Possible nail-biting contest in Empoli - Torino game

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 19.May
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (16284 seats)

Empoli hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 35 points and a 18th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Torino holds 7th place with 60 pts.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Empoli form and stats

Overall stats at home this season for Empoli are 8-3-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Empoli in their previous game, a Serie A match away at Sampdoria that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Fiorentina.

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 three games. Empoli has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.

Empoli have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Stadio Carlo Castellani with 29 goals in 18 matches. Empoli have conceded 29 from these games.

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Torino form and stats

4 wins, 13 draws and 1 loss. That’s the product of Torino playing as the away team this season. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Roma game have they lost an away game, meaning Torino has taken points from seven away matches in a row.

Torino are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Serie A against Sassuolo. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Juventus that ended 1-1.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Torino playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were 0 Torino wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats.

Torino find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 19 goals from 18 away fixtures. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (14 so far).

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Torino - Empoli 3-0, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Empoli 4 wins, 4 draws and Torino 2 victories. As for goals, 3 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 7 games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

F. Caputo
15 goals / 3 assists
A. Belotti
15 goals / 2 assists
R. Krunić
5 goals / 7 assists

Empoli missing players

Torino missing players

Empoli Torino
Total Home Home vs mid Statistic Away vs low Away Total
36 18 6 Played 6 18 36
9 8 3 Won 3 4 15
8 3 0 Drew 3 13 15
19 7 3 Lost 0 1 6
46 29 10 Scored 7 19 48
67 29 9 Conceded 4 14 32
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 83% 67% 83%
78% 83% 67% Over 1.5 50% 56% 64%
69% 67% 50% Over 2.5 33% 28% 39%
39% 33% 33% Over 3.5 17% 22% 22%
19% 22% 33% Over 4.5 0% 11% 14%
64% 67% 33% BTTS 50% 56% 53%
14% 17% 50% Clean Sheets 50% 44% 42%
28% 17% 17% Failed To Score 17% 33% 22%
 
4.9 4.9 4.7 Corners For (avg) 4.7 3.8 4.8
5.3 5.7 5.7 Corners Against (avg) 3 6.3 5.6
2 2 2.5 Yellow Cards (avg) 3.3 2.8 2.4
2 0 0 Red Cards 0 2 4
Key stats this season:
  • Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Torino have won significantly less corners away then at home.

Empoli
All Serie B Serie A Club Friendlies Coppa Italia
All Home Away
30-03-19 SA Juventus 1 - 0 Empoli
03-04-19 SA Empoli 2 - 1 Napoli
07-04-19 SA Udinese 3 - 2 Empoli
15-04-19 SA Atalanta 0 - 0 Empoli
20-04-19 SA Empoli 2 - 4 SPAL
27-04-19 SA Bologna 3 - 1 Empoli
05-05-19 SA Empoli 1 - 0 Fiorentina
12-05-19 SA Sampdoria 1 - 2 Empoli
19-05-19 SA Empoli 13:00 Torino
26-05-19 SA Inter - Empoli
Torino
All Serie A Coppa Italia Club Friendlies
All Home Away
31-03-19 SA Fiorentina 1 - 1 Torino
03-04-19 SA Torino 2 - 1 Sampdoria
06-04-19 SA Parma 0 - 0 Torino
14-04-19 SA Torino 1 - 1 Cagliari
20-04-19 SA Genoa 0 - 1 Torino
28-04-19 SA Torino 2 - 0 Milan
03-05-19 SA Juventus 1 - 1 Torino
12-05-19 SA Torino 3 - 2 Sassuolo
19-05-19 SA Empoli 13:00 Torino
26-05-19 SA Torino - Lazio

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Juventus 36 28 5 3 69 27 18 15 3 0 38 12 18 13 2 3 31 15 42 89
2 Napoli 36 23 7 6 68 32 18 12 4 2 37 15 18 11 3 4 31 17 36 76
3 Inter 36 19 9 8 54 28 18 10 5 3 25 9 18 9 4 5 29 19 26 66
4 Atalanta 36 19 8 9 73 44 18 9 5 4 33 18 18 10 3 5 40 26 29 65
5 Roma 37 17 12 8 64 47 18 11 5 2 41 25 19 6 7 6 23 22 17 63
6 Milan 36 17 11 8 50 34 18 11 4 3 29 17 18 6 7 5 21 17 16 62
7 Torino 36 15 15 6 48 32 18 11 2 5 29 18 18 4 13 1 19 14 16 60
8 Lazio 36 17 7 12 52 40 18 9 4 5 33 22 18 8 3 7 19 18 12 58
9 Sampdoria 36 14 7 15 58 51 18 9 2 7 26 16 18 5 5 8 32 35 7 49
10 Sassuolo 37 9 16 12 52 57 19 5 10 4 33 33 18 4 6 8 19 24 -5 43
11 SPAL 37 11 9 17 42 53 18 5 7 6 18 23 19 6 2 11 24 30 -11 42
12 Cagliari 37 10 11 16 35 52 18 8 6 4 22 18 19 2 5 12 13 34 -17 41
13 Fiorentina 36 8 16 12 47 44 18 5 8 5 25 19 18 3 8 7 22 25 3 40
14 Bologna 36 10 10 16 42 51 18 8 4 6 25 20 18 2 6 10 17 31 -9 40
15 Udinese 37 10 10 17 37 52 19 8 5 6 22 22 18 2 5 11 15 30 -15 40
16 Parma 36 9 11 16 39 59 18 4 7 7 17 25 18 5 4 9 22 34 -20 38
17 Genoa 37 8 13 16 39 57 19 6 8 5 21 22 18 2 5 11 18 35 -18 37
18 Empoli 36 9 8 19 46 67 18 8 3 7 29 29 18 1 5 12 17 38 -21 35
19 Frosinone 36 5 9 22 29 67 18 1 5 12 14 38 18 4 4 10 15 29 -38 24
20 Chievo 36 2 12 22 25 75 18 1 6 11 14 37 18 1 6 11 11 38 -50 15

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