The home team stadium regulars look for a win in this fixture, and the home advantage should work against a struggling visitor. Bologna are in 13th spot while the guesting Empoli worry at 19th.
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (1) in Serie A
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 Bologna and Empoli.
Bologna form and stats
Bologna have played 3 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-1-1 (wins-draws-losses).
Fabbian was the last player to score a league goal for Bologna and it's becoming a more and more distant memory as Bologna haven't scored in 271 minutes. Nothing to worry about in defence for Bologna, as their goalkeeper Lukasz Skorupski has completely shut out the opponents for 338 minutes in the Serie A.
Bologna drew their last game, 0-0 away at Monza (placed 15th). The exact score 0-0 has "struck" the home side three league games in a row! The goalie Skorupski was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 7.63 out of ten. Skorupski topped it up with a clean sheet.
Before that, Bologna drew at home versus Napoli.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Bologna here at Stadio Renato Dall'Ara in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (2 from 3 games).
Empoli form and stats
No Serie A points yet away for Empoli, from their first 2 matches.
The club members enjoyed Empoli's previous game versus Salernitana (placed 17th), a 1-0 win played at home. That win felt nice as this team had gone five league fixtures without winning. Midfield player Fazzini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.85/10. Fazzini hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Inter.As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Empoli playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 2 home wins.
A fact for sports bettors looking to bet on only one (or no) side scoring in this fixture: This club have played 6 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.
It's early days yet, but Empoli has scored 0 and conceded 9 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
Empoli have won at least one point in the last 4 games (3-1-0) facing Bologna.Top Goalscorers
  L. Ferguson 1 goals |  J. Zirkzee 1 goals |  G. Fabbian 1 goals |
Bologna missing players
Empoli missing players
| Bologna | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 2 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 13 |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 17% | 33% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 17% |
| 33% | 33% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 17% |
| 67% | 67% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 100% | 83% |
| 4 | 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5.5 | 4.8 |
| 4.8 | 4.3 | 2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.8 | 12.3 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 13 | 10.5 |
| 4.5 | 4.7 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 4 | 3.2 |
| 11% | 14% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 0% | 5% |
| 10.2 | 9.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 17 | 16.5 |
| 3 | 3.7 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 7 | 5.2 |
- All of Empoli's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Bologna have scored more than double the goals of Empoli.
- Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Empoli have failed to score a single goal away.
- Empoli have lost all their away matches so far.
- Empoli have the fewest points (0) away in Serie A
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (0) away in Serie A
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (1) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (13) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (9) away in Serie A
- Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Serie A
- Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-9) away in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 15 |
| 2 | Milan | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 |
| 3 | Juventus | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 | Napoli | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 6 | Lecce | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Torino | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 11 | Genoa | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 7 |
| 12 | Lazio | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 13 | Bologna | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Monza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 16 | Roma | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Salernitana | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -6 | 3 |
| 18 | Udinese | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 3 |
| 19 | Empoli | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 9 | -12 | 3 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 2 |
