Soccer match preview: Napoli confident before travelling to Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 24.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Scrambling Empoli will hope to pull off a small shock when they host high-flying Napoli in the next league game. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have so-so confidence.

Insights:
  • Empoli have the most conceded goals (38) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie A

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Empoli form and stats

With 3 Serie A wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats from their home games, Empoli are certainly not brimming with confidence. All in all it has been a very rough period for Empoli who hasn’t won a league-game in their last 16 attempts. Their previous win was against Napoli, 132 days ago.

In their previous game, the manager Andreazzoli led his Empoli to a defeat away at Udinese. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadio Carlo Castellani. The striker Pinamonti bettered all others in that match and got a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Pinamonti scored one goal and hit one key pass.

The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Spezia.

Empoli are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 23 goals in 16 games. Empoli have conceded 38 goals in these home games, a significant number. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 4 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches. When Empoli hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Genoa, Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Napoli collect 37 points from their 16 away matches in the Serie A. 11 victories and 4 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat). The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Inter game have they lost an away game, meaning Napoli has taken points from nine away matches in a row.

Napoli's last game was the home draw against Roma (1-1).

The game before that, was lost at home, a 2-3 defeat against Fiorentina.

Napoli are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 31 times in 16 away games so far. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (12 so far).

Head 2 Head

These opponents have met before this season: Napoli - Empoli 0-1. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Empoli three wins, two draws and Napoli five victories. As for goals, eight matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
12 goals
EmpoliA. Pinamonti
A. Pinamonti
10 goals
NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
9 goals

Empoli missing players

Napoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Napoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 5 16 33
8 3 0 Won W 4 11 20
10 4 0 Drew D 1 4 7
15 9 5 Lost L 0 1 6
42 23 7 Scored S 10 31 59
60 38 16 Conceded C 2 12 27
91% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 97%
79% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 81% 76%
55% 75% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 40% 56% 48%
39% 56% 80% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 31% 27%
27% 38% 60% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 12%
64% 81% 80% BTTS BTTS 40% 56% 52%
18% 6% 0% Clean Sheets C S 60% 44% 39%
27% 19% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 12%
 
5 5.5 5.2 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.1 5.2
5 4.9 3.6 Corners against (avg) C A 3.6 4.2 3.6
2.3 1.8 1.6 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.7
3 2 1 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
13.5 14.7 13.8 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.9 15.6
4 4.2 3.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 5.1 5.5
32% 34% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 38% 32%
 
16.1 15.9 14.8 Shots against (avg) S A 10.6 12.4 10.7
5.9 6.6 7.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.2 4 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Empoli have the most conceded goals (38) at home in Serie A
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Napoli have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (10) in Serie A
  • Napoli have the the best goal difference (+19) away in Serie A
  • Napoli have won significantly less corners away then at 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 33 21 8 4 58 29 17 10 4 3 25 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 29 71
2 Inter 32 20 9 3 68 25 16 11 3 2 38 13 16 9 6 1 30 12 43 69
3 Napoli 33 20 7 6 59 27 17 9 3 5 28 15 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 67
4 Juventus 33 18 9 6 50 29 17 9 4 4 21 11 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 63
5 Roma 33 17 7 9 54 37 17 10 4 3 25 15 16 7 3 6 29 22 17 58
6 Lazio 33 16 8 9 65 48 16 9 5 2 36 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 56
7 Fiorentina 32 17 5 10 53 40 16 11 2 3 34 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 13 56
8 Atalanta 32 14 9 9 54 38 16 4 6 6 26 23 16 10 3 3 28 15 16 51
9 Hellas Verona 33 13 9 11 58 50 16 9 2 5 32 20 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 48
10 Sassuolo 33 12 10 11 58 53 16 6 5 5 25 24 17 6 5 6 33 29 5 46
11 Torino 32 10 10 12 36 31 16 7 5 4 27 16 16 3 5 8 9 15 5 40
12 Udinese 31 9 12 10 47 49 16 6 7 3 28 23 15 3 5 7 19 26 -2 39
13 Bologna 32 10 8 14 35 45 16 7 3 6 20 18 16 3 5 8 15 27 -10 38
14 Empoli 33 8 10 15 42 60 16 3 4 9 23 38 17 5 6 6 19 22 -18 34
15 Spezia 33 9 6 18 33 57 16 5 3 8 17 20 17 4 3 10 16 37 -24 33
16 Sampdoria 33 8 5 20 40 56 17 4 3 10 24 31 16 4 2 10 16 25 -16 29
17 Cagliari 33 6 10 17 31 61 17 3 6 8 18 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 28
18 Genoa 33 2 16 15 24 54 16 1 8 7 11 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -30 22
19 Venezia 32 5 7 20 26 58 16 2 4 10 16 32 16 3 3 10 10 26 -32 22
20 Salernitana 31 4 7 20 25 69 15 1 5 9 12 32 16 3 2 11 13 37 -44 19

Napoli:
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 Milan 33 21 8 4 58 29 17 10 4 3 25 12 16 11 4 1 33 17 29 71
2 Inter 32 20 9 3 68 25 16 11 3 2 38 13 16 9 6 1 30 12 43 69
3 Napoli 33 20 7 6 59 27 17 9 3 5 28 15 16 11 4 1 31 12 32 67
4 Juventus 33 18 9 6 50 29 17 9 4 4 21 11 16 9 5 2 29 18 21 63
5 Roma 33 17 7 9 54 37 17 10 4 3 25 15 16 7 3 6 29 22 17 58
6 Lazio 33 16 8 9 65 48 16 9 5 2 36 20 17 7 3 7 29 28 17 56
7 Fiorentina 32 17 5 10 53 40 16 11 2 3 34 16 16 6 3 7 19 24 13 56
8 Atalanta 32 14 9 9 54 38 16 4 6 6 26 23 16 10 3 3 28 15 16 51
9 Hellas Verona 33 13 9 11 58 50 16 9 2 5 32 20 17 4 7 6 26 30 8 48
10 Sassuolo 33 12 10 11 58 53 16 6 5 5 25 24 17 6 5 6 33 29 5 46
11 Torino 32 10 10 12 36 31 16 7 5 4 27 16 16 3 5 8 9 15 5 40
12 Udinese 31 9 12 10 47 49 16 6 7 3 28 23 15 3 5 7 19 26 -2 39
13 Bologna 32 10 8 14 35 45 16 7 3 6 20 18 16 3 5 8 15 27 -10 38
14 Empoli 33 8 10 15 42 60 16 3 4 9 23 38 17 5 6 6 19 22 -18 34
15 Spezia 33 9 6 18 33 57 16 5 3 8 17 20 17 4 3 10 16 37 -24 33
16 Sampdoria 33 8 5 20 40 56 17 4 3 10 24 31 16 4 2 10 16 25 -16 29
17 Cagliari 33 6 10 17 31 61 17 3 6 8 18 28 16 3 4 9 13 33 -30 28
18 Genoa 33 2 16 15 24 54 16 1 8 7 11 23 17 1 8 8 13 31 -30 22
19 Venezia 32 5 7 20 26 58 16 2 4 10 16 32 16 3 3 10 10 26 -32 22
20 Salernitana 31 4 7 20 25 69 15 1 5 9 12 32 16 3 2 11 13 37 -44 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.