National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Fiorentina or Benevento that keep their silverware dream alive.
The hosts Fiorentina saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Serie A. This match was also played here at Stadio Artemio Franchi. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Benevento have had more rest.
Fiorentina form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Coppa Italia for Fiorentina, as the manager Italiano led his troops to eliminate Cosenza, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 8th finals.The home supporters can't complain about results here at Stadio Artemio Franchi as Fiorentina have scored 21 goals to get 18 points from 8 games. The overall stats in the Serie A are 6-0-2 (wins-draws-losses). Fiorentina has won so many consecutive home games (five in a row) that they struggle to remember the last time points were lost here at Stadio Artemio Franchi. We remember; it was Napoli.
Fiorentina's last game was hosting Salernitana and winning 4-0. As indicated by the result mentioned above, Fiorentina played a great game against Salernitana and beat them comfortably. Expectations are high for this one. Terracciano loved the game against Salernitana. With a stunning six saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 4-0 victory. The talented striker Dušan Vlahović outshone all teammates in that fixture and got a match rating of 8.85 out of 10. Vlahović scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Before that match, a Serie A win away at Bologna.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Fiorentina, as the Serie A home game vs Sassuolo is only four days away.
Goals are plentiful at Stadio Artemio Franchi in the league this season as Fiorentina has scored 21 goals here in 8 home games. Fiorentina have conceded 10 in these home matches.
Benevento form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated SPAL in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 3rd round.4 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Benevento playing as the away team in the Serie B this season. The fact that Benevento have won four matches in a row should scare the hosts and makes this contest more interesting.
It's the second away game in a row for Benevento, but there's smiles all around after the 2-0 victory versus Ternana in the Serie B last time out. The attacker Gianluca Lapadula got a match rating of 8.32 in that game. Lapadula scored two goals and hit two key passes.
A home win before that, celebrating 2-1 vs Pordenone.With the home side stated as having a winning probability of about 80% by the bookmakers, any favourable result for the visitors would be a small shock. Checking historical games with similar odds and Benevento as the away team, we found two results. The numbers from these were zero away wins, zero draws and two defeats. The visitors lost two of these fixtures by at least two goals.
A new game in only four days for Benevento, the Serie B home match versus Monza. Busy days.
Benevento have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 8 away games in the league. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (6 so far).
Head 2 Head
Fiorentina-Benevento H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Fiorentina three wins, Benevento one win, zero draws. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  D. Vlahović 15 goals |   G. Lapadula 10 goals |  A. Tello Muñoz 3 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Benevento missing players
| Fiorentina | Benevento | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 50 | 40 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 24 | 12 | Conceded | C | 10 | 25 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 27% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 36% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 57% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 20% | ||
| 4.7 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 6 | ||
| 3.8 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.4 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.5 | 15.1 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.5 | ||
| 41% | 45% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 41% | ||
| 9.8 | 8.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.6 | 11.2 | ||
| 3.6 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | ||
| 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 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 2 | Inter | 16 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 24 | 37 |
| 3 | Napoli | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 22 | 36 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 35 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 8 | 16 | 34 |
| 5 | Fiorentina | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 31 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 30 |
| 6 | Juventus | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 28 |
| 7 | Roma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 8 | Lazio | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Bologna | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -4 | 24 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 23 |
| 11 | Empoli | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -3 | 23 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 20 |
| 13 | Torino | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 19 |
| 14 | Sampdoria | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 33 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | Udinese | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 16 | Venezia | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -14 | 16 |
| 17 | Spezia | 16 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 12 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 16 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 10 |
| 19 | Genoa | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 8 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Pisa | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 24 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 12 | 35 |
| 2 | Brescia | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 33 |
| 3 | Lecce | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 31 |
| 4 | Benevento | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 29 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 31 |
| 5 | Monza | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 31 |
| 6 | Cremonese | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Cittadella | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Ascoli | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 26 |
| 9 | Frosinone | 17 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 10 | Perugia | 16 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 25 |
| 11 | Ternana | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Reggina | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -4 | 22 |
| 13 | Como | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 14 | SPAL | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 20 |
| 15 | Parma | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | -2 | 19 |
| 16 | Cosenza | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Alessandria | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 27 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -12 | 14 |
| 18 | Crotone | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 16 | -15 | 8 |
| 19 | Pordenone | 17 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -19 | 8 |
| 20 | Vicenza | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 17 | -16 | 7 |