Betting preview: Empoli faced with a tough challenge when Juventus visits

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 26.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Juventus should not ask for any pleasantries from the home team Empoli in this Serie A game. Here's the full guide!

Insights:
  • Empoli is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

The visiting Juventus played their last game only four days ago, a Champions League match. That game, against Villarreal, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Juventus.

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Empoli form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats from their home games, Empoli, who have the most conceded goals (34) at home in Serie A, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Empoli lost their last game at Sampdoria (placed 14th) after a 0-2 scoreline. Midfielder Żurkowski was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.6 (out of ten) in that game. Żurkowski hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 27 successful passes (of 29 total).

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Cagliari.

The Empoli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 20 goals in 13 league matches. As for conceded goals, Empoli's unpleasant statistic is 34 goals surrendered.

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Juventus form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 6 wins, 5 draws and 2 defeats. Things are running smoothly for Juventus who hasn't tasted defeat in their last twelve matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Atalanta.

Danilo was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.61. The defender Danilo served one assist, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.

Preceding that match was the 1-1 draw at home vs Torino.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Juventus manager Allegri as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Fiorentina.

The travelling fans enjoy Juventus's attacking play in away games, having scored 21 goals in 13 league matches away. Juventus have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The previous H2H encounter ended Juventus - Empoli 0-1, earlier this season. Head to head data (for the former ten meetings): Empoli won one game, one match ended with a draw and Juventus have eight wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: three / seven

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
9 goals
JuventusP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
7 goals
EmpoliN. Bajrami
N. Bajrami
6 goals

Empoli missing players

Juventus missing players

Empoli Juventus
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
26 13 4 Played P 4 13 26
8 3 0 Won W 3 6 13
7 2 0 Drew D 0 5 8
11 8 4 Lost L 1 2 5
38 20 4 Scored S 8 21 38
50 34 13 Conceded C 5 14 23
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
88% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 85% 77%
62% 85% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 38% 27%
42% 62% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 23% 15%
27% 38% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 15% 12%
69% 85% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 50%
15% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 50% 38% 42%
19% 15% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 8% 12%
 
5.3 5.6 5.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3 4.5 4.8
5 4.9 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6 5.5 5
2.3 1.8 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 1.9 1.9
2 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 1
 
14.8 15.5 14 Shots (avg) S ( 12.5 13.8 14.2
4.4 4.5 3.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 4.5
33% 34% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 44% 36% 33%
 
16.3 16.8 17.5 Shots against (avg) S A 13.2 12.8 11.1
5.8 7.2 7.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.4 3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Empoli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 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 (34) at home in Serie A
  • Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Empoli is in the worst form (0-3-3)
  • Juventus have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 26 17 5 4 52 28 13 8 2 3 21 11 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 56
2 Inter 25 16 6 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 12 7 4 1 25 10 33 54
3 Napoli 26 16 6 4 47 18 13 8 2 3 23 9 13 8 4 1 24 9 29 54
4 Juventus 26 13 8 5 38 23 13 7 3 3 17 9 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 47
5 Atalanta 25 12 8 5 46 30 12 3 5 4 20 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 16 44
6 Lazio 26 12 7 7 53 40 12 7 4 1 31 16 14 5 3 6 22 24 13 43
7 Fiorentina 25 13 3 9 44 34 12 8 1 3 30 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 10 42
8 Roma 26 12 5 9 44 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 41
9 Hellas Verona 26 10 7 9 49 42 13 7 2 4 27 17 13 3 5 5 22 25 7 37
10 Torino 25 9 6 10 32 26 13 7 3 3 25 13 12 2 3 7 7 13 6 33
11 Sassuolo 26 8 9 9 43 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 13 5 4 4 26 23 -1 33
12 Bologna 25 9 4 12 31 41 13 6 2 5 18 17 12 3 2 7 13 24 -10 31
13 Empoli 26 8 7 11 38 50 13 3 2 8 20 34 13 5 5 3 18 16 -12 31
14 Sampdoria 26 7 5 14 35 42 14 4 3 7 22 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -7 26
15 Spezia 26 7 5 14 28 48 12 3 3 6 13 16 14 4 2 8 15 32 -20 26
16 Udinese 24 5 10 9 31 41 12 3 6 3 16 19 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 25
17 Cagliari 26 4 10 12 26 47 13 2 6 5 16 22 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 22
18 Venezia 25 5 7 13 23 44 13 2 4 7 14 24 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 22
19 Genoa 26 1 13 12 22 47 12 0 6 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 16
20 Salernitana 24 3 5 16 19 55 12 1 3 8 9 28 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 14

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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.