and odds for the match between Venice and Empoli scheduled for Saturday 4 January at 3pm at the Pier Luigi Penzo stadium in Venice.

THE VENICE-EMPOLI PREDICTION

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Venice and Empoli are ready to start their 2025 and want to do it as best as possible with the three points. The hosts have won five points in the last four matches and could take advantage of Empoli’s moment of decline, having been knocked out in three consecutive matches and with only one away win in the last six. Therefore, considering the hosts as favorites but in a match open to different results, an interesting play is the one that refers to the 1X + Goal combo which is worth 2.20 for Sisal, 2.30 for Lottomatica, 2.37 for Planetwin365 and 2.48 for Netwin.

THE QUOTESOF VENICE-EMPOLI

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For the main betting sitesVenezia is the favorite to bring home the success, which would be the second consecutive at home, with the 1 set at 2.30 by bet365, at 2.35 by WilliamHill and at 2.40 by Netwin. However, the odds referring to a draw and a success for Empoli are more balanced. The

Venezia and Empoli in this first part of the season have had a rather similar trend in terms of goals: the teams of Di Francesco and D’Aversa have in fact both scored 17 goals in 18 Serie A days with, respectively, 21 and 31 passive networks. For this reason, the Goal/No Goal signs also travel on the same track with bet365 and WilliamHill setting the odds at 1.91.

THE MARKERS

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At home in Venice, coach Di Francesco will once again rely on his best scorer Pohjanpalo. The Finnish player has scored four goals this season but has not scored since Venezia’s win over Udinese last October. Could the match against Empoli be the right one to score again? For bookies, a goal in 90 minutes is worth 2.63 for bet365, 3.00 for Netwin and 3.20 for WilliamHill. For Mr. D’Aversa, the certainty, especially in away matches, is Sebastiano Esposito. In fact, five of the six goals scored this season were scored away from Castellani. The chances of it being repeated against Venezia stand at 3.25 on Netwin, 3.75 on bet365 and 3.80 on Betway.

EMPOLI GOAL 1ST HALF

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Although D’Aversa’s team only won three of the nine matches played away from Castellani, the Tuscans always managed to score, except in the away match against Milan (Milan-Empoli 3-0). For this reason, the hypothesis that Empoli scores at least one goal is concrete and an interesting play is the one that refers to the 1st half Goal, a portion of the game in which Esposito and his teammates are more effective with 12 goals scored . In this sense the chances of a goal in the first 45 minutes are given on the board at 2.30 by Betflag, 2.40 by Sisal, 2.44 by Betway and 2.45 by WilliamHill.

STATISTICS AND PRECEDENTS

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Venice and Empoli, in the previous games, have always given rise to races that were anything but predictable. In fact, between Serie A and Serie B, the two teams have never repeated the same result twice with the most recent match ending in a draw. The first match of the year, however, does not bring luck to Empoli who have never won in the last three years.

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