Salernitana - Empoli in Serie A: Numbers, team sheets, fixtures, trends and reports. Read our full guide!
- Salernitana have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
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!
Salernitana form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Salernitana at their home stadium (Stadio Arechi) is 1 win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
No payout for Salernitana in their previous match, an away game at Spezia that ended in defeat 1-2. The gifted forward Simy outshone all teammates in that match and received a match rating of 7.45 out of 10. Simy scored one goal, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 3 times.
Before that game, the 1-0 home victory against Genoa.This is expected to be a close game, with Salernitana perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Salernitana as a small favourite), we find 14 games. Salernitana has won nine of these, drawn four and lost one.
The manager F. Castori will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Venezia in only three days.
Salernitana aren't scoring a lot here at Stadio Arechi in the league, with only 3 goals from 4 games. Salernitana have conceded 7 from these games.
Empoli form and stats
It's gone fairly well in the Serie A away games so far for Empoli with six points collected from three matches.
Empoli failed to get anything from their last game, a Serie A home match vs Atalanta (placed 6th) that ended with defeat 1-4. Attacker Liam Henderson got a player rating of 7.2 in the game. "Man of the match" Henderson had 35 successful passes (of 40 total).
That result followed a home victory 4-2 versus Bologna.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 16 similar matches played by Empoli in our archives, and the results are: seven wins for Empoli, six draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Inter in just four days.
Empoli have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 3 league away games 3 goals have been scored. It's not easy to score on Empoli as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.
Head 2 Head
Previous six meetings with these sides: Salernitana won two, Empoli were winners in three and we saw one draw. three games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  M. Coulibaly 2 goals |   N. Bajrami 2 goals |  F. Di Francesco 2 goals |
Salernitana missing players
Empoli missing players
| Salernitana | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Scored | S | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 17 | 7 | 2 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 16 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 88% |
| 62% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 62% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 38% | 25% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 67% | 25% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 33% | 25% |
| 4.8 | 5 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 6 | 5.8 |
| 7.1 | 6.8 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.9 |
| 2.6 | 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 10.6 | 10 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 16 | 11 | 14.8 |
| 2.9 | 2.2 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | 4.6 |
| 26% | 33% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 33% | 27% |
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Salernitana have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Salernitana have the the worst goal difference (-11) in Serie A
- Salernitana 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 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 16 | 24 |
| 2 | Milan | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 22 |
| 3 | Inter | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 17 |
| 4 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | Lazio | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 14 |
| 7 | Juventus | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 8 | Fiorentina | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Bologna | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Udinese | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 9 |
| 11 | Empoli | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -6 | 9 |
| 12 | Torino | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 13 | Hellas Verona | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| 14 | Sassuolo | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | Sampdoria | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | -5 | 6 |
| 17 | Genoa | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 6 |
| 19 | Venezia | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -7 | 5 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 10 | -11 | 4 |