Soccer betting preview: Empoli welcomes Hellas Verona in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 31.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

This is shaping up to be another engrossing encounter at Stadio Carlo Castellani in the Serie A. Empoli is in 14th position and welcome Hellas Verona in 17th spot. Learn more about the fixture here!

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 Empoli and Hellas Verona.

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Empoli form and stats

A Serie A draw at home so far for Empoli. Last season their home statistics were 4 wins, 5 draws and 10 defeats from 19 matches.

Empoli drew their last game, 1-1 away at Lecce (placed 15th). Defender Ismajli got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.43/10. Ismajli won 5 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Fiorentina that ended 0-0.

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 3, drawn 1 and lost 1.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Empoli at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Hellas Verona form and stats

One match played away so far in the Serie A for Hellas Verona and it was a tie. Last season the statistics for their away games were 5 wins, 8 draws and 6 losses from 19 games.

The manager Cioffi was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi. Hellas Verona suffered a 0-1 loss to Atalanta (placed 4th). It's a bit troubling for Hellas that their goalie Montipò made six saves in the Atalanta game, but still could not save them from a defeat.

A 1-1 draw at Bologna's stadium before that.

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 12 relevant matches. Results were 2 Hellas Verona wins, 6 draws and 4 defeats.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Sampdoria in just four days.

Hellas Verona have the goal stats of 1-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Last ten meetings featuring these participants: Empoli won three, Hellas Verona were winners in two and we saw five draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

Hellas VeronaT. Henry
T. Henry
2 goals
EmpoliF. Parisi
F. Parisi
1 goals
Hellas VeronaK. Lasagna
K. Lasagna
1 goals

Empoli missing players

Hellas Verona missing players

Empoli Hellas Verona
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
2 1 0 Drew D 1 1 1
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 2
1 0 0 Scored S 1 1 3
2 0 0 Conceded C 1 1 7
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
33% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 67%
33% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
67% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 33%
 
3.3 1 0 Corners for (avg) C F 8 8 6.3
6 9 0 Corners against (avg) C A 9 9 7.7
1.3 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3 2.7
1 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.7 4 0 Shots (avg) S ( 18 18 12.3
3.3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 2.3
10% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 25% 25% 43%
 
15.3 20 0 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18 19.7
3.3 3 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 6 7
Empoli Last season Hellas Verona
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 4   Won W   5 14
11 5   Drew D   8 11
17 10   Lost L   6 13
50 28   Scored S   31 65
70 44   Conceded C   34 59
92% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 97%
79% 95%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 87%
55% 74%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 66%
42% 58%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 42%
29% 37%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   26% 21%
66% 84%   BTTS BTTS   79% 76%
18% 5%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 11%
24% 16%   Failed to Score F T   21% 16%
 
4.9 5.6   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.4
5.7 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 4.9
2.3 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.7
5 4   Red cards R C   3 7
 
13.2 14.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.2 12.4
4.1 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.1
32% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   43% 41%
 
17.2 16.2   Shots against (avg) S A   12.6 12.6
5.9 6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.2 4.2

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 3 2 1 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 4 0 2 1 1 0 5 2 7 7
2 Milan 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 2 0 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 4 7
3 Lazio 3 2 1 0 5 2 2 2 0 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 7
4 Atalanta 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 3 0 3 7
5 Torino 3 2 1 0 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 7
6 Roma 3 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 7
7 Inter 3 2 0 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 6
8 Juventus 3 1 2 0 4 1 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 5
9 Fiorentina 3 1 2 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 5
10 Salernitana 3 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 0 1 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 4
11 Udinese 3 1 1 1 4 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
12 Sassuolo 3 1 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 2 5 -2 4
13 Spezia 3 1 1 1 3 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 -2 4
14 Empoli 3 0 2 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 2 -1 2
15 Lecce 3 0 1 2 2 4 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 -2 1
16 Bologna 3 0 1 2 2 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 1
17 Hellas Verona 3 0 1 2 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 1 0 1 1 -4 1
18 Sampdoria 3 0 1 2 0 6 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 1
19 Cremonese 3 0 0 3 3 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 2 2 4 -3 0
20 Monza 3 0 0 3 2 8 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 -6 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 Milan 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

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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.