Empoli are opening their away dressing room to Udinese for another crucial match following their 0-3 result vs 8th-placed Bologna.
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (1) in Serie A
- Udinese have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) 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.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli have played 4 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-3 (wins-draws-losses). When Empoli hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Hellas Verona, Cagliari, Lazio, Empoli, Monza and Salernitana), they have won 1 of 2 matches!
Empoli lost their last game at Bologna (placed 8th) after a 0-3 scoreline. Empoli's goalkeeper Berisha was extremely busy against Bologna, saving the team from a uglier defeat with a stunning six saves. Midfield player Maleh got a match rating of 7.55 in that game, the max score being 10. Maleh hit the woodwork once, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Empoli had a home game versus Salernitana which ended with a victory 1-0.One fact: This team have finished 7 league games in a row with only one (or none) team scoring.
Empoli has huge difficulties finding the net and are scoring on average only once per two home matches in the league: {1 goals} from 4 games. Empoli has at home met teams with this table position (low), two times. It has ended with less than 2.5 goals 2 of 2 times.
Udinese form and stats
Still no away game victory in the Serie A for Udinese with 2 draws and 1 loss from their first 3 attempts.
Udinese's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Genoa that finished 2-2. Zemura was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.42. The defender Zemura won 7 of 8 duels.
A 1-4 defeat away at Napoli before that.Many goals are not expected from the visiting Udinese as they have only managed to score 2 times from 3 away games in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Udinese have conceded 5 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Empoli three wins, two draws and Udinese five victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less. The matches between these teams have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 5 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Samardžić 2 goals |  L. Lucca 1 goals |
Empoli missing players
Udinese missing players
| Empoli | Udinese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 7 | 4 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Scored | S | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | 4 | 1 | Conceded | C | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 57% | 25% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 71% |
| 29% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 43% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 29% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 14% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 43% |
| 14% | 25% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 29% |
| 86% | 75% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 57% |
| 5 | 4.5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 4.1 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 4.3 |
| 2.4 | 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10.7 | 9.2 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 12.7 | 14.1 |
| 3.3 | 2.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
| 4% | 9% | 10% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 14% | 20% | 13% |
| 17.1 | 16.2 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.5 | 14 | 11 |
| 5.7 | 4.2 | 3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.5 | 5 | 3.9 |
- Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Empoli have the fewest scored goals (1) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (16) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most conceded goals in the second half (10) in Serie A
- Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-15) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Udinese have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Udinese have scored more than double the goals of Empoli.
- Udinese have the most conceded goals in the first half (8) in Serie A
- Udinese have yet to win a game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 16 | 18 |
| 2 | Milan | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 3 | Napoli | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 14 |
| 4 | Juventus | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 14 |
| 5 | Atalanta | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 7 | Lecce | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 11 |
| 8 | Bologna | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 9 | Sassuolo | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 9 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 9 |
| 11 | Roma | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 8 |
| 12 | Genoa | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 8 |
| 13 | Torino | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 8 |
| 14 | Hellas Verona | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Lazio | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Monza | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | -3 | 6 |
| 17 | Udinese | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -8 | 4 |
| 18 | Salernitana | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | -10 | 3 |
| 19 | Empoli | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | -15 | 3 |
| 20 | Cagliari | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -7 | 2 |
