Empoli vs Juventus Prediction & Match Preview

Steffen Schmidt - May 20, 2023

Empoli vs Juventus
Italian Serie A
Date: 22 May 2023, Monday
Kick-off at 19:45 UK / 20:45 CET
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (Empoli).

Empoli and Juventus will drop the curtain on Gameweek No 36 in Italian Serie A on Monday evening at Stadio Carlo Castellani.

Both teams have all but accomplished their main goals for the season thanks to the results in the last several weeks.

Empoli won two and drew one of the previous three league games to move towards safe waters and escape on a nine-point gap to the red zone.

Juventus, on the other side, are eight points above AC Milan in fifth position after a thread of three subsequent league victories.

The latest came eight days ago as Massimiliano Allegri found two second half goals through Nicolo Fagiolo and Bremer to dispatch Cremonese 2-0 at the Allianz Stadium.

I Bianconeri are now second in the league table and they will go into this unbeaten in five subsequent outings.

Empoli did not thrive last weekend away at Sampdoria but they did earn a big point thanks to a late equalizer by substitute Roberto Piccoli, his maiden goal of the season.

Paolo Zanetti’s men have removed all doubts about their elite-class status thanks to back-to-back home wins over Bologna and Sampdoria in recent home outings.

Empoli have three wins in the last four home outings and they might be a tough nut to crack for Juventus whose players will be tired after a difficult trip to Sevilla and the Europa League semifinal game at Estadio Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan.

Empoli vs Juventus Head-to-head

• Juventus have dominated this matchup historically with 19 wins, 3 draws, and just 3 defeats in the last 25 clashes against Empoli.
• I Bianconeri celebrated a demolishing 4-0 victory over Empoli in the reverse game played in mid-October last year at the Allianz Stadium.
• Juventus have bagged seven goals in the previous two wins over Empoli.

Empoli vs Juventus Prediction

Juventus are big favorites here according to the bookmakers but we see the value in backing the home win or draw double chance at the 2.20 odds based on the circumstances around the game.

We are also tempted to take the Under 2.5 goals FT pick at the 1.90 odds knowing that only one of Juve’s previous six Serie A outings produced three or more goals.

Empoli vs Juventus Betting Tips

• Empoli to win or draw @ 2.20 (6/5)

• Under 2.5 goals FT @ 1.90 (9/10) odd.

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