Fiorentina believe to fill the stadium for this game despite that the season has been strenuous up to now with 24 points and a 14th spot in the Serie A table. Opponents Empoli have 12th place with 27 pts.
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
The hosts Fiorentina saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa Conference League. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Sporting Braga.
Fiorentina form and stats
Fiorentina have collected 15 points from their Serie A home games so far after 4-3-4. The Fiorentina manager Italiano might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Fiorentina are returning here after visiting Sporting Braga in a Europa Conference League match and winning with a 4-0 scoreline. Biraghi, defender, was given a rating of 9.02/10 in that game, top of the team. Biraghi signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and won 4 of 5 duels.
Prior to that, an away loss at Juventus in the Serie A.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa Conference League game versus Sporting Braga in only four days. This game is also played here at Stadio Artemio Franchi.
Fiorentina are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 15 goals in 11 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Fiorentina defense is not exactly impregnable. 17 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Empoli form and stats
There's been little loot from Empoli's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Empoli only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 5 draws.
Empoli's last game was the home draw against Spezia (2-2). Empoli's last match (vs Spezia) ended in drama as all points looked lost at the score 0-2. They did not give up, fought back and in the end a courageous finish rescued a draw after 90 minutes thanks to a 90th minute equalizer by Vignato. As mentioned above, Empoli drew the match against Spezia. Manager Zanetti brought on Vignato to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. The attacker Cambiaghi got a match rating of 8.4 in that game. Cambiaghi scored one goal, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 28 successful passes (of 34 total).
A 0-2 defeat away at Roma before that.The attacking power of Empoli when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 11 league matches away. As opposed to that, Empoli have seen the ball go into their own net 16 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Fiorentina and Empoli have met already this season: Empoli - Fiorentina 0-0. Fiorentina-Empoli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Fiorentina four wins, Empoli four wins, two draws. six of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these sides have had a tendency to be aggressive, having seen 6 red cards from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  G. Bonaventura 3 goals |  N. González 3 goals |
Fiorentina missing players
Empoli missing players
| Fiorentina | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 22 | 11 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 11 | 22 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 10 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 23 | 15 | 3 | Scored | S | 2 | 9 | 21 |
| 29 | 17 | 5 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 28 |
| 91% | 91% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 73% | 82% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 73% | 68% |
| 41% | 55% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 27% | 32% |
| 14% | 27% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 27% | 27% |
| 9% | 18% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 55% | 64% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 45% | 45% |
| 18% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 18% | 32% |
| 36% | 27% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | 27% |
| 6.4 | 6.3 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.2 |
| 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.8 | 6.1 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 15.9 | 18 | 19 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15 | 10 | 12.4 |
| 4.8 | 5.9 | 5.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.7 | 4.1 |
| 22% | 23% | 13% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 22% | 23% |
| 10.1 | 10 | 9.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.5 | 16.9 | 16.3 |
| 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4.9 | 5 |
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Fiorentina have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Fiorentina have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
| 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 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 54 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 7 | 39 | 59 |
| 2 | Inter | 22 | 14 | 2 | 6 | 41 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 44 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 17 | 41 |
| 4 | Roma | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 41 |
| 5 | Milan | 22 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 38 | 30 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 16 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
| 6 | Lazio | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 37 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 18 | 39 |
| 7 | Udinese | 22 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 30 |
| 8 | Torino | 22 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 17 | -1 | 30 |
| 9 | Juventus | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 25 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 29 |
| 10 | Monza | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 17 | -2 | 29 |
| 11 | Bologna | 22 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 22 | -4 | 29 |
| 12 | Empoli | 22 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -7 | 27 |
| 13 | Lecce | 22 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 22 | 25 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 14 | Fiorentina | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 12 | -6 | 24 |
| 15 | Sassuolo | 22 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 33 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 22 | -7 | 24 |
| 16 | Salernitana | 22 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 25 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 26 | -17 | 21 |
| 17 | Spezia | 22 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 37 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 19 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 22 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 18 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -13 | 17 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 22 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 20 | -26 | 11 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 22 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 40 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -25 | 8 |
