Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Empoli U19 & Ascoli U19 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Primavera Cup. All the pre-match information is available here!
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Empoli U19 form and stats
Last season their Primavera Cup adventure ended in the quarter-finals.When playing at home in the PrimaVera 1, Empoli U19 have managed 3 wins, 1 draw and suffered 0 defeats from 4 games. It’s been three wins in a row for Empoli U19 here at Centro Sportivo Monteboro, hoping to make this one the fourth consecutive victory.
In their previous game, the manager A. Busce led his Empoli U19 to a defeat in the PrimaVera 1 match away at Sampdoria U19. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Centro Sportivo Monteboro.
Before that, Empoli U19 had a UEFA Youth League home game versus Crvena Zvezda U19 which ended with a victory 5-0.Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Atalanta U19 are coming to town in four days.
Goals are plentiful at Centro Sportivo Monteboro in the league this season as Empoli U19 has scored 10 goals here in 4 home games. As for guarding their own goal, Empoli have only let in 1 goal at home.
Ascoli U19 form and stats
Last season their Primavera Cup adventure ended in the 1st round.Three consecutive losses in away matches means Ascoli are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.
Ascoli go into this game after a win, the home game against Reggina U19 that ended 2-0.
That result followed a home victory 3-0 versus Pisa U19 in the Primavera 2.The schedule is very tough for Ascoli now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primavera 2 game at Spezia U19 is waiting in only three days.
Head 2 Head
Empoli-Ascoli U19 H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Empoli U19 three wins, Ascoli U19 zero wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Baldanzi 3 goals |  D. Degl'Innocenti 3 goals |
Empoli U19 missing players
Ascoli U19 missing players
| Empoli U19 | Ascoli U19 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 17 | ||
| 52 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 31 | ||
| 31 | 5 | Conceded | C | 31 | 55 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 68% | ||
| 36% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 32% | ||
| 56% | 20% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 60% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.9 | 6.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 3.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.4 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 13.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.1 | 7.8 | ||
| 5.3 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.1 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 26% | ||
| 9.3 | 8.4 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.5 | 14.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 7.1 | 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 | Roma U19 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Napoli U19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | -2 | 19 |
| 3 | Fiorentina U19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
| 4 | Torino U19 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 17 |
| 5 | Sampdoria U19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 16 |
| 6 | Empoli U19 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Juventus U19 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -1 | 16 |
| 8 | Inter U19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Cagliari U19 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Genoa U19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 14 |
| 11 | Atalanta U19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| 12 | Spal U19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 8 | -8 | 14 |
| 13 | Sassuolo U19 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 |
| 14 | Verona U19 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 13 |
| 15 | Lecce U19 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | Milan U19 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Bologna U19 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -8 | 7 |
| 18 | Pescara U19 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 13 | -15 | 4 |