Evenly matched teams: Empoli vs Salernitana match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Mon 08.May
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

This season has been challenging for Empoli so far, and that also applies to Salernitana. These hardened teams pray for some vital points here.

Insights:
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Empoli have less rest than Salernitana in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Serie A game only four days ago. Thankfully the previous game, versus Bologna, was also a home game here at Stadio Carlo Castellani. The away team is better rested.

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Empoli form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Empoli at their home stadium (Stadio Carlo Castellani) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 6 defeats. When Empoli hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Empoli, Lecce and Spezia), they have won 3 of 5 matches!

A nice win for Empoli last time playing, versus Bologna. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Cambiaghi and Akpro scoring for the victors. At last, a league victory after four matches without. Midfielder Marin was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.83 (out of ten) in that game. Marin signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Sassuolo.

This is expected to be a close game, with Empoli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Empoli as a small favourite), we find 4 games. Empoli has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

On the other hand, Empoli have conceded 19 goals. Empoli has at home met teams with this table position (low), five times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 4 of 5 times.

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Salernitana form and stats

Salernitana have only collected 14 points from their away games in the Serie A, after 2-8-6 (16 played). In general it has been a productive period now for Salernitana as they haven't lost any of their last ten games.

Salernitana's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Fiorentina that finished 3-3. A bizarre match with heaps of goals last time out for Salernitana, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that fixture, will this game be as enjoying? Scoring three goals against Fiorentina was a blast for Dia, the draw result 3-3 not so much fun. The attacker Dia got a match rating of 8.51 in that game. Dia scored three goals, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A 1-1 draw at Napoli's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 4 similar matches played by Salernitana in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Salernitana, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Salernitana as they have only managed to score 15 times from 16 away games in the league. Salernitana have conceded 30 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 3 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

Salernitana - Empoli 2-2 was the story when these participants formerly met, earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last nine meetings: four - three - two (Empoli wins - draws - Salernitana wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

SalernitanaB. Dia
B. Dia
15 goals
EmpoliN. Cambiaghi
N. Cambiaghi
5 goals
EmpoliT. Baldanzi
T. Baldanzi
4 goals

Empoli missing players

Salernitana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Salernitana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
33 16 5 Played P 4 16 33
8 6 3 Won W 1 2 7
11 4 2 Drew D 2 8 14
14 6 0 Lost L 1 6 12
29 16 7 Scored S 3 15 41
43 19 3 Conceded C 3 30 54
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 88% 94%
67% 62% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 81% 85%
36% 38% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 44% 55%
21% 25% 20% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 25% 27%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 12% 9%
45% 38% 40% BTTS BTTS 50% 62% 58%
27% 38% 60% Clean Sheets C S 25% 12% 18%
33% 31% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 38% 30%
 
4.3 4.6 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 4 3.4 3.6
6.4 6.3 5.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5 5.1 5
2.3 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.2 2.2
5 3 1 Red cards R C 0 2 4
 
11.8 14.3 16.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 9.4 10.4
3.7 4.3 5.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 2.8 3.2
24% 23% 25% Goal Efficiency G E 20% 34% 39%
 
