Battling Empoli are desperate to pull off a small shock when they welcome hard-driving Inter in the next league game. It’s 14th vs 5th and the home supporters will have modest confidence.
- Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Champions League.
Empoli form and stats
Overall Serie A results playing at home this season for Empoli are 5-4-5 (wins-draws-losses).
Times are rough for the home team, having gone 208 minutes without scoring a league goal. Caputo was the last player to find the net.
In their previous game, the manager Zanetti led his Empoli to a defeat away at Cremonese. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Carlo Castellani. Luperto, defender, was given a rating of 7.6/10 in that game, top of the team. Luperto won 6 of 7 duels.
A 0-0 draw away before that, with Milan the opponent.Empoli aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Carlo Castellani in the league, with only {13 goals} from 14 games. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. On the other hand, Empoli have conceded 15 goals.
Inter form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 5 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats.
Inter delivered a 3-3 draw playing at home against Benfica in their previous game; a Champions League fixture. Martínez, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.13. Martínez scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times.
Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Monza.Low-scoring game? 8 of this side's last 10 league matches have seen zero, one or two goals.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Juventus in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Inter's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 14 league matches away. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Inter have conceded 25 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Inter - Empoli 0-1 was the outcome when this pair of squads last did battle, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: one - zero - nine (Empoli wins - draws - Inter wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Martínez 14 goals |  E. Džeko 7 goals |  N. Barella 5 goals |
Empoli missing players
Inter missing players
| Empoli | Inter | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 30 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 5 | 14 | 30 |
| 7 | 5 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 16 |
| 11 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 25 | 13 | 2 | Scored | S | 6 | 21 | 48 |
| 37 | 15 | 9 | Conceded | C | 5 | 25 | 34 |
| 93% | 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 80% | 93% | 97% |
| 63% | 57% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 86% | 67% |
| 30% | 29% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 71% | 53% |
| 20% | 21% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 43% | 30% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 21% | 13% |
| 43% | 36% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 80% | 79% | 50% |
| 30% | 43% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 7% | 30% |
| 33% | 29% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 21% | 23% |
| 4.3 | 4.8 | 5.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 10 | 6.6 | 6 |
| 6.5 | 6.6 | 7.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.6 |
| 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 2.1 | 1.8 |
| 5 | 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 11.9 | 14.5 | 14.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 25.6 | 18.3 | 17 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 7.8 | 5.9 | 5.3 |
| 22% | 21% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 15% | 25% | 30% |
| 16.6 | 15 | 17.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.2 | 12.9 | 10.9 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 6.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.4 | 3.6 |
- Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Inter have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded 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 | 30 | 24 | 3 | 3 | 66 | 21 | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 45 | 75 |
| 2 | Lazio | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 49 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 24 | 7 | 29 | 61 |
| 3 | Roma | 30 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 56 |
| 4 | Milan | 30 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 49 | 37 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 53 |
| 5 | Inter | 30 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 48 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 27 | 9 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 25 | 14 | 51 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 30 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 48 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 49 |
| 7 | Juventus | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 47 | 25 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 22 | 44 |
| 8 | Bologna | 30 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 39 | 37 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 11 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 2 | 44 |
| 9 | Fiorentina | 30 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 35 | 33 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 30 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 38 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 27 | -5 | 40 |
| 11 | Udinese | 30 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 39 | 39 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 0 | 39 |
| 12 | Torino | 30 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 31 | 36 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -5 | 39 |
| 13 | Monza | 30 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 35 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -6 | 38 |
| 14 | Empoli | 30 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 22 | -12 | 32 |
| 15 | Salernitana | 30 | 6 | 12 | 12 | 34 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 14 | 29 | -16 | 30 |
| 16 | Lecce | 30 | 6 | 10 | 14 | 26 | 36 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 16 | -10 | 28 |
| 17 | Spezia | 30 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 48 | 16 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 24 | -23 | 26 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 30 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 43 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 20 | -19 | 23 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 30 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 54 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 25 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 29 | -27 | 19 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 30 | 3 | 7 | 20 | 19 | 51 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 29 | -32 | 16 |
