Soccer game preview: Home fans with high optimism before Roma - Empoli

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 17.Sep
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Olimpico (72698 seats)

Roma prepare to do battle with Empoli in this Serie A match. All you must know about the game is found here!

Insights:
  • Roma have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the fewest scored goals (0) in Serie A

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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Roma form and stats

0-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Roma so far this season.

The Roma regulars got no joy from their last match, also played here at Stadio Olimpico: A 1-2 defeat against Milan (placed 2nd). Midfield player Zalewski got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, the max score being 10. Zalewski dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Hellas Verona.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Roma home games with this odds we find 9 games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in 6 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat. Looking at the victories, 4 matches were won by at least two goals.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Roma as they are travelling to their away game against Sheriff in the Europa League. That match is four days after this one.

At Stadio Olimpico, Roma has the goal stats of 3-4 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.

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Empoli form and stats

The visitors' first away game in the Serie A ended in defeat. Last season Empoli had these away match statistics: Played 19; won 2, drew 9 and lost 8.

Magnani (own goal) was the last player to score for the away team. Empoli haven't scored a league goal in the last 360 minutes.

This fixture can not go any worse than the previous one, the home defeat versus Juventus with 0-2 on the scoreboard. Midfield player Fazzini was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.3/10. Fazzini hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.

Prior to that match, the Empoli manager Zanetti faced defeat when travelling to Monza and losing 0-2.

You'll want to know how Empoli managed when outsiders such as today. Our database found 8 similar matches resulting in 2 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Empoli has managed {0 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.

Head 2 Head

Roma have been victorious in all of the 7 latest matches against this team. Another win today?

Top Goalscorers

RomaA. Belotti
A. Belotti
2 goals
RomaL. Spinazzola
L. Spinazzola
1 goals
RomaH. Aouar
H. Aouar
1 goals

Roma missing players

Empoli missing players

Roma Empoli
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
3 2 1 Played P 1 1 3
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 1 Drew D 0 0 0
2 1 0 Lost L 1 1 3
4 3 2 Scored S 0 0 0
6 4 2 Conceded C 2 2 5
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 67%
100% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
33% 50% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 100%
 
8 6 9 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 3.3
2.3 3 1 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6 5.7
1.7 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
16.3 13 13 Shots (avg) S ( 18 18 11.7
4 2.5 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 6 6 3.3
33% 60% 67% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
5.7 6 3 Shots against (avg) S A 20 20 16
3 3 2 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5 4.7
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the fewest scored goals (0) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the most matches under the total-line (3) in Serie A
  • Empoli have the the worst goal difference (-5) in Serie A
  • Empoli is in the worst form (0-0-3)
  • Roma have the most conceded goals in the first half (4) in Serie A
Roma Last season Empoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
18 11   Won W   2 10
9 3   Drew D   9 13
11 5   Lost L   8 15
50 28   Scored S   15 37
38 15   Conceded C   26 49
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 95%
68% 63%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 71%
42% 37%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   32% 37%
16% 11%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 21%
3% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 3%
47% 32%   BTTS BTTS   58% 50%
37% 47%   Clean Sheets C S   16% 24%
18% 21%   Failed to Score F T   32% 32%
 
4.9 5.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.8 4.3
3.9 3.7   Corners against (avg) C A   6 6.2
2.2 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.4 2.3
4 1   Red cards R C   2 6
 
13.3 15.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.2 12
4.4 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.2 3.7
30% 29%   Goal Efficiency G E   25% 26%
 
10.6 10.1   Shots against (avg) S A   17.2 16.5
3.2 2.9   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 Inter 3 3 0 0 8 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 9
2 Milan 3 3 0 0 8 2 1 1 0 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 6 9
3 Juventus 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 5 0 5 7
4 Lecce 3 2 1 0 6 3 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 2 2 3 7
5 Atalanta 3 2 0 1 6 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 2 4 6
6 Napoli 3 2 0 1 6 3 2 1 0 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 6
7 Hellas Verona 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 3 0 6
8 Fiorentina 3 1 1 1 6 7 1 0 1 0 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 5 -1 4
9 Bologna 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -1 4
10 Frosinone 3 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
11 Torino 3 1 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 -2 4
12 Lazio 3 1 0 2 3 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 1 3 3 -1 3
13 Sassuolo 3 1 0 2 3 5 2 1 0 1 3 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 3
14 Genoa 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 -3 3
15 Monza 3 1 0 2 2 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 5 -3 3
16 Salernitana 3 0 2 1 3 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 2 4 -2 2
17 Udinese 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
18 Roma 3 0 1 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 3 4 1 0 0 1 1 2 -2 1
19 Cagliari 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
20 Empoli 3 0 0 3 0 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 -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 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

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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.