Empoli - Lazio betting tips and odds

While Empoli winning is still technically possible, we wouldn’t hold our breath. They are severely outmatched compared to Lazio, so even a draw result would be quite surprising.

Though Lazio are the stronger team between the two, we wouldn’t call an away bet at the odds of 2.05 a safe one. It’s shaping up to be quite an exciting match.

Empoli returned home from their latest Serie A trip without anything in their bag. However, knowing they were the huge underdogs anyway, a narrow Torino HT/FT defeat is not to be considered too devastating for their confidence heading into the Friday clash.

The odds were stacked against Lazio in the previous game, even if they had home-field advantage. With bookies pricing their victory at 1.98, hoping for success was quite a long shot. As expected, they were already behind at halftime and ended up losing the bout 0:2.

After recording more than 5 concessions in the previous 3 home games alone, confidence in Empoli and their ability to bank on home-field advantage is shaky.

It’s fair to say the hosts have been struggling for the most of the Serie A season. With 12 points after 17 rounds, they sit in 18th place. Nothing is yet lost and they can still make it to safety if they play their cards right in the remaining part of the Serie A season.

We can use last season’s results as a nice starting point in gauging the situation. A quick look at the 2.05 price on an away win makes it easy to understand. They soundly defeated Empoli with a steady goal difference.

The home team’s lineup has been severely impacted by an unfortunate string of injuries. Specifically, Gabriele Guarino, Francesco Caputo, Giuseppe Pezzella, Bartosz Bereszyński, Viktor Kovalenko are all away due to injury-related reasons. This makes their chances of beating the visiting side even slimmer and should be a major consideration before choosing to bet one way or the other.

An Under 2.5 Goals bet is an easy tip to offer – it’s a fairly probable outcome with betting odds priced at a comfortable 1.78. More importantly, though, the betting value it offers is surprisingly solid.