Empoli vs SPAL in Coppa Italia preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Italy Coppa Italia
Competition: Sat 06.August
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Empoli & SPAL face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Empoli and SPAL.

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Empoli form and stats

Empoli participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the round of 16.

Empoli's struggle is real here at Stadio Carlo Castellani with only 17 points collected from 19 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 4-5-10.

The Empoli supporters got no joy from their last game, a Coppa Italia duel also played here at Stadio Carlo Castellani: A 1-2 defeat against SPAL. Attacking player Cambiaghi bested all others in that match and managed a match rating of 7.43 out of 10. Cambiaghi scored one goal and hit two key passes.

In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Atalanta.

Empoli has scored 28 league goals at home this season, in 19 matches. Empoli have conceded 44 goals in these home games, a significant number.

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SPAL form and stats

They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 1st round.

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 5 wins, 7 draws and 7 defeats.

Two travels in a row for SPAL, whose coach Venturato could celebrate last time after the Coppa Italia win against Empoli. Dickmann, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.43. Dickmann scored one goal, hit three key passes and won 5 of 7 duels.

Ahead of that match was the victory versus Benevento at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and SPAL playing away, we found 4 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 2 home wins.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting SPAL as they have only managed to score 16 times from 19 away games in the league. As opposed to that, SPAL have seen the ball go into their own net 26 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Empoli - SPAL 1-1 was the story when these squads formerly played each other, some time ago this season. Statistics for the prior five meetings between these two contenders are: one win for Empoli, two draws and two wins for SPAL. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.

Empoli missing players

SPAL missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli SPAL
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
6 4   Won W   3 7
8 4   Drew D   5 10
11 5   Lost L   5 8
40 29   Scored S   12 30
42 23   Conceded C   23 36
88% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
72% 92%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 84%
52% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   46% 48%
40% 46%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   31% 32%
36% 38%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 4%
60% 77%   BTTS BTTS   54% 56%
28% 23%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 20%
24% 8%   Failed to Score F T   38% 32%
 
4.9 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   5.1 4.7
6 4.8   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.4
2.2 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   3.2 2.7
4 3   Red cards R C   2 2
 
12.7 15.4   Shots (avg) S (   12.4 13.7
4 4.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.9 4.4
30% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 25%
 
16.3 13.4   Shots against (avg) S A   14.7 13.8
5.4 4.2   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.9 4.6

  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 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

SPAL:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lecce 38 19 14 5 59 31 19 13 5 1 37 14 19 6 9 4 22 17 28 71
2 Cremonese 38 20 9 9 57 39 19 11 6 2 32 18 19 9 3 7 25 21 18 69
3 Monza 38 19 10 9 60 38 19 13 4 2 37 14 19 6 6 7 23 24 22 67
4 Pisa 38 18 13 7 48 35 19 10 8 1 26 13 19 8 5 6 22 22 13 67
5 Brescia 38 17 15 6 55 35 19 8 8 3 30 20 19 9 7 3 25 15 20 66
6 Ascoli 38 19 8 11 52 42 19 8 6 5 24 18 19 11 2 6 28 24 10 65
7 Benevento 38 18 9 11 62 39 19 10 4 5 38 20 19 8 5 6 24 19 23 63
8 Frosinone 38 15 13 10 58 45 19 10 6 3 34 16 19 5 7 7 24 29 13 58
9 Perugia 38 14 16 8 40 32 19 6 8 5 19 16 19 8 8 3 21 16 8 58
10 Ternana 38 15 9 14 58 61 19 9 2 8 30 27 19 6 7 6 28 34 -3 54
11 Cittadella 38 13 13 12 38 36 19 7 5 7 22 18 19 6 8 5 16 18 2 52
12 Parma 38 11 16 11 48 43 19 5 9 5 25 20 19 6 7 6 23 23 5 49
13 Como 38 11 14 13 49 54 19 5 7 7 20 21 19 6 7 6 29 33 -5 47
14 Reggina 38 13 9 16 31 49 19 9 2 8 19 24 19 4 7 8 12 25 -18 46
15 SPAL 38 9 15 14 46 54 19 4 8 7 30 28 19 5 7 7 16 26 -8 42
16 Cosenza 38 8 11 19 36 59 19 8 3 8 21 23 19 0 8 11 15 36 -23 35
17 Vicenza 38 9 7 22 38 59 19 5 5 9 22 26 19 4 2 13 16 33 -21 34
18 Alessandria 38 8 10 20 37 59 19 5 6 8 16 23 19 3 4 12 21 36 -22 34
19 Crotone 38 4 14 20 41 61 19 4 8 7 23 25 19 0 6 13 18 36 -20 26
20 Pordenone 38 3 9 26 29 71 19 2 7 10 19 34 19 1 2 16 10 37 -42 18

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