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Empoli vs Sassuolo — Serie A 2026

Empoli
Empoli
FT
1 – 5
HT: 1 – 2
Sassuolo
Sassuolo
1/9/2022Serie ASerie A · Round 21Stadio Carlo Castellani

Match Prediction

Statistical Prediction

Based on goals from last 62+ matches

Empoli39%
×Draw24%
Sassuolo37%
✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
Model
50%
Always home
44.6%

The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50% correct across 579,794 matches, vs 44.6% for always backing the home side.

Home picks 50.2% correct · Away picks 49.2% correct

Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.

Expected goals in this match

What is xG?

Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.

The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.

Empoli
1.53
Sassuolo
1.50

Both teams create about equally

Season form · 62 home / 127 away

creates per match

Empoli
1.40
Sassuolo
1.36

allows per match

Empoli
1.65
Sassuolo
1.66

finishing

Empoli+0.00on par
Sassuolo+0.00on par

Total goals

58%Over
  • Over58
  • Under42

3+ goals likely

Both teams score

61%Yes
  • Yes61
  • No39

Both teams likely to score

Score probability

Probability of each scoreline, %

Empoli ↓

Sassuolo →
0
1
2
3
4
0
0–05%
0–17%
0–25%
0–33%
0–41%
1
1–07%
1–111%
1–28%
1–34%
1–42%
2
2–06%
2–18%
2–26%
2–33%
2–41%
3
3–03%
3–14%
3–23%
3–32%
3–41%
4
4–01%
4–12%
4–21%
4–31%
4–40%

Most likely 1–1 (11%) · grid covers 96% of scorelines

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Total goals

OverUnder0.5
95%5%1.5
80%20%2.5
58%42%3.5
36%64%4.5
19%81%

Double chance

Empoli or draw
63%
Empoli or Sassuolo
76%
Draw or Sassuolo
61%

Winning margin

Empoli wins by 2+
19%
Sassuolo wins by 2+
18%

Team goals

Empoli 1+ goals
78%
Empoli 2+ goals
45%
Empoli 3+ goals
20%
Sassuolo 1+ goals
78%
Sassuolo 2+ goals
44%
Sassuolo 3+ goals
19%

Draw no bet

Empoli (draw refunded)
51%
Sassuolo (draw refunded)
49%

Combos

Both score & 3+ goals
50%
Both score & under 3
11%

Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.

How is this calculated?

Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.

1

Recent form of each side

Empoli at home — creates 1.40, concedes 1.65 · 62 matches

Sassuolo away — creates 1.36, concedes 1.66 · 127 matches

⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.

2

Expected goals for this match

Empoli attack 1.40 + Sassuolo defence 1.66 → ÷2 → 1.53

Sassuolo attack 1.36 + Empoli defence 1.65 → ÷2 → 1.50

Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.

3

Chance of every scoreline

From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.

4

The answer to "why 39%?"

Empoli scores more
39%
level
24%
Sassuolo scores more
37%

Empoli at 39% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.

What the model can't see

It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:

  • injuries & suspensions
  • the matchday lineup
  • motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
  • weather & pitch condition
  • in-game coaching decisions

So 39% does not mean "Empoli will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."

Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.

Probable lineups not yet announced

Starting lineups are usually confirmed ~1 hour before kickoff

Match Recap: Empoli vs Sassuolo

Sassuolo beat Empoli 5-1 in Serie A on January 9, 2022.

The match was played at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli.