Sampdoria vs. Empoli PREDICTION (15.01.2017)
Sampdoria and Empoli meet at Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris in a match for the 20th round of Serie A TIM. Sampdoria won away by (0-1) the last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 21-08-2016. The history of direct matches played at this stadium favors the home team, who in the last 3 games won 2 and drew 1. However, in the last match in this stadium, for Serie A TIM on 29-10-2015, the game ended in a draw By (1-1). The goals of the match were scored by Eder (67 ‘) for Sampdoria and by M. Pucciarelli (59’) for Empoli. The home / away condition deserves special attention, since although this is a match between 13th and 17th of the overall standings, this is in fact a confrontation between the 10th place in home games and the º as a visitor.
The home team is currently in 13th place with 23 points earned after 6 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they drew at home to Udinese by (0-0). In the last match, lost out to Napoli by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 17 points in their stadium, with 12 goals scored and 8 conceded, against 6 points away, where they scored 10 goals and suffered 18. In the last 9 home games for the championship, Sampdoria Record 5 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses, having seized 17 points out of 27 possible. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 9 matches. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point, having conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 games, but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches in this competition. In 19 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 12 times and only got 2 turns on the scoreboard. There are 1 highlights in the last 20 home games in all competitions: he scored 10 of his 28 goals in the minutes (76′-90 ‘).
Sampdoria are back at home for the Italian championship while still trying to find their way back from winning to avoid a run of negative results in the competition. In the last round, the team went to the home of Napoli and left there with a 2×1 loss, thus getting to their fourth straight game without a win. Before, the team had received Udinese at home and did not get more than a scoreless draw. After nineteen rounds, the club accumulated six wins, five draws and eight losses, thus taking the thirteenth place in the table. For that game, the coach should keep the team in 4-3-3, and you will not be able to count on Silvestre, who was sent off in the last match.
The visiting team is currently in 17th place with 17 points, after 4 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Atalanta by (2-1). In the last match, won at home to Palermo by (1-0). This is a stronger team in their stadium, where they won 11 points, against only in their games as a visitor. In the championship, Empoli won 6 points in 27 chances, after 1 win, 3 draws and 5 losses in the last 9 games they played as a visitor. In his league appearances as a visitor the most frequent result at half-time was 0-0 (5 out of 9 matches). In their games away to this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 6 of the last 9 that disputed there were less of 3 goals. In 19 games in this competition, suffered the first goal 9 times and never managed to turn the score.
Empoli takes the field for their twentieth Italian Championship game trying to get a good result, something that has not yet been achieved in the competition. In the last round, the team received Palermo at home and managed to leave the field with the win by 1×0, thus recovering from the result previously suffered when the team went to the home of Atalanta and left there defeated by 2×1. After nineteen rounds, the club accumulated ten defeats, five draws and four wins, thus taking the seventeenth place in the table. For that match, the coach must keep the team in 4-3-3.