Empoli without a win in 6 matches
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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 1 draw and 5 defeats. Last win: 5 September, 1:0 against Carrarese.
Match Centre: Empoli vs Sampdoria
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Empoli
17:15
Sat 19 Dec · your time
in 49 days 10 h
Away
Sampdoria
Sat 10 Oct · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:4Palermo
Saporiti 50' (p)Popov 79' (p)
Pohjanpalo 57'Palumbo 65'Johnsen 69'Cassandro 88'
Fri 9 Oct · Serie Baway
Avellino4:1Sampdoria
Cheddira 12'Palumbo 20'Russo 24'Besaggio 29'
Insigne 18'
Sat 19 Sep · Serie Bat home
Sampdoria2:1Catanzaro
Insigne 56'Begic 85'
Gartenmann 45+2' (og)
Stadium: Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
What to watch for
Facts from our data worth knowing before kick-off. After the match we check them ✓ / ✗.
Last meeting, 6 April: Sampdoria – Empoli 1:0
DW
2 points apart in the table
18.Empoli7 pts
19.Sampdoria5 pts
Empoli: place 18, 7 pts · Sampdoria: place 19, 5 pts.
Sampdoria without a win in 4 matches
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All competitions, friendlies excluded: 1 draw and 3 defeats. Last win: 19 September, 2:1 against Catanzaro.
Players to watch
Serie B, this season.
Edoardo Saporiti
Empoli · midfielder
3goals
0assists
7.02avg rating
Last match, Cesena: 1 goal, rating 7.4.
Lorenzo Insigne
Sampdoria · midfielder
3goals
0assists
6.94avg rating
Last match, Avellino: 1 goal, rating 6.8.
Who is out
Injuries and suspensions
The list usually arrives about 48 hours before kick-off. There is none for this match yet.
Recent matches
Bar height is the goal difference. Hover or tap a bar for the details.
“This set-up” is Empoli at home and Sampdoria away, as in this match.
Empoli
all matches · 10
2W1D7L0.9scored per match1.6conceded per match
at home · 10
3W4D3L1.3scored per match1.4conceded per match
away · 10
1W2D7L0.8scored per match1.5conceded per match
- 27 Oct CesenaASerie B 2:1L
- 23 Oct VicenzaHSerie B 0:2L
- 17 Oct AscoliASerie B 1:1D
- 10 Oct PalermoHSerie B 2:4L
- 20 Sep ModenaASerie B 2:1L
- 11 Sep ArezzoHSerie B 0:1L
- 5 Sep CarrareseASerie B 0:1W
- 30 Aug MantovaASerie B 3:1L
- 22 Aug CremoneseHSerie B 1:0W
- 17 Aug PisaACoppa Italia 1:1L
- 8 May MonzaASerie B 2:2D
- 1 May AvellinoHSerie B 1:0W
- 25 Apr VeneziaASerie B 2:0L
- 19 Apr Virtus EntellaHSerie B 1:1D
- 12 Apr Calcio PadovaASerie B 1:0L
- 6 Apr SampdoriaASerie B 1:0L
- 22 Mar PescaraHSerie B 4:2W
- 14 Mar MantovaHSerie B 2:2D
- 28 Feb CesenaHSerie B 1:1D
- 15 Feb ReggianaHSerie B 1:1D
Sat 10 Oct · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:4Palermo
Saporiti 50' (p)Popov 79' (p)
Pohjanpalo 57'Palumbo 65'Johnsen 69'Cassandro 88'
Sun 30 Aug · Serie Baway
Mantova3:1Empoli
Ruocco 58'Vlahović 61'Benaïssa 90'
Saporiti 51'
Sun 22 Mar · Serie Bat home
Empoli4:2Pescara
Shpendi 9', 65'Lovato 33'Fila 80'
Di Nardo 41', 47'
Sat 14 Mar · Serie Bat home
Empoli2:2Mantova
Shpendi 50'Saporiti 84'
Bragantini 21'Cella 37'
Sampdoria
all matches · 10
1W2D7L0.8scored per match2.0conceded per match
at home · 10
5W1D4L0.9scored per match1.1conceded per match
away · 10
1W3D6L0.6scored per match1.7conceded per match
- 27 Oct AscoliASerie B 2:0L
- 24 Oct SüdtirolASerie B 1:1D
- 18 Oct ArezzoHSerie B 1:2L
- 9 Oct AvellinoASerie B 4:1L
- 19 Sep CatanzaroHSerie B 2:1W
- 13 Sep MantovaASerie B 2:0L
- 7 Sep PalermoASerie B 3:1L
- 29 Aug Juve StabiaHSerie B 1:2L
- 23 Aug CesenaASerie B 1:1D
- 17 Aug CremoneseACoppa Italia 2:0L
- 8 May ReggianaASerie B 1:0L
- 1 May SüdtirolHSerie B 1:0W
- 25 Apr CesenaASerie B 0:0D
- 17 Apr MonzaHSerie B 0:3L
- 11 Apr PescaraASerie B 1:2W
- 6 Apr EmpoliHSerie B 1:0W
- 22 Mar AvellinoHSerie B 2:1W
- 14 Mar VeneziaHSerie B 0:0D
- 27 Feb Bari 1908HSerie B 0:2L
- 14 Feb Calcio PadovaHSerie B 1:0W
Fri 9 Oct · Serie Baway
Avellino4:1Sampdoria
Cheddira 12'Palumbo 20'Russo 24'Besaggio 29'
Insigne 18'
Sat 19 Sep · Serie Bat home
Sampdoria2:1Catanzaro
Insigne 56'Begic 85'
Gartenmann 45+2' (og)
Mon 7 Sep · Serie Baway
Palermo3:1Sampdoria
Strefezza 9'Pohjanpalo 33'Palumbo 90+4'
Insigne 63'
Sat 29 Aug · Serie Bat home
Sampdoria1:2Juve Stabia
Tutino 45+3'
Bellich 73'Di Nardo 82'
Sat 11 Apr · Serie Baway
Pescara1:2Sampdoria
Di Nardo 45+3' (p)
Conti 82'Depaoli 90+3'
Head to head
2 meetings since 2025.
Last time · 6 Apr 2026 · Serie B
Sampdoria 1:0 Empoli
Pierini 58'
0wins
1wins
1 draw1.5 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 2
0wins
0wins
1 draw2.0 goals per match · both scored in 1 of 1
0wins
1wins
0 draws1.0 goals per match · both scored in 0 of 1
Expected lineups
For now, the last starting XI: Empoli (3-5-2, last: Cesena) · Sampdoria (4-3-2-1, last: Ascoli).
JSSeghetti
CCCăuz
SRRomagnoli
LMMagnino
NCCorrado
ESSaporiti
GYYepes
EBBiondini
KZZedadka
SSShpendi
BPPopov
AKKrastev
MCCicconi
FCCarri
AFFerrari
APDi Pardo
LHHenderson
OAAbildgaard
AMMakoumbou
YVVerschaeren
TBBegic
TLLauritsen
EmpoliSampdoria
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- Kick-off
- Saturday 19 December, 17:15Your time · in 49 days 10 h
- Where to watch
- No broadcast listed: USA USA
- Stadium
- Stadio Carlo Castellani Empoli · show map
- Rest
- Empoli 53 days · Sampdoria 53 days Both last played: Serie B
- Table
- 18. Empoli (7 pts) and 19. Sampdoria (5 pts) Matchday 18 of 38