Empoli take on the visitors Bologna in the round 33 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Thursday, April 4th at Stadio Carlo Castellani (Empoli).
Recently, Empoli have been looking weak, to be honest. After a minimal victory over Spezia (1-0), Paolo Zanetti's team has only managed to collect one point in four championship matches, and they are now only five points away from the relegation zone. In these matches, the "blues" have only scored once, losing 1-2 to Sassuolo. In the other April matches involving Empoli in Serie A, there were no goal exchanges: 0-0 with Milan, 0-1 with Cremonese, and 0-3 with Inter.
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Bologna have been both scoring and conceding goals in the last three rounds. However, in two of those matches, the team played against Juventus and Milan, whose attacking lines are much more powerful than the modest Empoli. Even against these two giants, Tiago Motta's team only conceded one goal each. Before that, they secured two clean sheet victories in the league against Atalanta (2-0) and Udinese (3-0). In the last nine championship matches, Bologna has conceded seven goals, which is a relatively low number for the Italian Serie A. It is entirely possible that even away from home, the "rookies" can keep a clean sheet in their match against the low-scoring Empoli. However, I am not confident about Bologna scoring either.
I would venture to guess that there will be no exchange of goals in this match, and one of the teams will leave the field without scoring. Yes, Bologna has been playing "both teams to score" in the championship for three rounds in a row. But in two of these matches, the team faced opponents from the top 5 of the table (Juventus and Milan). Before this three-match series with goal exchanges, Tiago Motta's team played only once in six rounds on both teams to score. Empoli has been having trouble scoring even in home matches recently, managing only one goal in their last four. I am not confident about either team scoring in this match. In the last two head-to-head matches between these teams, they only scored one goal between them in 180 minutes of playing time. My bet is "Both teams to score: No".
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – no.
