Empoli vs Frosinone Prediction 5 May 2024

In the 35th round of Serie A, Empoli will host Frosinone at "Carlo Castellani". Both teams are in a state of limbo and risk ending up in the trio of teams that will spend the next season in Serie B. An equal number of points makes them direct competitors: we are literally in for a six-pointer game.

Losses
At the end of March, Empoli's defender Ubyehi was injured, and three weeks later, the team's infirmary was joined by forward Cherry, who had scored the winning goal in the match against Napoli before that.

Frosinone has been without defender Oyono for the entire second half of the season, otherwise, the squad has not undergone any forced changes lately.
Head-to-head meetings
Out of the last 10 face-to-face meetings, Empoli players have more often come out on top: 5 wins against 3 for the opponent.

These confrontations are characterized by stability in terms of goals abundance: in each of the last 10 games, at least 2 goals were scored, and in 8 out of 10, the over 2.5 total was beaten, for which bookmakers rolled out a quote of 1.95.

Trends

• Empoli has not lost at home in 7 out of the last 8 head-to-head meetings of these teams.
• Frosinone has not won away in 17 consecutive Serie A matches.
• Empoli has conceded in 10 out of their last 11 Serie A matches.

Referee and fouls
The teams will be judged by Daniele Doveri, who has recently slowed down on yellow cards. In his last 10 games, he showed only 3.2 "mustards" on average, although at one time this figure was almost up to 4.

When Empoli is on the field, the referee's whistle is heard almost every minute. Over the last 10 matches, an average of 28.8 offenses was recorded, however, there were few yellow cards: just 3.5 per game.

In Frosinone's games, there are fewer fouls (24.4), but there is plenty of roughness (4.1 yellow cards). Moreover, players mainly provoke opponents to receive warnings, while easily avoiding them themselves (2.6 against 1.5). Betting on total yellow cards less (4.5) is available at 1.65.

Corners
In this respect, one of the teams shows a clear advantage. Empoli rarely makes corner kicks but allows opponents a lot (3.4 against 6.7). Frosinone, on the other hand, makes more corners than it allows at its own goal – 5.6 against 4.3. A quote of 1.91 is offered for Frosinone to win on corners.

Team overview
Empoli managed to create a small miracle in April by winning two home games against Torino and Napoli. However, the main trend of the last matches at "Carlo Castellani" is a lack of goals from the hosts: in 5 out of 9 encounters they failed to score against the opponent. The quote for Empoli's individual total less (1) is 2.54.

Frosinone managed to find their game in a "survival" mode, the team started playing with new colors. 5 matches without defeat in a row: they have already repeated the record from the start of the season when they did not lose from the 2nd to the 6th round. The coefficient for Frosinone not to lose is set at 1.61.

Editorial forecast
Frosinone players turned out to be excellently prepared for the tough end of the season. Physical fitness is at the highest level, almost no injuries, and players have enough stamina for all 90 minutes. And often it is in this that lies the secret of a team that maintains the necessary score or scores important goals closer to the end of the match. The coefficient for a goal by Frosinone in the second half – 1.93.

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