Monza look to U-Power Stadium supporters for inspiration before Empoli match

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 26.Aug
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: U-Power Stadium (18568 seats)

Round two of the Serie A campaign and the participants have had a few days to digest the first game. Here's the ultimate Monza - Empoli match guide:

Both teams have had a decent time to rest since their last match. Let's agree to expect an energetic match!

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Monza form and stats

The previous season, Monza's league stats were 14 wins, 10 draws and 14 losses, leading to 11th spot in the Serie A. From these 38 matches they scored {48 goals} and conceded 52. Playing at their own stadium in the last season Monza produced 7-5-7 (win-draw-lost) with {25 goals} and 22 conceded.

In their previous game, the manager Palladino led his Monza to a defeat away at Inter. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at U-Power Stadium. Midfielder Gagliardini was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.65 (out of ten) in that game. Gagliardini hit one key pass and had 39 successful passes (of 43 total).

Before that game, a disappointing home defeat against Reggiana in the Coppa Italia. The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Monza handle that role? We have found 11 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are 7 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

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Empoli form and stats

Let's have a look at how Empoli performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 14th position in the league table after playing out 10 victories, 13 draws and 15 defeats. In total they scored 37 and conceded {49 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 2 - drew 9 and lost 8 with 15/26 goals scored/conceded.

Empoli are looking to quickly end their 180 minutes long goal drought in the Serie A.

Empoli might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Hellas Verona proved too strong as Empoli slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at Stadio Carlo Castellani. Midfielder Baldanzi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.44. Baldanzi hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

The match before that was the Coppa Italia-battle against Cittadella, a home loss (1-2). We have checked recent matches where Empoli have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Monza one win, two draws and Empoli one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be a bit rough, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.

Monza missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Monza Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
2 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
3 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 2
8 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 4
1 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 10
2 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
22 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 4
Monza Last season Empoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
14 7   Won W   2 10
10 5   Drew D   9 13
14 7   Lost L   8 15
48 25   Scored S   15 37
52 22   Conceded C   26 49
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
82% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 71%
45% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
21% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
11% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
50% 53%   BTTS BTTS   58% 50%
26% 26%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
4.1 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
4.9 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   6 6.2
2.4 2.3   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
4 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
11 12.1   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12
4.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.7
31% 30%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 26%
 
12.9 11.4   Shots against (avg) S A   17.2 16.5
4.6 3.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.6 4.7

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 3
2 Napoli 1 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3
3 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
4 Hellas Verona 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
5 Cagliari 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Milan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Lecce 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
18 Frosinone 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
19 Monza 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
20 Genoa 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 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 Napoli 38 28 6 4 77 28 19 14 3 2 40 15 19 14 3 2 37 13 49 90
2 Lazio 38 22 8 8 60 30 19 11 4 4 32 18 19 11 4 4 28 12 30 74
3 Inter 38 23 3 12 71 42 19 14 0 5 37 14 19 9 3 7 34 28 29 72
4 Milan 38 20 10 8 64 43 19 13 4 2 41 20 19 7 6 6 23 23 21 70
5 Atalanta 38 19 7 12 66 48 19 10 3 6 38 26 19 9 4 6 28 22 18 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 50 38 19 11 3 5 28 15 19 7 6 6 22 23 12 63
7 Juventus 38 22 6 10 56 33 19 13 3 3 38 15 19 9 3 7 18 18 23 62
8 Fiorentina 38 15 11 12 53 43 19 9 6 4 30 22 19 6 5 8 23 21 10 56
9 Bologna 38 14 12 12 53 49 19 7 9 3 24 14 19 7 3 9 29 35 4 54
10 Torino 38 14 11 13 42 41 19 5 7 7 15 19 19 9 4 6 27 22 1 53
11 Monza 38 14 10 14 48 52 19 7 5 7 25 22 19 7 5 7 23 30 -4 52
12 Udinese 38 11 13 14 47 48 19 6 9 4 30 20 19 5 4 10 17 28 -1 46
13 Sassuolo 38 12 9 17 47 61 19 8 4 7 24 23 19 4 5 10 23 38 -14 45
14 Empoli 38 10 13 15 37 49 19 8 4 7 22 23 19 2 9 8 15 26 -12 43
15 Salernitana 38 9 15 14 48 62 19 7 6 6 30 26 19 2 9 8 18 36 -14 42
16 Lecce 38 8 12 18 33 46 19 3 8 8 18 24 19 5 4 10 15 22 -13 36
17 Spezia 38 6 13 19 31 62 19 4 8 7 18 30 19 2 5 12 13 32 -31 31
18 Hellas Verona 38 7 10 21 31 59 19 6 3 10 20 32 19 1 7 11 11 27 -28 31
19 Cremonese 38 5 12 21 36 69 19 4 4 11 15 31 19 1 8 10 21 38 -33 27
20 Sampdoria 38 3 10 25 24 71 19 1 7 11 12 28 19 2 3 14 12 43 -47 19

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