National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hellas Verona or Empoli that keep their silverware dream alive.
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 Hellas Verona and Empoli.
Hellas Verona form and stats
Hellas have not come this way in the Coppa Italia without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Catanzaro. Last season their Coppa Italia adventure ended in the 4th round.5 victories, 1 draw and 3 defeats. That’s what Hellas Verona have to build on here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi in the Serie A.
The Hellas Verona fans got no joy from their last match, a Serie A game also here at Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi: A 1-2 defeat against Atalanta. The attacker Giovanni Simeone was named "man of the match" for Hellas with a rating of 7.75/10. Simeone scored one goal, hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.
Before that match, a Serie A win away at Venezia.The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Hellas handle that role? We have found six games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are three wins, two draws and one defeat.
The manager Tudor will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Torino in only four days.
The Hellas Verona manager Tudor has got the team scoring with 19 from 9 home games in the league. Hellas's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 13 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Empoli form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Vicenza in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 8th finals.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 5 wins, 1 draw and only 2 losses in the Serie A.
Empoli play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Napoli. Goalkeeper Vicario was absolutely vital in the Empoli victory against Napoli, making six saves. Guglielmo Vicario was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.4. The agile goalkeeper Vicario stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
A home win before that, celebrating 3-1 vs Udinese.We have checked recent matches where Empoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those six games were two victories, two draws and two defeats.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Spezia.
Empoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 13 goals from 8 games. Empoli have conceded 9 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: three - four - two (Hellas Verona wins - draws - Empoli wins). As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  G. Simeone 12 goals |   A. Pinamonti 6 goals |  A. Barák 5 goals |
Hellas Verona missing players
Empoli missing players
| Hellas Verona | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 44 | 28 | Scored | S | 33 | 66 | ||
| 39 | 18 | Conceded | C | 12 | 36 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 76% | 71% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.9 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.3 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.6 | 14.2 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 41% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 35% | ||
| 13 | 12.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.8 | 16.4 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.8 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Milan | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 17 | 39 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 37 |
| 4 | Napoli | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 21 | 36 |
| 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 | Empoli | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 27 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | -2 | 26 |
| 8 | Roma | 16 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 24 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 25 |
| 9 | Lazio | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 1 | 25 |
| 10 | Bologna | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -5 | 24 |
| 11 | Hellas Verona | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 33 | 30 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 23 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 2 | 23 |
| 13 | Torino | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 22 |
| 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 | Genoa | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 17 | -16 | 10 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 19 | -17 | 10 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 21 | -26 | 8 |