Empoli have had trouble finding points this league season. Will the team get some points when Atalanta stop by Stadio Carlo Castellani?
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (3) in Serie A
- Atalanta have scored more than double the goals of Empoli.
The visiting Atalanta played their last game only four days ago, a Europa League match. That game, against Sturm Graz, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Atalanta.
Empoli form and stats
When playing at home in the Serie A, Empoli have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
Empoli are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.
Happy days for Empoli in their previous game, a fixture away at Fiorentina (placed 5th) that ended with a 2-0 victory. Empoli goalkeeper Berisha did an outstanding job against Fiorentina with seven saves, so vital to securing the victory. Goalkeeper Berisha got the top rating on the team in that game; 9.03 out of ten. Berisha topped it up with a clean sheet.
Preceding that game was the home draw versus Udinese that ended 0-0.One fact: This team have played 9 league matches in a row with only one (or none) club scoring.
Empoli has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 5 games. Empoli have only conceded 4 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Atalanta form and stats
Playing away, Atalanta have won 2 games, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the Serie A this season.
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Sturm Graz in their previous outing. The Europa League battle ended 2-2. The attacker Muriel got a match rating of 8.53 in that game. Muriel scored two goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Before that, Atalanta secured a home win against Genoa with the score 2-0.Atalanta has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 8 goals from 5 games. Atalanta's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between these teams: Empoli won two, Atalanta triumphed in six and we saw two draws. four games with more than 2,5 goals, six matches with less than 2,5 goals.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 3 goals |  É. dos Santos Lourenço da Silva 3 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 2 goals |
Empoli missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Empoli | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 9 | 5 | 2 | Played | P | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 1 | 8 | 15 |
| 16 | 4 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 8 | 8 |
| 89% | 80% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 89% |
| 56% | 20% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 80% | 78% |
| 22% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 60% | 44% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 11% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 40% | 22% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 60% | 33% |
| 33% | 40% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 40% | 67% |
| 78% | 80% | 100% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 11% |
| 4.8 | 4.6 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 5 | 5.8 |
| 5.4 | 5.2 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 4.1 |
| 2.3 | 2 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.1 | 11 | 7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 13 | 13.4 |
| 3.2 | 2.8 | 0.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.4 | 5.1 |
| 10% | 7% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 36% | 33% |
| 16.7 | 15.2 | 20.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11 | 12.4 | 11.1 |
| 5.4 | 3.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Atalanta have scored in all their away matches so far.
- Atalanta have scored more than double the goals of Empoli.
- Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (1) at home in Serie A
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (3) in Serie A
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals in the second half (1) in Serie A
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 22 |
| 2 | Milan | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| 3 | Juventus | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 4 | Napoli | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 17 |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Roma | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 14 |
| 8 | Bologna | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
| 9 | Lazio | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 13 |
| 10 | Lecce | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -1 | 13 |
| 11 | Monza | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 12 |
| 12 | Frosinone | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | -4 | 10 |
| 14 | Torino | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -6 | 9 |
| 15 | Genoa | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Hellas Verona | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -5 | 8 |
| 17 | Empoli | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 12 | -13 | 7 |
| 18 | Udinese | 9 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 6 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -13 | 4 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -13 | 3 |
