Atalanta warm up for Empoli with hopes of landing all three points. Will they? Read our match guide!
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli is in the worst form (0-2-4)
We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!
Atalanta form and stats
Atalanta have collected 18 points from their Serie A home games so far after 5-3-4.
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 273 minutes without scoring a league goal. Höjlund was the last player to find the net.
Atalanta are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-2 away versus Napoli. Muriel, a forward, was the champion performer for the side in that fixture, collecting a rating of 7.12 (out of 10). Muriel hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Atalanta hosted Udinese and drew the game 0-0.A decent goal production from Atalanta in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 12 league matches. Atalanta have conceded 15 in these home matches.
Empoli form and stats
There's been little loot from Empoli's travels as they have only collected 12 points from 13 away games in the Serie A. Empoli only have 2 wins to counter their 5 defeats and 6 draws. Three has not been a lucky number for Empoli as they have been defeated three times in a row since the Fiorentina match.
Home advantage was not enough for Empoli in their previous game as they lost hosting Udinese, 0-1. Midfield player Akpro was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.04/10. Akpro hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times.
A 1-2 defeat away at Monza before that.The attacking power of Empoli when travelling is not overwhelming with 11 goals scored from 13 league matches away. 19 goals have been conceded by Empoli in these games.
Head 2 Head
This isn't the first time these sides get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Empoli - Atalanta 0-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: five - three - two (Atalanta wins - draws - Empoli wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Lookman 12 goals |  T. Koopmeiners 6 goals |  R. Højlund 6 goals |
Atalanta missing players
Empoli missing players
| Atalanta | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 26 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 13 | 26 |
| 12 | 5 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| 42 | 22 | 12 | Scored | S | 3 | 11 | 23 |
| 30 | 15 | 5 | Conceded | C | 6 | 19 | 34 |
| 96% | 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 81% | 83% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 77% | 69% |
| 42% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 31% | 31% |
| 23% | 25% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 23% | 23% |
| 12% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 67% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 54% | 46% |
| 35% | 25% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 15% | 27% |
| 19% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 31% | 31% |
| 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 4.3 | 3.6 | 2.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | 6.4 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 13.3 | 15.3 | 18 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8 | 10.2 | 12.4 |
| 4.9 | 5.8 | 8.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 33% | 32% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 23% | 23% |
| 12.5 | 10.8 | 8.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.5 | 17.2 | 16.5 |
| 4 | 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
- Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli have the most matches under the total-line (18) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Empoli is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Napoli | 26 | 22 | 2 | 2 | 60 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 7 | 44 | 68 |
| 2 | Inter | 26 | 16 | 2 | 8 | 47 | 30 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 17 | 50 |
| 3 | Lazio | 26 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 41 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 22 | 49 |
| 4 | Roma | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 47 |
| 5 | Milan | 25 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 42 | 32 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 47 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 26 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 42 | 30 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 42 |
| 7 | Bologna | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 31 | 34 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 24 | -3 | 36 |
| 8 | Juventus | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 40 | 20 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 20 | 35 |
| 9 | Udinese | 26 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 34 | 30 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 16 | 4 | 35 |
| 10 | Torino | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 27 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 21 | -2 | 34 |
| 11 | Monza | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 15 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | -5 | 32 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 25 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 31 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 31 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 25 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 37 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 22 | -7 | 30 |
| 14 | Empoli | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 19 | -11 | 28 |
| 15 | Lecce | 25 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 24 | 29 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28 | 44 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Spezia | 26 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 23 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 22 | -19 | 24 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 25 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 37 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 18 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 25 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 11 | 39 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 21 | -28 | 12 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 25 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 21 | 46 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 26 | -25 | 12 |
