Having a 4 point advantage in the league table, Empoli regulars crave to see their beloved team earn maximum points from this match versus Udinese.
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Serie A
- Udinese haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Empoli and Udinese.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli's struggle is real here at Stadio Carlo Castellani with only 7 points collected from 8 Serie A games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-5.
An away draw last time out for Empoli, facing Torino in a game that ended 2-2. Trouble was brewing at the score 0-2 against Torino last time out, but a goal from Andrea La Mantia completed a comeback to a draw result for Empoli. The hometeam coach A. Andreazzoli made a successful contribution in the game against Torino, bringing on Andrea La Mantia who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Liam Henderson (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.6/10. Henderson served one assist and hit three key passes.
Before that game, the 2-1 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 six games. Empoli has won four of these, drawn one and lost one.
The Empoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 11 in 8 matches. Goals are flowing in at the wrong end for Empoli with 19 goals conceded in these matches.
Udinese form and stats
There's been little loot from Udinese's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 7 away games in the Serie A. Udinese only have 1 win to counter their 3 defeats and 3 draws.
Udinese are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 4-4 draw at Lazio (placed 9th). It looked so good for Udinese vs Lazio, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 4-4 draw. A loony fixture with heaps of goals last time out for Udinese, as mentioned above. 8 goals in that entertaining match, will this game be as enjoying? The draw against Lazio came from a losing position. The Udinese manager L. Gotti brought on Tolgay Arslan as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level. Beto, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.05. Beto scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Ahead of that game was the 0-0 draw at home against Genoa.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found five similar matches played by Udinese in our archives, and the results are: zero wins for Udinese, two draws and three defeats.
The visiting Udinese have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 10 goals from 7 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As for defending, Udinese rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 13 goals from these away matches. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Empoli-Udinese H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Empoli three wins, Udinese six wins, one draw. four of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal 6 goals |   A. Pinamonti 5 goals |  F. Di Francesco 3 goals |
Empoli missing players
Udinese missing players
| Empoli | Udinese | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 8 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 7 | 15 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 7 | 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | 11 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 10 | 20 |
| 28 | 19 | 7 | Conceded | C | 6 | 13 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 93% |
| 93% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 71% | 73% |
| 73% | 88% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 43% | 47% |
| 40% | 50% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 29% | 33% |
| 20% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 29% | 20% |
| 67% | 75% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 57% | 53% |
| 13% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 20% | 25% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 29% | 33% |
| 5.6 | 5.6 | 6.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 5.3 | 4.7 |
| 5.1 | 5.4 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 5.3 | 4.4 |
| 2.1 | 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 4 | 2.9 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 14.3 | 15.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 12.3 | 13.1 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 5 | 4.9 |
| 33% | 30% | 21% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 29% | 27% |
| 15.9 | 16.4 | 13.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13 | 14 | 13 |
| 5.8 | 6.9 | 6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 |
- All of Empoli's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Empoli have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their home matches.
- Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli have the most conceded goals (19) at home in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Udinese haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 32 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 23 | 36 |
| 2 | Milan | 15 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 33 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Inter | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 34 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 15 | 31 |
| 5 | Roma | 15 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 25 |
| 6 | Fiorentina | 15 | 8 | 0 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 24 |
| 7 | Juventus | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Bologna | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | -3 | 24 |
| 9 | Lazio | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 17 | 0 | 22 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 28 | 25 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 20 |
| 11 | Empoli | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | -5 | 20 |
| 12 | Sassuolo | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 19 |
| 13 | Torino | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 18 |
| 14 | Udinese | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 16 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | -8 | 15 |
| 16 | Venezia | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Spezia | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 25 | -19 | 11 |
| 18 | Genoa | 15 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -12 | 10 |
| 19 | Cagliari | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -13 | 9 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 15 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 31 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 15 | -20 | 8 |