Empoli open their doors to Roma for another engrossing Serie A game here at Stadio Carlo Castellani.
- Empoli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
Roma could be less fresh than the hosts in this fixture, as they played a Europa League game only four sleeps ago. That game, against Ludogorets, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Roma.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli have less points than they have played home games in the Serie A so far. Their two previous attempts here have produced 2 points. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Empoli has four draws from their last four matches.
The home team returns to Stadio Carlo Castellani after drawing with Salernitana (placed 10th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Attacking player Lammers outdid all the other players in that match and managed a match rating of 7.63 out of 10. Lammers scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the match before that, Empoli hosted Hellas Verona and drew the game 1-1.Empoli has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 1 goal from 2 home games. These are numbers from the league only.
Roma form and stats
Roma are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie A, having played 3 games and collected 4 points (1 win, 1 draw and 1 loss).
Two away games in a row for Roma, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-2 against Ludogorets in the Europa League. Until that loss this club had gained at least a draw from six league rounds in a row. Cristante got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, top player of the team. Cristante hit one key pass and had 46 successful passes (of 56 total).
A 0-4 defeat away at Udinese before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting HJK in just three days.
The visitors have scored 2 goals from 3 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Roma have conceded 5 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The 5 most recent matches involving these teams have all ended as Roma victories. Will history repeat itself?Top Goalscorers
  P. Dybala 2 goals |   F. Parisi 1 goals |
Empoli missing players
Roma missing players
| Empoli | Roma | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 80% | 50% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 67% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 4.8 | 4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| 6.8 | 9.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 3.7 | 4.2 |
| 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2 | 1.2 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 16.4 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 5.6 |
| 20% | 17% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 18% | 21% |
| 14.6 | 15 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 13.3 | 13.6 |
| 3.6 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3.7 | 3 |
- Empoli have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won at home.
- Empoli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Empoli have yet to win a game.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Empoli | Last season | Roma | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 38 | 19 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 18 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 17 | 10 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 50 | 28 | Scored | S | 33 | 59 | ||
| 70 | 44 | Conceded | C | 27 | 43 | ||
| 92% | 95% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 95% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 71% | ||
| 55% | 74% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 50% | ||
| 42% | 58% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 32% | ||
| 29% | 37% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 26% | 16% | ||
| 66% | 84% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 50% | ||
| 18% | 5% | Clean Sheets | C S | 26% | 39% | ||
| 24% | 16% | Failed to Score | F T | 16% | 18% | ||
| 4.9 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.9 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 8 | ||
| 13.2 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.7 | 16 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 32% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 29% | ||
| 17.2 | 16.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.3 | 10.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Atalanta | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
| 2 | Napoli | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 3 | Milan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Udinese | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 |
| 5 | Roma | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 6 | Torino | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Juventus | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 8 | Inter | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 |
| 9 | Lazio | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 10 | Salernitana | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -2 | 6 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -3 | 5 |
| 14 | Spezia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | -4 | 5 |
| 15 | Empoli | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 16 | Bologna | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Lecce | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 2 |
| 18 | Sampdoria | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -7 | 2 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -5 | 1 |
| 20 | Monza | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | -11 | 0 |
