Season ticket holders haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Napoli U19 languishing in the 15th position so far. The guesting Empoli U19 will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Napoli U19 form and stats
Napoli U19's struggle is real here with only 4 points collected from 9 PrimaVera 1 games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-1-7. Napoli U19 are slowly digging their own grave here with the depressing streak of not having won a home game in eleven attempts. The last victory here came in the Torino U19 match.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 240 minutes without scoring a league goal. A. Vrikkis was the last player to find the net.
Napoli U19 faced defeat in their previous match, away at Inter U19 (0-5). Preceding that match was a defeat to Bologna U19 (0-1).
Napoli U19 were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Napoli U19 here in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (7 from 9 games). Napoli U19 have conceded 13 in these home matches.
Empoli U19 form and stats
There's been little loot from Empoli U19's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 9 away games in the PrimaVera 1. Empoli U19 only have 1 win to counter their 5 defeats and 3 draws. Empoli U19 has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a PrimaVera 1 home defeat versus Lazio U19 with 1-3 on the scoreboard. A 1-2 defeat away at Cagliari U19 before that.
The attacking power of Empoli U19 when travelling is not overwhelming with 8 goals scored from 9 league matches away. Empoli U19 have conceded 21 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Napoli U19 and Empoli U19 have met before this season: Empoli U19 - Napoli U19 1-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Napoli U19 one win, one draw and Empoli U19 one victory. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Napoli U19 missing players
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| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 9 | 18 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | 7 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 18 | 7 | 4 | Scored | S | 3 | 8 | 21 |
| 31 | 13 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 31 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 78% | 89% |
| 67% | 44% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 78% | 78% |
| 50% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 78% | 61% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 56% | 39% |
| 22% | 11% | 50% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 56% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 44% | 56% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 22% | 28% |
| 33% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 56% | 28% |
| 4.2 | 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 5.7 | 5.1 | 1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.3 | 3.9 | 4.3 |
| 1.6 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2.1 | 1.9 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 177 | 97 | 25 | Total Shots | T S | 19 | 83 | 175 |
| 63 | 32 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 7 | 31 | 63 |
| 29% | 22% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 43% | 26% | 33% |
- Empoli U19 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Empoli U19 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Napoli U19 has the fewest points (4) at home
- Napoli U19 has the fewest points from losing position (2)
- Napoli U19 has the fewest scored goals in the second half (5)
- Napoli U19 has the most dropped points from leading position (17)
- Napoli U19 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atalanta U19 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 47 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | Cagliari U19 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 15 | 39 |
| 3 | Inter U19 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 38 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 17 | 34 |
| 4 | Juventus U19 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 0 | 31 |
| 5 | Roma U19 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 45 | 35 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 30 |
| 6 | Sampdoria U19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 26 | 31 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -5 | 27 |
| 7 | Genoa U19 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 25 |
| 8 | Sassuolo U19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 0 | 23 |
| 9 | Lazio U19 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 22 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 15 | -9 | 23 |
| 10 | Empoli U19 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 31 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | -10 | 23 |
| 11 | Torino U19 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 22 |
| 12 | Bologna U19 | 18 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 26 | 38 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 29 | -12 | 22 |
| 13 | Fiorentina U19 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | -2 | 18 |
| 14 | Pescara U19 | 18 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 30 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 21 | -10 | 15 |
| 15 | Napoli U19 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 31 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -13 | 12 |
| 16 | Chievo U19 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 22 | -14 | 12 |