16.6 15.5 13 Shots against (avg) S A 14 17.1 16.2
4.7 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 6 5.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  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 33 25 5 3 69 23 16 11 3 2 34 14 17 14 2 1 35 9 46 80
2 Lazio 33 19 7 7 52 24 17 10 3 4 27 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 28 64
3 Juventus 33 19 6 8 50 28 17 12 3 2 36 14 16 7 3 6 14 14 22 63
4 Inter 33 19 3 11 60 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 16 7 3 6 30 25 25 60
5 Atalanta 33 17 7 9 56 39 16 8 3 5 30 21 17 9 4 4 26 18 17 58
6 Milan 33 16 10 7 53 39 16 10 4 2 31 18 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 58
7 Roma 33 17 7 9 45 31 16 10 2 4 24 10 17 7 5 5 21 21 14 58
8 Fiorentina 33 12 10 11 45 39 17 7 6 4 26 21 16 5 4 7 19 18 6 46
9 Bologna 33 12 9 12 42 43 17 7 7 3 22 12 16 5 2 9 20 31 -1 45
10 Monza 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 6 5 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 45
11 Torino 33 12 9 12 35 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 17 7 4 6 22 22 -3 45
12 Udinese 33 10 13 10 43 41 16 5 9 2 28 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 43
13 Sassuolo 33 12 7 14 40 49 16 8 3 5 21 17 17 4 4 9 19 32 -9 43
14 Salernitana 33 7 14 12 41 54 17 5 6 6 26 24 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 35
15 Empoli 33 8 11 14 29 43 16 6 4 6 16 19 17 2 7 8 13 24 -14 35
16 Lecce 33 7 10 16 28 40 16 3 7 6 16 20 17 4 3 10 12 20 -12 31
17 Hellas Verona 33 6 9 18 27 51 17 6 2 9 19 30 16 0 7 9 8 21 -24 27
18 Spezia 33 5 12 16 28 54 17 3 8 6 16 26 16 2 4 10 12 28 -26 27
19 Cremonese 33 3 12 18 29 59 16 2 4 10 10 26 17 1 8 8 19 33 -30 21
20 Sampdoria 33 3 8 22 20 59 17 1 5 11 9 25 16 2 3 11 11 34 -39 17

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 33 25 5 3 69 23 16 11 3 2 34 14 17 14 2 1 35 9 46 80
2 Lazio 33 19 7 7 52 24 17 10 3 4 27 14 16 9 4 3 25 10 28 64
3 Juventus 33 19 6 8 50 28 17 12 3 2 36 14 16 7 3 6 14 14 22 63
4 Inter 33 19 3 11 60 35 17 12 0 5 30 10 16 7 3 6 30 25 25 60
5 Atalanta 33 17 7 9 56 39 16 8 3 5 30 21 17 9 4 4 26 18 17 58
6 Milan 33 16 10 7 53 39 16 10 4 2 31 18 17 6 6 5 22 21 14 58
7 Roma 33 17 7 9 45 31 16 10 2 4 24 10 17 7 5 5 21 21 14 58
8 Fiorentina 33 12 10 11 45 39 17 7 6 4 26 21 16 5 4 7 19 18 6 46
9 Bologna 33 12 9 12 42 43 17 7 7 3 22 12 16 5 2 9 20 31 -1 45
10 Monza 33 12 9 12 41 44 17 6 5 6 23 21 16 6 4 6 18 23 -3 45
11 Torino 33 12 9 12 35 38 16 5 5 6 13 16 17 7 4 6 22 22 -3 45
12 Udinese 33 10 13 10 43 41 16 5 9 2 28 18 17 5 4 8 15 23 2 43
13 Sassuolo 33 12 7 14 40 49 16 8 3 5 21 17 17 4 4 9 19 32 -9 43
14 Salernitana 33 7 14 12 41 54 17 5 6 6 26 24 16 2 8 6 15 30 -13 35
15 Empoli 33 8 11 14 29 43 16 6 4 6 16 19 17 2 7 8 13 24 -14 35
16 Lecce 33 7 10 16 28 40 16 3 7 6 16 20 17 4 3 10 12 20 -12 31
17 Hellas Verona 33 6 9 18 27 51 17 6 2 9 19 30 16 0 7 9 8 21 -24 27
18 Spezia 33 5 12 16 28 54 17 3 8 6 16 26 16 2 4 10 12 28 -26 27
19 Cremonese 33 3 12 18 29 59 16 2 4 10 10 26 17 1 8 8 19 33 -30 21
20 Sampdoria 33 3 8 22 20 59 17 1 5 11 9 25 16 2 3 11 11 34 -39 17

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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.