Empoli vs Modena prediction and preview
Serie B · Saturday 16 January 2027, 00:00 UTC
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Empoli vs Modena
Serie B · Saturday 16 January 2027, 00:00 UTC · Stadio Carlo Castellani, Empoli
Empoli vs Modena preview
Empoli host Modena in Serie B on Saturday 16 January 2027, kick-off 00:00 UTC at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli. Empoli go into the round 18th, on 8 points from 10 games, while Modena are 2nd in the table with 20 points from 10.
Recent form: Empoli D-L-L-D-L, Modena D-W-W-L-W (most recent first). Over their last 6, Empoli have scored 1.2 and conceded 2.2 goals per game, with 4 of those matches going over 2.5 goals and both teams scoring in 5. Modena average 2.0 scored and 1.2 conceded across their last 6, with 1 clean sheet.
Head to head, Empoli have 0 wins to Modena's 2 across 3 meetings, with 1 draw. Those games averaged 2.0 goals, 2 finished with more than 2.5 goals and both teams scored in 2. The most recent meeting, on 20 Sep 2026, ended Modena 2-1 Empoli.
At home this season Empoli have 1 win, 1 draw and 3 defeats from 5 matches; on the road Modena have 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat from 5.
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Empoli expected line-up (3-5-2)
Jacopo Seghetti, Cristian Căuz, Marco Curto, Edoardo Saporiti, Niccolò Corrado, Karim Zedadka, Luca Magnino, Filippo Bandinelli, Bogdan Popov, Joseph Ceesay
Modena expected line-up (3-5-2)
Leandro Chichizola, Bryant Nieling, Steven Nador, Francesco Folino, Alessandro Bianco, Gastón Brugman, Simone Santoro, Paulo Azzi, Giuseppe Ambrosino, Andrea Belotti
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