Empoli vs Venezia: Match guide and preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 12.September
Match begins: 00:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Venezia have travelled here for an exciting game against the home team Empoli. Prepare for the match with this full Serie A preview!

This looks to be an intriguing fixture with lots of action and bustle as both crews are well rested since they last played a game. Get this show on the road!

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Empoli form and stats

The home fans saw their team lose the first Serie A game of the season here at Stadio Carlo Castellani. Last season these fans witnessed 11 wins, 8 draws and 0 losses from Empoli's 19 home games.

Empoli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Juventus's place. The match ended 1-0 with Leonardo Mancuso scoring. The goalie Guglielmo Vicario was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 8.32 out of ten. Vicario stopped the opponent with five saves and topped it up with a clean sheet.

Preceding that match was the home game against Lazio that was lost 1-3.

Early season league goal statistics from Empoli's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.

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Venezia form and stats

It's not happening yet for Venezia on their Serie A travels, with zero points from their first 2 away games. Maybe today will be different? The travelling fans think it's time that their travel expenses are covered with some points now, as Venezia have lost on their last two travels.

L. Mancuso was the last player to score for the away team. Venezia haven't scored a league goal in the last 180 minutes.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Venezia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Udinese (placed 6th). Luca Lezzerini was the team player of the game with the player rating of 7.2. The agile goalkeeper Lezzerini stopped the opponent with seven saves. Venezia goalkeeper Luca Lezzerini had a great day against Udinese, but despite making seven saves the loss could not be avoided.

Prior to that match, the Venezia manager P. Zanetti faced defeat when travelling to Napoli and losing 0-2.

Venezia have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last six meetings: two - two - two (Empoli wins - draws - Venezia wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliF. Bandinelli
F. Bandinelli
1 goals
EmpoliL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
1 goals

Empoli missing players

Venezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli Venezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
2 1 0 Played P 0 2 2
1 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 1 0 Lost L 0 2 2
2 1 0 Scored S 0 0 0
3 3 0 Conceded C 0 5 5
100% 100% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 100% 100%
50% 100% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 50%
50% 100% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
50% 100% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
50% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 100% 100%
 
7 5 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2 2
5.5 3 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.5 4.5
2.5 2 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5 5
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11 17 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 9.5 9.5
3 3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 4 4
33% 33% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
Empoli Last season Venezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 43
19 11   Won W   6 18
16 8   Drew D   12 16
3 0   Lost L   3 9
68 38   Scored S   27 60
35 15   Conceded C   21 43
92% 89%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
82% 74%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   81% 77%
47% 58%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 42%
34% 42%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 23%
8% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 9%
55% 58%   BTTS BTTS   67% 56%
37% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   29% 33%
16% 11%   Failed to Score F T   19% 23%
 
6.5 6.9   Corners for (avg) C F   6.4 6.1
4.6 4   Corners against (avg) C A   5.2 5
1.7 1.6   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.2 2.5
5 3   Red cards R C   1 4
 
16.6 18.6   Shots (avg) S (   12.8 13.2
5.4 5.8   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.3 4.5
33% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 31%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Lazio 2 2 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 6
2 Inter 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
3 Roma 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 6
4 Milan 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
5 Napoli 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
6 Udinese 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
7 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Sassuolo 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
9 Atalanta 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
11 Empoli 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
12 Juventus 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Sampdoria 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
15 Spezia 2 0 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 8 -5 1
16 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Salernitana 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -5 0
19 Genoa 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
20 Venezia 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 0
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 38 19 16 3 68 35 19 11 8 0 38 15 19 8 8 3 30 20 33 73
2 Salernitana 38 19 12 7 46 34 19 11 6 2 26 13 19 8 6 5 20 21 12 69
3 Monza 38 17 13 8 51 33 19 9 6 4 27 16 19 8 7 4 24 17 18 64
4 Lecce 38 16 14 8 68 47 19 6 9 4 36 28 19 10 5 4 32 19 21 62
5 Venezia 38 15 14 9 53 39 19 10 3 6 28 19 19 5 11 3 25 20 14 59
6 Cittadella 38 15 12 11 48 35 19 9 7 3 25 14 19 6 5 8 23 21 13 57
7 Chievo 38 14 14 10 50 37 19 10 5 4 29 14 19 4 9 6 21 23 13 56
8 Brescia 38 15 11 12 61 53 19 9 5 5 36 27 19 6 6 7 25 26 8 56
9 SPAL 38 14 14 10 44 42 19 8 6 5 25 19 19 6 8 5 19 23 2 56
10 Reggina 38 12 14 12 42 45 19 8 4 7 20 22 19 4 10 5 22 23 -3 50
11 Frosinone 38 12 14 12 38 42 19 4 9 6 16 21 19 8 5 6 22 21 -4 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 12 14 46 44 19 7 6 6 27 22 19 5 6 8 19 22 2 48
13 Pisa 38 11 15 12 54 59 19 7 10 2 26 19 19 4 5 10 28 40 -5 48
14 Vicenza 38 11 15 12 48 53 19 5 9 5 22 24 19 6 6 7 26 29 -5 48
15 Pordenone 38 10 15 13 40 39 19 5 10 4 27 19 19 5 5 9 13 20 1 45
16 Ascoli 38 11 11 16 37 48 19 8 5 6 18 19 19 3 6 10 19 29 -11 44
17 Cosenza 38 6 17 15 29 47 19 3 9 7 15 20 19 3 8 8 14 27 -18 35
18 Reggiana 38 9 7 22 31 57 19 6 5 8 19 23 19 3 2 14 12 34 -26 34
19 Pescara 38 7 11 20 29 60 19 4 5 10 18 29 19 3 6 10 11 31 -31 32
20 Virtus Entella 38 4 11 23 30 64 19 3 4 12 17 35 19 1 7 11 13 29 -34 23

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 Lazio 2 2 0 0 9 2 1 1 0 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 7 6
2 Inter 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 6 6
3 Roma 2 2 0 0 7 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 6 6
4 Milan 2 2 0 0 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 4 6
5 Napoli 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 6
6 Udinese 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 1 1 0 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4
7 Bologna 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 4
8 Sassuolo 2 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 4
9 Atalanta 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 4
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 -1 3
11 Empoli 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 -1 3
12 Juventus 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 -1 1
13 Sampdoria 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 1
14 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 3 6 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3 1
15 Spezia 2 0 1 1 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 3 8 -5 1
16 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 0
17 Hellas Verona 2 0 0 2 3 6 2 0 0 2 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Salernitana 2 0 0 2 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 2 3 -5 0
19 Genoa 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 4 -5 0
20 Venezia 2 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5 0

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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.