Atalanta followers hope for points in home fixture facing Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 22.May
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium (26393 seats)

In total; 37 matches are played and Atalanta are 21 points in front of Empoli. How will it end?

Insights:
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

For Empoli most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

Atalanta and Empoli should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Atalanta form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Atalanta at their home stadium (Gewiss Stadium) is 4 wins, 8 draws and 6 defeats. Atalanta have played two draws in a row on their own stadium.

Atalanta faced defeat in their previous match, away at Milan (0-2). Freuler (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.15/10. Freuler had 47 successful passes (of 54 total).

In the preceding match a 3-1 victory visiting Spezia.

The Atalanta fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 31 goals in 18 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Atalanta defense is not exactly impregnable. 28 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Empoli form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 6 draws and 7 defeats. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Empoli have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Napoli game.

Empoli delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Salernitana (placed 17th) in their previous match. Vicario had red hot gloves after the game against Salernitana, shaping the outcome of the game with seven saves made. Vicario was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.4. The agile goalkeeper Vicario saved a penalty.

A 2-4 defeat away at Inter before that.

The visiting Empoli have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 21 goals from 18 games. Empoli have conceded 26 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is what happened when the teams met earlier this campaign; Empoli - Atalanta 1-4. Head-to-head data (for the previous ten meetings): Atalanta won four games, four matches ended with a tie and Empoli managed two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: five / five

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaM. Pašalić
M. Pašalić
13 goals
EmpoliA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
13 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
10 goals

Atalanta missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Atalanta Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
37 18 6 Played P 6 18 37
16 4 3 Won W 1 5 9
11 8 2 Drew D 2 6 11
10 6 1 Lost L 3 7 17
65 31 15 Scored S 6 21 49
47 28 5 Conceded C 10 26 70
86% 83% 83% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 89% 92%
73% 83% 83% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 67% 81%
62% 67% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 39% 57%
41% 44% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 43%
19% 22% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 17% 22% 30%
65% 72% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 50% 68%
27% 28% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 28% 16%
22% 17% 17% Failed to Score F T 33% 33% 24%
 
5.8 6.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.4 5
3.6 3 2.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.7 5.5
2.2 1.8 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.6 2.3
2 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 5
 
15.5 16.4 16.3 Shots (avg) S ( 12.8 12 13.4
4.7 5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.8 4.1
37% 34% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 27% 31% 32%
 
10.6 9.6 9.7 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 17.1 16.6
3.9 4.3 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.5 5.6 5.8
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

Atalanta:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Milan 37 25 8 4 66 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 18 13 4 1 38 19 35 83
2 Inter 37 24 9 4 81 32 18 13 3 2 45 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 49 81
3 Napoli 37 23 7 7 71 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 18 12 4 2 34 15 40 76
4 Juventus 36 20 9 7 55 33 18 10 4 4 23 12 18 10 5 3 32 21 22 69
5 Lazio 36 18 8 10 72 53 18 10 5 3 39 22 18 8 3 7 33 31 19 62
6 Roma 37 17 9 11 56 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 18 7 3 8 30 27 13 60
7 Atalanta 37 16 11 10 65 47 18 4 8 6 31 28 19 12 3 4 34 19 18 59
8 Fiorentina 36 18 5 13 56 47 18 12 2 4 36 20 18 6 3 9 20 27 9 59
9 Hellas Verona 37 14 10 13 62 56 19 9 3 7 34 25 18 5 7 6 28 31 6 52
10 Torino 37 13 11 13 46 38 18 8 5 5 29 18 19 5 6 8 17 20 8 50
11 Sassuolo 37 13 11 13 64 63 18 6 6 6 27 27 19 7 5 7 37 36 1 50
12 Udinese 37 10 14 13 57 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 18 4 7 7 26 29 -1 44
13 Bologna 37 11 10 16 43 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 18 3 6 9 18 31 -12 43
14 Empoli 37 9 11 17 49 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 18 5 6 7 21 26 -21 38
15 Spezia 37 10 6 21 41 68 18 5 3 10 21 27 19 5 3 11 20 41 -27 36
16 Sampdoria 36 9 6 21 42 59 18 5 3 10 25 31 18 4 3 11 17 28 -17 33
17 Salernitana 37 7 10 20 33 74 18 3 6 9 17 35 19 4 4 11 16 39 -41 31
18 Cagliari 37 6 11 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 18 3 5 10 14 35 -34 29
19 Genoa 37 4 16 17 27 59 18 3 8 7 14 24 19 1 8 10 13 35 -32 28
20 Venezia 37 6 8 23 34 69 18 3 4 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 26

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.