Ascoli vs Empoli Prediction & Betting Tips

Form check: Ascoli flying, Empoli stuttering

Ascoli's last five Serie B games this season have brought three wins, a draw and just one defeat. They've won away at Hellas Verona and beaten both Avellino and Benevento at home, with the only blip a narrow loss at Padova.

Ascoli: 20 completed matches; Empoli: 20 completed matches.

Ascoli

20 matches

Win

55% 11 / 20

Draw

15% 3 / 20

Loss

30% 6 / 20

Scored

30

Conceded

18

Difference

+12

Empoli

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

35% 7 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

22

Conceded

26

Difference

-4

Empoli's form reads differently. Two wins, both by a single goal, are surrounded by three defeats, including a heavier one away at Modena. They've scored just four goals across those five matches.

Ascoli look the more settled side heading into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: Ascoli vs Empoli

Head-to-head history

These two have met six times since 2017, all in Serie B. Ascoli won the most recent meeting 2-0 back in 2021, and the run of results in this list leans their way overall.

That head-to-head record is several years old now though, and both squads have changed a lot since. It's worth remembering as background rather than a guide to this specific game.

Old meetings don't tell us much about current form.

League table snapshot

Ascoli currently sit fifth with ten points from five games. Empoli are down in thirteenth on six points, already six points off Ascoli's tally this early in the season.

Goals, cards and who to watch

Ascoli's main threat right now is Andrea Silipo, who's scored three goals in his last five appearances. At the other end, Empoli's Magnino and Ascoli's Corradini and Rizzo have all picked up three yellow cards apiece in the same span, so the referee's book could be busy again here.

Ascoli:

Best scorers:

A. Silipo - 3

Penalty cards:

G. Corradini x 3

N. Rizzo x 3

S. D'Uffizi x 2

Empoli:

Penalty cards:

M. Curto x 1 x 1

J. Ceesay x 1

L. Magnino x 3

Two Empoli defenders, Curto and Ceesay, have each already seen red this season in a handful of matches. That's a pattern worth watching, though it doesn't tell us who'll actually be available by the time this fixture comes around next month.

How the game could unfold

Ascoli's home wins this season have mostly been tight, low-scoring affairs rather than shootouts. Empoli, meanwhile, have struggled to score more than one goal in a match lately.

That points to a cagey, low-scoring game rather than a high-scoring one, though nothing here confirms exactly how it'll play out a month out from kickoff.