Empoli have achieved 1 home triumphs up until now, Genoa have won 1 away. Who boosts their records in this one?
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Serie A
- Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
This should be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Game on!
Empoli form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Empoli have only managed 1 win, 0 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Stadio Carlo Castellani. The Empoli manager A. Andreazzoli might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Empoli are returning here after visiting Sassuolo in a Serie A game and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Andrea Pinamonti and Szymon Żurkowski scored the goal(s). Manager A. Andreazzoli felt very clever after Szymon Żurkowski scored the winning goal against Sassuolo, having brought on that player as a substitute in the 80th minute. A late climax in the match against Sassuolo as the winning goal came two minutes into overtime; scored by Szymon Żurkowski. Liam Henderson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.83/10. Henderson served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that match, Empoli lost 0-2 at home to Inter.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Empoli have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 16 games) they have won six times, drawn seven and lost three.
The Empoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 7 in 6 matches. As for conceded goals, Empoli's unpleasant statistic is 16 goals surrendered.
Genoa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Genoa so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-3 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Genoa's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Venezia (placed 16th). Domenico Criscito, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.4. Criscito hit three key passes and won 8 of 12 duels.
Before that, Genoa travelled to Spezia and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.Genoa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, five draws and three defeats. From a total of twelve matches.
Genoa have scored 8 goals on their travels this season, from 6 away games in the league. For Genoa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Empoli three wins, three draws and Genoa four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  M. Destro 6 goals |   A. Pinamonti 4 goals |  D. Criscito 4 goals |
Empoli missing players
Genoa missing players
| Empoli | Genoa | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 6 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 16 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 21 | 16 | 5 | Conceded | C | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 91% |
| 91% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 83% | 82% |
| 64% | 83% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 36% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 100% | 67% | 55% |
| 27% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 33% | 27% |
| 55% | 67% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 67% | 73% |
| 18% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 9% |
| 27% | 33% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 27% |
| 5.3 | 5.5 | 8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 5.8 | 5.5 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.2 | 4.9 |
| 2.2 | 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | 2.7 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14.5 | 15.8 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
| 4.7 | 4.8 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 31% | 24% | 8% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 36% | 34% |
| 16 | 16.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 14 | 13.6 |
| 6 | 6.8 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.8 | 5 |
- All of Empoli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored at home.
- Empoli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (16) at home in Serie A
- Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-9) at home in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Genoa have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Genoa have the fewest scored goals in the first half (1) in Serie A
- Genoa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 20 | 31 |
| 2 | Milan | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 31 |
| 3 | Inter | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 24 |
| 4 | Roma | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 19 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 19 |
| 6 | Lazio | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 8 | Hellas Verona | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 20 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Juventus | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Empoli | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Torino | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 13 | Bologna | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | -7 | 12 |
| 14 | Udinese | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -4 | 11 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -9 | 9 |
| 16 | Venezia | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 9 |
| 17 | Genoa | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 8 |
| 18 | Spezia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 8 |
| 19 | Salernitana | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -13 | 7 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -10 | 6 |