Venezia vs Empoli Prediction and Betting Tips | January 5th 2025

Venezia will host Empoli at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo on Saturday in another round of the 2024-25 Serie A campaign. The hosts will look to pick up a rare result in hopes of turning around their abysmal first half of the season.

Venezia suffered their 11th loss of the league season in a narrow 1-0 defeat to Napoli last weekend. The hosts, who currently sit in 19th place have won only three games in the Italian top flight so far and will be desperate to pick up a win that could see them edge out of the relegation zone this weekend.

Empoli’s 2-1 loss against Genoa in their final fixture of 2024 marked their fourth loss in five league matches after losing just one of the previous five. Although sitting in 12th place, Roberto D’Aversa’s men are only six points above Saturday's hosts and could risk falling as far as 17th place if they fail to pick up any points on their trip to Venice.

Venezia vs Empoli Head-to-Head and Key Numbers

The two teams have met on 19 previous occasions going into Saturday's fixture. Venezia have won eight of those meetings, and seven have ended in draws while Empoli have won the remaining four.
The hosts have only ever failed to score against Empoli twice in the club’s history.
Empoli have won just one of their last seven games in this fixture.
Both teams have the joint-third worst offensive record in this season's Serie A campaign, with only 17 goals scored in 18 matches.
The Lagunari have conceded 31 goals in the Italian top flight this season. Only Hellas Verona (42) and Parma (34) have shipped more.
Azzurri Empolesi have conceded 21 goals in Serie A this season, the fewest of any team in the bottom half of the table.

Venezia vs Empoli Prediction

Both teams are closely matched going into the weekend. The newly promoted hosts will rely on their decent record against Empoli in recent games but will need to be at their absolute best and improve their defensive showings to get all three points on Saturday.

The Azzurri have lost their last three games on the bounce and have won just one of their last seven league outings. They have struggled for results on the road of late and could suffer defeat in their first game of the year.

Prediction: Venezia 2-1 Empoli

Venezia vs Empoli Betting Tips

Tip 1 - Result: Venezia to win

Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Four of the hosts' last five matches have produced more than 2.5 goals)

Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have gotten on the scoresheet in five of their last seven competitive matchups)