Empoli - Hellas Verona: Small difference between teams in Serie A clash

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 19.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

This match has been long awaited by followers of both teams, as it's the premier Serie A fixture of the season. Both Empoli and Hellas Verona are ready for a good start to their campaign.

This should be an absorbing game with lots of action and bustle as both teams are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Empoli form and stats

The season before, Empoli's league stats were 10 wins, 13 draws and 15 losses, ending with 14th position in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored {37 goals} and conceded 49. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Empoli generated 8-4-7 (win-draw-lost) with {22 goals} and 23 conceded.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Empoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 5 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 0 and lost 0.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Empoli friendly games in pre-season: Empoli played one friendly, won 1, drew 0 and lost 0. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Empoli scored {10 goals} and conceded 0 in these one game.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

Let's have a look at how Hellas Verona performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 18th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 31 and conceded {59 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 1 - drew 7 and lost 11 with 11/27 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Hellas Verona playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Hellas Verona wins, 3 draws and 5 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Hellas have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeats from two fixtures.

Head 2 Head

Empoli have pulled off a sequence of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing Hellas Verona.

The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit wild, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Empoli missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Hellas Verona
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Empoli Last season Hellas Verona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   20 39
10 8   Won W   2 8
13 4   Drew D   7 10
15 7   Lost L   11 21
37 22   Scored S   14 34
49 23   Conceded C   28 60
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   90% 95%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   70% 74%
37% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   30% 41%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   20% 18%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 5%
50% 42%   BTTS BTTS   55% 56%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   15% 15%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   40% 33%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.5 4.5
6.2 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.7 5.3
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.8
6 4   Red cards R C   3 4
 
12 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 11.1
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3 3.4
26% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 26%
 
16.5 15.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.9 14.5
4.7 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.8 5.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Last season 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 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19

Hellas Verona:
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 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Frosinone 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Genoa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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.