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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 24.Sep
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

This should be another interesting encounter at Stadio Carlo Castellani in the Serie A. Empoli is in 20th position and host Inter in 1st spot. Learn more about the game here!

Insights:
  • Empoli have the fewest scored goals (0) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (13) in Serie A

Inter could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Champions League game only four sleeps ago. That game was also an away game, at Real Sociedad. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.

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Empoli form and stats

0-0-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Empoli so far this season.

Stress levels are on the rise for Empoli's attacking players as they have now played 450 minutes without scoring in a league game. Magnani (own goal) was their last goal scorer.

The fans are hoping that Empoli will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-7 away loss in the match against Roma (placed 12th). As you see from the result above, Empoli suffered greatly in their last game. Thankfully the team has a new chance to prove themselves in this one. Cambiaghi, a striker, was the best performer for the side in that game, earning a rating of 7.0 (out of 10). Cambiaghi hit one key pass and had 23 successful passes (of 25 total).

Preceding that match was the home game against Juventus that was lost 0-2.

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Empoli, as the Serie A home game vs Salernitana is only three days away.

Early season league goal statistics from Empoli's 2 home games: {0 goals}, 3 conceded.

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Inter form and stats

Only one away game in the Serie A so far for Inter and it resulted in three points. Last season the statistics for their away games were 9 victories, 3 draws and 7 losses from 19 travels.

It's another away match for the visitors, as they travelled to Real Sociedad in their previous outing. The Champions League battle ended 1-1. de Vrij was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.34. The defender Vrij won 3 of 6 duels.

That result followed a home victory 5-1 versus Milan in the Serie A.

A new game in only three days for Inter, the Serie A home match versus Sassuolo. Busy days.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Inter has managed {2 goals} and let in 0 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Empoli-Inter H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Empoli one win, Inter nine wins, zero draws. five of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
5 goals
InterH. Çalhanoğlu
H. Çalhanoğlu
2 goals
InterH. Mkhitaryan
H. Mkhitaryan
2 goals

Empoli missing players

Inter missing players

Empoli Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
4 2 1 Played P 1 1 4
0 0 0 Won W 1 1 4
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
4 2 1 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 2 2 13
12 3 2 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 50% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
25% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 25%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 100% 75%
100% 100% 100% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
4 2.5 3 Corners for (avg) C F 7 7 5.2
4.8 5.5 7 Corners against (avg) C A 4 4 2
2.2 2.5 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1 1 1.2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
10.8 8.5 7 Shots (avg) S ( 17 17 18.5
3 2 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4 4 6.2
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 50% 50% 52%
 
15.5 14 18 Shots against (avg) S A 12 12 9.8
5.8 4.5 5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2 2 2
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have the fewest scored goals (0) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the most conceded goals (12) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the most conceded goals in the first half (5) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-12) in Serie A
  • Empoli is in the worst form (0-0-4)
  • Inter have the fewest conceded goals (1) in Serie A
  • Inter have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (13) in Serie A
  • Inter have the the best goal difference (+12) in Serie A
  • Inter is in the best form (4-0-0) in Serie A
Empoli Last season Inter
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 8   Won W   9 23
13 4   Drew D   3 3
15 7   Lost L   7 12
37 22   Scored S   34 71
49 23   Conceded C   28 42
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
71% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   84% 71%
37% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   68% 58%
21% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 37%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 18%
50% 42%   BTTS BTTS   63% 50%
24% 32%   Clean Sheets C S   26% 34%
32% 32%   Failed to Score F T   16% 18%
 
4.3 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   6 5.6
6.2 6.4   Corners against (avg) C A   3.8 4
2.3 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.7
6 4   Red cards R C   1 3
 
12 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   17.1 16.8
3.7 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.7 5.5
26% 27%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 34%
 
16.5 15.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.3 11.5
4.7 4.9   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 3.9

  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 4 4 0 0 13 1 3 3 0 0 11 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 12 12
2 Juventus 4 3 1 0 9 2 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 2 0 0 5 0 7 10
3 Milan 4 3 0 1 9 7 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 2 0 1 5 6 2 9
4 Lecce 4 2 2 0 7 4 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 3 8
5 Napoli 4 2 1 1 8 5 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 7
6 Frosinone 4 2 1 1 7 6 3 2 0 1 7 6 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 7
7 Torino 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 7
8 Fiorentina 4 2 1 1 9 9 2 1 1 0 5 4 2 1 0 1 4 5 0 7
9 Hellas Verona 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 7
10 Atalanta 4 2 0 2 8 5 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 1 0 2 5 5 3 6
11 Bologna 4 1 2 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -1 5
12 Roma 4 1 1 2 11 6 3 1 1 1 10 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 5 4
13 Genoa 4 1 1 2 4 7 2 0 1 1 3 6 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 4
14 Monza 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 4
15 Lazio 4 1 0 3 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 0 2 4 6 -3 3
16 Udinese 4 0 3 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 -3 3
17 Sassuolo 4 1 0 3 5 9 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 0 0 2 2 6 -4 3
18 Cagliari 4 0 2 2 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 2
19 Salernitana 4 0 2 2 3 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 2 4 -5 2
20 Empoli 4 0 0 4 0 12 2 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 9 -12 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

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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.