Cagliari vs Empoli betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the Serie A match on September 20th, 2024

Cagliari and Empoli will play on Friday, September 20th, 2024, at 16:30h (UTC), in a Serie A game to be held in Italy, check the Cagliari vs Empoli betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Cagliari vs Empoli will occur

The game will be played in the small Sardegna Arena stadium, in the city of Cagliari, with a capacity for 16233 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

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Introduction to the Cagliari vs Empoli betting tip 2024/2025

The Serie A has had fewer goals than the previous season. Last season the tournament had an average of 2.61 goals scored per match, while now the competition has an average of 2.5 goals per match played.

Cagliari last match

In the last match they played, Cagliari collected a defeat. The opposing team was Napoli, and the match - which ended with the result of 0-4 - was valid for Serie A. Coach D. Nicola's disposed his team in a 3-4-2-1 formation.

Before the match, it had already been stated that defeat was the most logical outcome. The most obvious indication was the odds for their victory, 4.50.

The team's defensive line was far from their best in the contest. Gabriele Zappa had a terrible performance, failed at crucial moments, and became one of the leading players responsible for the negative result.

Empoli last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for Serie A, Empoli, who used a 3-4-2-1 formation, faced the Juventus team with a final score of 0-0.

The draw (odd 3.70) turned out to be a good result, taking into account that the favoritism was on the other team's side.

Cagliari vs Empoli h2h

The last time Cagliari faced Empoli it was in Serie A. Cagliari, then in 19th place opened with a play using the 4-4-1-1 formation, while Empoli, who was in 13th place, played using a 4-3-2-1 tactic.

The most recent precedent between these two clubs was in 03-03-2024, in the 2023/2024 season of the Serie A, which ended with a 0-1 win for Cagliari.

The last encounter between these two it was a close fight.

The Empoli team has accomplished more consistent results in the past five games, than Cagliari its counterpart.

Cagliari

Serie A leaderboard now

With 2 points won, Cagliari is in 19th place on the leaderboard, which leaves the team in the Relegation zone. The team's campaign so far is 0 wins against 2 losses, plus 2 draws.

Saddled with the same points against Como in position 18, in the 5th round.

Cagliari analysis

At the end of round 4 of Serie A, Cagliari collected 1 goals scored and 6 goals conceded.

Cagliari team comes to this game with a sequence of 2 losses in the Serie A that has been affecting the team's morale.

It seems that Cagliari has adopted a strategic defensive approach in their recent matches, as they have been giving away a considerable number of fouls, which is higher than the league average. Nevertheless, they have only received a small number of yellow cards, which is lower than the league's average of three. This indicates that Everton is committing fouls intentionally in critical areas of the field to interrupt the opposing team's attacking moves and hinder their momentum.

The performances of Cagliari in recent matches suggest that they are having difficulty scoring goals, with a low number of goals and a high number of matches where they failed to score. This indicates that their attacking play is not creating enough quality chances and needs improvement.

The average number of shots toward the net of Cagliari can give us useful indications about the team's offensive abilities, and its goal average. The team counted 3.5 shots into the opponent's goal for each match played.

Roberto Piccoli's life is not being easy in this beginning of his trajectory for his new club. Hired for this season, the player has not been performing well, a fact that was repeated in Cagliari last game. Against Napoli, once again he failed to score goals, accumulating another bad performance.

Empoli

Serie A leaderboard now

Empoli arrives in this game with 6 points, and in 8th place in the Serie A, having won once in total and lost 0 times, making a total of 3 draws.

Empoli analysis

Empoli counted 3 goals scored and 2 conceded at the end of Serie A day number 4.

Recent performances have highlighted that Empoli is having trouble generating goals, with a low number of goals for and a high number of failed to score matches. This suggests that the team is struggling to create quality chances and convert them into goals, indicating the need for improvement in their attacking play.

Playing away Empoli usually leaves little room for opponents to win against them, with a balance of 1 win, 0 losses and 1 draw in the Serie A.

Lorenzo Colombo's life is not being easy in this beginning of his trajectory for his new club. Hired for this season, the player has not been performing well, a fact that was repeated in Empoli last game. Against Juventus, once again he failed to score goals, accumulating another bad performance.

Best goalscorer from Empoli

In the individual highlights of the team in the offensive sector, the focus falls on Emmanuel Gyasi so far in the competition. With 2 goals with his signature, the Attacker has helped his team Empoli to achieve victorious results this season.

Now a few markets where you can get some return from your bets:

Goals Top Betting Tips

Most goals occur during 75-90 minutes of the game, making this a good bet for those watching the live game.

Bets on the under 2.5 goals market is an alternative because adding the goals scored at home by Cagliari 0.33 and the average conceding goals of the visiting team Empoli 1.5 does not exceed the average of 3 goals, suggesting a good entry in this market.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 1.67.

Corners Top Betting Tips

One should consider that the combined number of corners of both teams will give an average of 5.62 corners per game if one would like to have good betting results.

Cagliari is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.75 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Cagliari in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

Highly disciplined, the teams have an average of only 4 yellow cards per match, when added together. In other words, the 'Under 4.5 cards' option looks like a great alternative for bettors.

This is a match with several good betting entries to have some return on sports betting.

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