Pietro PellegriD. Degli Innocenti🔄
O. Abildgaard🔄Salvatore Elia🟨Leonardo Benedetti🟨Salvatore Elia🟨Salvatore Elia🟥P. Pellegri🔄A. Ferrari🔄L. Benedetti🔄A. Ghion🔄S. Shpendi🔄B. Popov⚽M. Ricci🔄N. Ioannou🔄M. Cuni⚽Luca Belardinelli🟨Jordan Ferri🟥Jordan FerriHonours even: Empoli 1-1 Sampdoria on Tuesday 28 October 2025 (Serie B). It was goalless at half-time. Sampdoria had 61% of the ball, and the shot count went 14-7 to Sampdoria.
The goal for Empoli came from B. Popov (77'). M. Cuni (80') scored for Sampdoria. Salvatore Elia was sent off for Empoli in the 65th minute. Sampdoria lost Jordan Ferri to a red card in stoppage time.
Four of our five tips landed, with both teams to score coming in.
2W 4D 4L1.00 pts/game
Bold green marks the stronger number on each row. Both-teams-scored is shown without a side.
| EmpoliHome | Rating | SampdoriaAway |
|---|---|---|
| Strength | ||
| 1,584 | Overall | 1,471 |
| 1,616 | Match venue | 1,479 |
| 1,616 | At home | 1,495 |
| 1,544 | Away | 1,479 |
| Attack & defence | ||
| 1,537 | Attack | 1,431 |
| 1,546 | Defence | 1,538 |
| 1,572 | Home attack | 1,414 |
| 1,493 | Away attack | 1,487 |
| 1,570 | Home defence | 1,572 |
| 1,532 | Away defence | 1,486 |
| Match profile | ||
| 1,633 | Goal environment | 1,487 |
| 1,583 | Home goals | 1,440 |
| 1,550 | Away goals | 1,547 |
| 1,498 | Possession | 1,494 |
| Specialist ratings | ||
| 1,492 | Set-piece attack | 1,514 |
| 1,493 | Set-piece defence | 1,514 |
| 1,568 | Close games | 1,494 |
| 1,581 | Winning margin | 1,467 |
Match venue compares Empoli at home with Sampdoria away. Green marks the higher rating; a new team starts at 1500.
Match profile rows describe the game, not team strength: a higher goal environment means higher-scoring matches.
Empoli1:1Sampdoria1:1
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The Big "O"WonThe pickBTTS Yes
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Mr SimpleWonThe pickBTTS Yes
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The head-to-head covers 15 games since January 2015, and Empoli have won two, Sampdoria have taken seven and six were drawn. Every tip we publish on the two sides together sits on our Empoli vs Sampdoria prediction page.
