Delightful dogfight as daring Hellas Verona duel with determined Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 28.May
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi (42160 seats)

Empoli have rested following their 4-1-fixture vs Juventus and are eager to face Hellas Verona. Get all the intelligence!

Insights:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

Hellas Verona are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. For Empoli most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.

We should expect both teams to be fresh and ready for this match, as there is some time since both teams last played. Let's have a look at how the teams are doing!

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Hellas Verona form and stats

All-inclusive Serie A results at home this season for Hellas Verona are 6-2-10 (wins-draws-losses). When Hellas Verona hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Cremonese, Hellas Verona, Sampdoria, Lecce, Spezia and Salernitana), they have won 4 of 5 matches! We have seen two home losses in a row now for Hellas Verona, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them.

Hellas faced defeat in their previous match, away at Atalanta (1-3). Midfielder Terracciano was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.73 (out of ten) in that game. Terracciano served one assist, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

Ahead of that match, Hellas Verona lost 0-1 at home to Torino.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Hellas Verona's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Hellas Verona has scored 19 league goals at home this season, in 18 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Hellas defense is not exactly impregnable. 31 goals conceded from 18 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

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Empoli form and stats

There's been little loot from Empoli's travels as they have only collected 14 points from 18 away games in the Serie A. Empoli only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 8 draws.

Empoli had fun at their own home (Stadio Marc'Antonio Bentegodi) last time out, beating Juventus 4-1. Luperto, Caputo (2) and Piccoli scored. Caputo, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.21. Caputo scored two goals and hit one key pass.

A 1-1 draw at Sampdoria's stadium before that.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Empoli playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 1 away win, 3 draws and 2 home wins.

Will both teams score? This club's fresh fixtures suggest that, having finished 5 league matches in a row with one or more goals from each team.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Empoli as they have only managed to score 14 times from 18 away games in the league. 25 goals have been conceded by Empoli in these games.

Head 2 Head

The records show that this isn''t the first time these two teams get together this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Empoli - Hellas Verona 1-1. Hellas Verona-Empoli H2H statistics last ten meetings regardless of arena: Hellas two wins, Empoli three wins, five draws. three of these ten matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The matches between these sides have sometimes been hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliN. Cambiaghi
N. Cambiaghi
6 goals
Hellas VeronaS. Verdi
S. Verdi
5 goals
EmpoliF. Caputo
F. Caputo
5 goals

Hellas Verona missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Hellas Verona Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
36 18 5 Played P 5 18 36
7 6 4 Won W 0 2 10
9 2 0 Drew D 3 8 12
20 10 1 Lost L 2 8 14
29 19 8 Scored S 4 14 36
55 31 3 Conceded C 6 25 46
94% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
72% 78% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 72% 69%
39% 56% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 33% 39%
14% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 17% 22%
6% 11% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 3%
53% 56% 40% BTTS BTTS 60% 56% 50%
17% 17% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 17% 25%
36% 28% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 31%
 
4.6 4.6 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 3.8 4.3
5.2 4.9 4.4 Corners against (avg) C A 3.8 6.2 6.3
2.6 2.6 2.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.5 2.4
3 1 0 Red cards R C 0 2 5
 
11.3 12.1 14.6 Shots (avg) S ( 14.4 9.9 12.1
3.4 3.8 6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 3.1 3.8
24% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 25% 26%
 
14.4 15.1 12.6 Shots against (avg) S A 14.2 17.4 16.5
5.1 5.8 4.6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 4.6 4.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Hellas Verona have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hellas Verona haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
3 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
4 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
5 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
6 Roma 36 17 9 10 47 35 18 10 3 5 26 14 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 60
7 Juventus 36 21 6 9 55 32 18 13 3 2 38 14 18 8 3 7 17 18 23 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 36 10 12 14 36 46 18 8 4 6 22 21 18 2 8 8 14 25 -10 42
15 Salernitana 36 8 15 13 45 58 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 2 9 7 18 34 -13 39
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 18

Hellas Verona:
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 Napoli 36 27 5 4 73 26 18 13 3 2 38 15 18 14 2 2 35 11 47 86
2 Lazio 36 20 8 8 55 28 18 10 4 4 29 16 18 10 4 4 26 12 27 68
3 Inter 36 21 3 12 67 40 18 13 0 5 34 12 18 8 3 7 33 28 27 66
4 Milan 36 18 10 8 60 42 18 12 4 2 38 19 18 6 6 6 22 23 18 64
5 Atalanta 36 18 7 11 59 43 18 9 3 6 33 24 18 9 4 5 26 19 16 61
6 Roma 36 17 9 10 47 35 18 10 3 5 26 14 18 7 6 5 21 21 12 60
7 Juventus 36 21 6 9 55 32 18 13 3 2 38 14 18 8 3 7 17 18 23 59
8 Monza 36 14 10 12 46 46 18 7 5 6 25 21 18 7 5 6 21 25 0 52
9 Fiorentina 36 13 11 12 48 41 18 8 6 4 28 21 18 5 5 8 20 20 7 50
10 Bologna 36 13 11 12 48 45 18 7 8 3 22 12 18 6 3 9 26 33 3 50
11 Torino 36 13 11 12 38 40 18 5 7 6 15 18 18 8 4 6 23 22 -2 50
12 Udinese 36 11 13 12 45 44 18 6 9 3 30 19 18 5 4 9 15 25 1 46
13 Sassuolo 36 12 8 16 44 56 18 8 4 6 23 20 18 4 4 10 21 36 -12 44
14 Empoli 36 10 12 14 36 46 18 8 4 6 22 21 18 2 8 8 14 25 -10 42
15 Salernitana 36 8 15 13 45 58 18 6 6 6 27 24 18 2 9 7 18 34 -13 39
16 Lecce 36 7 12 17 30 43 18 3 8 7 16 21 18 4 4 10 14 22 -13 33
17 Spezia 36 6 13 17 30 56 18 4 8 6 18 26 18 2 5 11 12 30 -26 31
18 Hellas Verona 36 7 9 20 29 55 18 6 2 10 19 31 18 1 7 10 10 24 -26 30
19 Cremonese 36 4 12 20 32 66 18 3 4 11 13 31 18 1 8 9 19 35 -34 24
20 Sampdoria 36 3 9 24 22 67 18 1 6 11 10 26 18 2 3 13 12 41 -45 18

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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.