National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Benevento or Empoli that keep their silverware dream alive.
These are busy days for the home team, as they were in action only three days ago in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Stadio Ciro Vigorito. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Empoli have had more rest.
Benevento form and stats
Last season, Benevento's Coppa Italia journey ended in the 2nd round.Three Serie A home games done for Benevento, who are not happy collecting 3 points from these matches.
Benevento's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Napoli. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Roma (2-5).
The Benevento fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 4 in 3 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Benevento with 7 goals conceded in these matches.
Empoli form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Renate in order to reach 3rd Round of Coppa Italia. Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 4th round.Empoli are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 6 points in the bag from 2 travels in the Serie B. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Empoli, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Empoli are travelling after their nice 3-1 home win in the Serie B against Pisa. A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs SPAL.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Empoli manager A. Dionisi as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Venezia.
As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Empoli has managed 4 goals and let in 1 from 2 matches.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Benevento one win, one draw and Empoli zero victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Caprari 3 goals |   S. Moreo 3 goals |  A. La Mantia 3 goals |
Benevento missing players
Empoli missing players
| Benevento | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | ||
| 43 | 21 | Scored | S | 20 | 39 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Conceded | C | 9 | 24 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 42% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 24% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.5 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 337 | 170 | Total Shots | T S | 156 | 348 | ||
| 111 | 55 | Shots on Target | S O | 57 | 118 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Milan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 12 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 |
| 3 | Sassuolo | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| 4 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 10 |
| 5 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 | Sampdoria | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 9 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Roma | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Cagliari | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 7 |
| 13 | Benevento | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -5 | 6 |
| 14 | Spezia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Parma | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 4 |
| 16 | Genoa | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | -5 | 4 |
| 17 | Bologna | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Udinese | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -4 | 3 |
| 19 | Torino | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -4 | 1 |
| 20 | Crotone | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | -10 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Empoli | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 |
| 2 | Salernitana | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 3 | Cittadella | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 4 | Frosinone | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 5 | Chievo | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 6 | Venezia | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | Reggina | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | SPAL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Lecce | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 6 |
| 10 | Cosenza | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Reggiana | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Brescia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 13 | Pordenone | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 4 |
| 14 | Ascoli | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Monza | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 16 | Cremonese | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 17 | Virtus Entella | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Pisa | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | 3 |
| 19 | Vicenza | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | Pescara | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 1 |