Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Inter & Empoli 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 Inter and Empoli.
Inter form and stats
Inter participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Juventus.This stadium, Stadio Giuseppe Meazza, has been a fortress for Inter in the Serie A so far this season with the win-draw-loss statistic 8-2-0.
Inter travelled for their previous game, a trip to Atalanta that ended 0-0. The Inter goalkeeper Handanovič was crucial in the match against Atalanta last time out, making six saves. Handanovič, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 8.64 out of 10 in that game. Handanovič stopped the opponent with six saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.
Ahead of that match, Inter won a home game hosting Juventus (after extra-time) (2-1).There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Inter, as the Serie A home game vs Venezia is only three days away.
Inter are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (27 goals in 10 games). Inter are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 7 from 10 matches.
Empoli form and stats
They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 8th finals.As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Empoli have produced an overall stat of 5-4-2 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Venezia in their previous outing. The Serie A match ended in a draw 1-1. Midfield player Żurkowski was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.3/10. Żurkowski scored one goal, hit one key pass and had 25 successful passes (of 29 total).
A 1-5 loss hosting Sassuolo before that.With the home side identified as having a victory probability of around 80% by the bookies, any favourable result for the visitors would be a surprise. Researching earlier matches with similar odds and Empoli as the away side, we found two results. The numbers from these were one away win, zero draws and one defeat. The away team lost zero of these fixtures by at least two goals.
After this away game Empoli return home for a Serie A game against Roma. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Empoli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 18 times in 11 away games so far. 14 goals have been conceded by Empoli in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Inter nine wins, one draw and Empoli zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez 11 goals |  E. Džeko 8 goals |   A. Pinamonti 7 goals |
Inter missing players
Empoli missing players
| Inter | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Won | W | 7 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | ||
| 52 | 30 | Scored | S | 30 | 49 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 19 | 47 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 12% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 12% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 3 | ||
| 18.8 | 20.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.7 | ||
| 6.6 | 7.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5 | ||
| 32% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 34% | ||
| 10.8 | 9.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17 | 17.7 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 6.2 | ||
| 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 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 50 |
| 2 | Milan | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 21 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
| 5 | Juventus | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 41 |
| 6 | Roma | 22 | 11 | 2 | 9 | 36 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 35 |
| 7 | Lazio | 22 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 23 | 7 | 35 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 21 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 29 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 31 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 21 | 4 | 30 |
| 11 | Empoli | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 43 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | -8 | 29 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 22 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 38 | 37 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 1 | 28 |
| 13 | Bologna | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Udinese | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -8 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 22 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 29 | 40 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 19 |
| 17 | Venezia | 21 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 18 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 22 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 43 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 23 | -22 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 20 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 46 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -33 | 11 |
