Soccer match preview: Juventus confident before travelling to Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 22.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Pre-match info: 30 points are the diference between the contenders up until now, Juventus on top. Can Empoli take the guests by surprise?

Insights:
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juventus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Serie A

The visiting Juventus played their last game only four days ago, a Europa League match. That game was also an away game, at Sevilla. 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

When playing at home in the Serie A, Empoli have managed 7 wins, 4 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games. Two home wins in a row for Empoli bring valid hopes of a third.

Empoli drew their last game, 1-1 away at Sampdoria (placed 20th). Piccoli was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Sampdoria after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today? Midfielder Marin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.21 (out of ten) in that game. Marin hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 67 successful passes (of 81 total).

Ahead of that match, Empoli won a home game hosting Salernitana (2-1).

The Empoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 18 in 17 matches. Empoli's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. When Empoli hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Lecce, Spezia and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Juventus form and stats

8-3-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Juventus in their Serie A matches away.

233 minutes! That's how long the Juventus goalkeeper Mattia Perin and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Two away matches in a row for Juventus, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 versus Sevilla in the Europa League.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Cremonese in the Serie A.

Take note: 22 of the latest 29 league fixtures involving this side have seen only one (or no) team scoring (Both Teams to Score NO in the betting world).

The attacking power of Juventus when travelling is not overwhelming with 16 goals scored from 17 league matches away. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

Empoli and Juventus have met before this season: Juventus - Empoli 4-0. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one Empoli victory, zero draws and nine Juventus wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

JuventusD. Vlahović
D. Vlahović
10 goals
JuventusA. Rabiot
A. Rabiot
8 goals
JuventusA. Milik
A. Milik
7 goals

Empoli missing players

Juventus missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Juventus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
35 17 4 Played P 6 17 35
9 7 0 Won W 5 8 21
12 4 0 Drew D 1 3 6
14 6 4 Lost L 0 6 8
32 18 2 Scored S 8 16 54
45 20 10 Conceded C 0 14 28
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 83% 94% 97%
69% 65% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 33% 47% 63%
37% 41% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 17% 18% 34%
20% 24% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 6% 17%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
49% 41% 50% BTTS BTTS 0% 24% 29%
26% 35% 0% Clean Sheets C S 100% 53% 54%
31% 29% 50% Failed to Score F T 17% 29% 20%
 
4.3 4.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.1 5.2
6.3 6.4 7.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.6 4.9
2.4 2.2 2.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.3 2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 4 6
 
12 14.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 14.5 11.9 14
3.7 4.4 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.8 4.1 4.9
25% 24% 15% Goal Efficiency G E 28% 23% 31%
 
16.4 15.4 16.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.3 14.3 12.7
4.6 4.5 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 3.5 3.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Juventus have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (12) in Serie A

  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 35 26 5 4 70 25 17 12 3 2 35 14 18 14 2 2 35 11 45 83
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Inter 35 21 3 11 66 37 18 13 0 5 34 12 17 8 3 6 32 25 29 66
4 Lazio 35 19 8 8 54 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 65
5 Milan 35 17 10 8 55 41 17 11 4 2 33 18 18 6 6 6 22 23 14 61
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
7 Atalanta 35 17 7 11 56 42 17 8 3 6 30 23 18 9 4 5 26 19 14 58
8 Fiorentina 35 13 10 12 47 40 18 8 6 4 28 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 7 49
9 Monza 35 13 10 12 44 45 18 7 5 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -1 49
10 Torino 35 13 10 12 37 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 49
11 Bologna 35 12 11 12 43 44 18 7 8 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 47
12 Udinese 35 11 13 11 45 43 17 6 9 2 30 18 18 5 4 9 15 25 2 46
13 Sassuolo 35 12 8 15 43 54 17 8 4 5 22 18 18 4 4 10 21 36 -11 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 35 7 11 17 30 43 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 32
17 Hellas Verona 35 7 9 19 28 52 18 6 2 10 19 31 17 1 7 9 9 21 -24 30
18 Spezia 35 6 12 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -26 30
19 Cremonese 35 4 12 19 31 61 17 3 4 10 12 26 18 1 8 9 19 35 -30 24
20 Sampdoria 35 3 9 23 21 62 18 1 6 11 10 26 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 18

Juventus:
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 Napoli 35 26 5 4 70 25 17 12 3 2 35 14 18 14 2 2 35 11 45 83
2 Juventus 35 21 6 8 54 28 18 13 3 2 38 14 17 8 3 6 16 14 26 69
3 Inter 35 21 3 11 66 37 18 13 0 5 34 12 17 8 3 6 32 25 29 66
4 Lazio 35 19 8 8 54 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 17 9 4 4 25 12 26 65
5 Milan 35 17 10 8 55 41 17 11 4 2 33 18 18 6 6 6 22 23 14 61
6 Roma 35 17 8 10 45 33 17 10 2 5 24 12 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 59
7 Atalanta 35 17 7 11 56 42 17 8 3 6 30 23 18 9 4 5 26 19 14 58
8 Fiorentina 35 13 10 12 47 40 18 8 6 4 28 21 17 5 4 8 19 19 7 49
9 Monza 35 13 10 12 44 45 18 7 5 6 25 21 17 6 5 6 19 24 -1 49
10 Torino 35 13 10 12 37 39 17 5 6 6 14 17 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 49
11 Bologna 35 12 11 12 43 44 18 7 8 3 22 12 17 5 3 9 21 32 -1 47
12 Udinese 35 11 13 11 45 43 17 6 9 2 30 18 18 5 4 9 15 25 2 46
13 Sassuolo 35 12 8 15 43 54 17 8 4 5 22 18 18 4 4 10 21 36 -11 44
14 Empoli 35 9 12 14 32 45 17 7 4 6 18 20 18 2 8 8 14 25 -13 39
15 Salernitana 35 8 14 13 43 56 18 6 6 6 27 24 17 2 8 7 16 32 -13 38
16 Lecce 35 7 11 17 30 43 17 3 7 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 32
17 Hellas Verona 35 7 9 19 28 52 18 6 2 10 19 31 17 1 7 9 9 21 -24 30
18 Spezia 35 6 12 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 17 2 4 11 12 30 -26 30
19 Cremonese 35 4 12 19 31 61 17 3 4 10 12 26 18 1 8 9 19 35 -30 24
20 Sampdoria 35 3 9 23 21 62 18 1 6 11 10 26 17 2 3 12 11 36 -41 18

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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.