Genoa Empoli betting prediction

The away team is currently in the 18^th position of the league, with 21 points won, after 4 wins, 9 draws and 13 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in an away match against Udinese, by (3‑0). In the last match, they lost in a home match against Atalanta, by (0‑5). This is a team that usually gets better results in away matches than at home, since they have won 13 points in away matches and 8 at their stadium, with 5 goals scored and 19 conceded at home, against 17 goals scored and 24 conceded in away matches. In their last match, for the Coppa Italia, they got an away win against Juventus by (2‑4), after a penalty shootout. In the last 10 away league matches Empoli has a record of 1 win, 3 draws and 6 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 30 possible. In their away league matches the most frequent result at half‑time was the 0‑1 (5 out of 13 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 13 of the last 13 matches for this competition have ended with Over 1,5 goals. In 26 matches for this competition, they have conceded the first goal 12 times and have never been able to turn the score around. In the last 13 away matches for this competition there are 2 periods that stand out: they have scored 7 of their 17 goals between minutes (31'‑45'); they have conceded 10 of their 24 goals between minutes (76'‑90').

Empoli enters this round highly motivated after a victory in the penalty shootout against Juventus in a Coppa Italia match. In the last round of Serie A, the visitors lost 0-5 to Empoli. The away side, adopting a 3-5-2 tactical system, focuses on a more dynamic and rapid approach. As such, Christian Kouamé and Sebastiano Esposito will be the main players responsible for creating and finishing offensive moves, looking to exploit quick transitions to pressure the opposition defence. Marco Silvestri, Nicolas Haas, Szymon Żurkowski, Tino Anjorin, Mattia Viti, Jacopo Fazzini, Tyronne Ebuehi, Ola Solbakken, Saba Sazonov, and Pietro Pellegri will be unavailable for this game as they are currently recovering from injury.

Confirmed Lineup: Marco Silvestri, Saba Goglichidze, Liberato Cacace, Giuseppe Pezzella, Luca Marianucci, Youssef Maleh, Alberto Grassi, Liam Henderson, Emmanuel Gyasi, Sebastiano Esposito, Lorenzo Colombo.
Coach: D. Nicola.