Serie A returns to the fold this Sunday when Empoli and Sassuolo lock horns at the Stadio Carlo Castellani (Empoli). Showdown is set to begin 14:30 EAT.
Empoli is in the 9th place on the league table with 28 points from 20 matches. Empoli has played ten home matches so far in their league. They have had mixed results from their home matches all through the season, even though they have scored in all the ten matches.
Empoli gets in to this match after they shared spoils 3-3 with Lazio in their previous Serie A fixture. In that game, Empoli had 37% possession, 11 shots with four of them on target and goals scored by Nedim Bajrami (6′), Szymon Żurkowski (8′) and Federico Di Francesco (75′). Lazio got 23 shots with 10 of them on target and goals by Ciro Immobile (14′) and Sergej Milinković-Savić (66′, 93′).
Meanwhile, Sassuolo is in the 13th spot on the league table with 25 points from 20 matches. The team has six wins, seven draws and seven losses from their league matches so far. The season hasn’t been so smooth for this team and is currently on a winless streak three matches as well.
Sassuolo also held each to 1-1 draw in their most recent Serie A game with Genoa. In that match, Sassuolo had 74% possession, 28 shots with seven of them on target and a goal scored by Domenico Berardi (55′). Genoa got four shots at goal with one of them on target and a goal by Mattia Destro (7′).
Empoli vs Sassuolo head to head
Out of the 21 head to head meetings between two sides since 2008, Sassuolo has 11 wins, Empoli seven wins and three draws have been recorded.
- Sassuolo 1-2 Empoli 31/10/21
- Sassuolo 1-0 Empoli 31/07/19
- Empoli 3-0 Sassuolo 17/02/19
- Sassuolo 3-1 Empoli 21/09/18
- Empoli 1-3 Sassuolo 30/04/17
Home
- Lazio 3-3 Empoli
- Empoli 2-4 Milan
- Spezia 1-1 Empoli
- Hellas Verona 3-4 Empoli
- Napoli 0-1 Empoli
Away
- Sassuolo 1-1 Genoa
- Sassuolo 0-3 Bologna
- Fiorentina 2-2 Sassuolo
- Sassuolo 2-1 Lazio
- Spezia 2-2 Sassuolo
Empoli team news
Aurelio Andreazzoli’s will not be able to call upon the services of Nicolas Haas and Fabiano Parisi due to injuries whilst Samuele Damiani, Simone Romagnoli and Patrick Cutrone are major doubts.
Sassuolo team news
The visiting side has a long of absentees due to Covid-19, duty in the AFCON and injuries. The likes of Pedro Obiang, Matheus Henrique, Filip Djuricic, Filippo Romagna, Francesco Magnanelli, Gianluca Scamacca and Davide Frattesi are out due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
Both teams are on a cold streak at the moment and a high-scoring draw looks like the most likely outcome for this game.
- Draw
- Goals over 2.5
- Both teams to score
