Empoli v Inter preview: Visitors can prove cut above

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 27.October
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Inter will not ask for any easy points from the home team Empoli in this Serie A game. Here's your comprehensive preview!

Insights:
  • Empoli have the most conceded goals (14) at home in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals (24) in Serie A

It's no vacation for neither Empoli nor Inter as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Empoli form and stats

Empoli have collected 3 points from their Serie A home games so far after 1-0-4.

A good away victory last time out for Empoli, who won 4-2 against Salernitana (placed 20th). A goal frenzy last time out for Empoli, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Salernitana. Fun stuff to watch! Andrea Pinamonti, who plays in attack, was the declared top performer for the side in that match, receiving a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Pinamonti scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Empoli lost 1-4 at home to Atalanta.

There will be little rest for Empoli after this match as they are travelling to Sassuolo for a Serie A game in only four days.

Empoli has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 5 matches. As for conceded goals, Empoli's unpleasant statistic is 14 goals surrendered.

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Inter form and stats

3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss. That’s the product of Inter, who have the most scored goals (24) in Serie A, playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Inter delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Juventus (placed 6th) in their previous match; a Serie A game. Hakan Çalhanoğlu got a match rating of 7.72 in that game, top player of the team. Çalhanoğlu hit the woodwork once, hit four key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 40 total).

Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Sheriff in the Champions League.

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

The Inter manager S. Inzaghi has got the team scoring on the road, with 11 away goals in 5 league matches. Inter's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 8 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Previous ten meetings with these participants: Empoli won zero, Inter triumphed in nine and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

InterE. Džeko
E. Džeko
7 goals
InterL. Martínez
L. Martínez
5 goals
EmpoliA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
3 goals

Empoli missing players

Inter missing players

Empoli Inter
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
9 5 1 Played P 4 5 9
4 1 0 Won W 3 3 5
0 0 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 4 1 Lost L 1 1 1
14 7 1 Scored S 9 11 24
18 14 4 Conceded C 6 8 12
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
89% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
67% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 100% 89%
44% 60% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 80% 78%
33% 40% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
56% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 100% 100% 89%
22% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 11%
22% 20% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
5.2 5.6 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.8 5.4 5.4
6 5.4 4 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.4 4.8
2.3 2.2 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.4 2.6
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
14.6 17 13 Shots (avg) S ( 16.2 14.6 15.4
5 5.6 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.6 6.2
31% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 38% 39% 43%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Empoli's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • All of Inter's away-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
  • 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 (14) at home in Serie A
  • Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-7) at home in Serie A
  • Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Inter have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Inter have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Inter have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Inter have the most scored goals (24) in Serie A
  • Inter have the most scored goals in the second half (14) in Serie A
  • Inter haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  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 9 8 1 0 19 3 4 4 0 0 7 1 5 4 1 0 12 2 16 25
2 Milan 9 8 1 0 22 9 4 4 0 0 11 3 5 4 1 0 11 6 13 25
3 Inter 9 5 3 1 24 12 4 2 2 0 13 4 5 3 1 1 11 8 12 18
4 Roma 9 5 1 3 16 9 5 4 1 0 8 2 4 1 0 3 8 7 7 16
5 Atalanta 9 4 3 2 15 11 5 1 2 2 6 7 4 3 1 0 9 4 4 15
6 Juventus 9 4 3 2 13 11 4 2 1 1 5 4 5 2 2 1 8 7 2 15
7 Fiorentina 9 5 0 4 13 12 4 2 0 2 7 6 5 3 0 2 6 6 1 15
8 Lazio 9 4 2 3 19 17 4 3 1 0 14 6 5 1 1 3 5 11 2 14
9 Bologna 9 3 3 3 15 19 5 3 1 1 11 8 4 0 2 2 4 11 -4 12
10 Empoli 9 4 0 5 14 18 5 1 0 4 7 14 4 3 0 1 7 4 -4 12
11 Hellas Verona 9 3 2 4 21 18 5 3 0 2 14 9 4 0 2 2 7 9 3 11
12 Torino 9 3 2 4 12 10 5 2 1 2 9 6 4 1 1 2 3 4 2 11
13 Sassuolo 9 3 2 4 12 12 5 2 1 2 5 4 4 1 1 2 7 8 0 11
14 Udinese 9 2 4 3 11 13 5 1 2 2 6 8 4 1 2 1 5 5 -2 10
15 Sampdoria 9 2 3 4 13 17 5 1 2 2 7 11 4 1 1 2 6 6 -4 9
16 Venezia 9 2 2 5 7 15 3 1 1 1 3 3 6 1 1 4 4 12 -8 8
17 Spezia 9 2 1 6 11 22 4 1 0 3 5 7 5 1 1 3 6 15 -11 7
18 Genoa 9 1 3 5 14 21 4 0 2 2 7 9 5 1 1 3 7 12 -7 6
19 Cagliari 9 1 3 5 11 20 5 1 2 2 8 9 4 0 1 3 3 11 -9 6
20 Salernitana 9 1 1 7 8 21 5 1 1 3 5 11 4 0 0 4 3 10 -13 4

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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.