Roma have outperformed Empoli so far, but every match opens at 0-0. Here's all the data you require before kickoff:
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Empoli have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
These are active days for the hosts, as they had a match only three days ago in the Coppa Italia. Thankfully the previous game, versus Cremonese, was also a home game here at Stadio Olimpico. The away team is better rested.
Roma form and stats
Roma have played 9 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses). The opportunity of a proper winning streak is there for the hosts, with two straight wins here at Stadio Olimpico.
Roma's previous game was also a home event, the defeat 1-2 against Cremonese (in Coppa Italia). Pellegrini, who plays in attack, was the best performer for the team in that match, scoring a rating of 7.54 (out of 10). Pellegrini hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Heartbreak before that as Roma lost 1-2 at Napoli's place.The Roma fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 10 in 9 matches. Roma are not conceding a lot of goals here at Stadio Olimpico in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 5 from 9 matches.
Empoli form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Empoli's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Torino that finished 2-2. It looked so good for Empoli vs Torino, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw. Midfielder Marin was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.32. Marin scored one goal, served one assist, hit three key passes and had 32 successful passes (of 38 total).
Prior to that result Empoli won their away game at Inter. The scoreline was 1-0.Low on goals? 9 of this team's latest 12 league rounds have contained two or less goals.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Empoli as they have only managed to score 9 times from 10 away games in the league. Empoli have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The 6 most recent meetings featuring these sides have all ended as Roma victories. Surely both teams are aware of this.The former head-to-head game ended Empoli - Roma 1-2, played this season. The matches between these clubs have had a tendency to be brutal, having seen 7 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Exequiel Dybala 7 goals |  K. Bakumo-Abraham 5 goals |
Roma missing players
Empoli missing players
| Roma | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 11 | 5 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 26 | 10 | 7 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 19 |
| 18 | 5 | 1 | Conceded | C | 4 | 14 | 24 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 95% |
| 65% | 44% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 70% | 65% |
| 40% | 22% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 30% | 30% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 45% | 22% | 25% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 45% |
| 35% | 44% | 75% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 35% |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 30% | 25% |
| 4.7 | 5.6 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| 3.8 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.7 | 6.2 |
| 2 | 1.7 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 13.4 | 15.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 9.9 | 11.8 |
| 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4 |
| 29% | 23% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 24% | 24% |
| 10.9 | 9.4 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 17.4 | 16.8 |
| 3 | 2.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 4.8 | 5 |
- Empoli have the fewest matches over the total-line (6) in Serie A
- Empoli have the most matches under the total-line (14) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| 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 | 20 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 48 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | 33 | 53 |
| 2 | Inter | 20 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Lazio | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 36 | 16 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 20 | 38 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 39 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 18 | 10 | 16 | 38 |
| 5 | Milan | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 37 | 29 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 20 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 37 |
| 7 | Udinese | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Torino | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -1 | 27 |
| 9 | Bologna | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 26 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 21 | -4 | 26 |
| 10 | Empoli | 20 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -5 | 26 |
| 11 | Monza | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 25 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | -3 | 25 |
| 12 | Fiorentina | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 13 | Juventus | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 23 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 38 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 25 | -13 | 21 |
| 15 | Lecce | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 11 | -5 | 20 |
| 16 | Sassuolo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 23 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 20 | -8 | 20 |
| 17 | Spezia | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 18 | -15 | 18 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -14 | 13 |
| 19 | Sampdoria | 20 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 34 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 18 | -26 | 9 |
| 20 | Cremonese | 20 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 35 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -20 | 8 |
