Possible nail-biting contest in Spezia - Empoli game

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 14.August
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Alberto Picco (10336 seats)

This match has been long awaited by supporters of both sides, as it's the premier Serie A fixture of the season. Both Spezia and Empoli are looking for a positive start to their league season.

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Spezia form and stats

The season before, Spezia's league statistics were 10 wins, 6 draws and 22 losses, resulting in 16th spot in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored {41 goals} and gave away 71. Performing at their own stadium in the previous season Spezia produced 5-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with {21 goals} and 30 conceded.

This is expected to be a close game, with Spezia perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Spezia as a small favourite), we find 8 games. Spezia has won 2 of these, drawn 4 and lost 2.

With the first game of the season soon underway, it's time to look at the results from the Spezia friendly games in pre-season: Spezia played four friendlies, won 2, drew 1 and lost 1. If you are really into statistics you might appreciate knowing that Spezia scored {11 goals} and conceded 5 in these four games.

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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, 11 draws and 17 defeats. In total they scored 50 and conceded {70 goals} in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 6 - drew 6 and lost 7 with 22/26 goals scored/conceded.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Empoli playing away and similar expectations, we found 10 relevant matches. Results were 2 Empoli wins, 6 draws and 2 defeats.

It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Empoli have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Spezia two wins, six draws and Empoli two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Spezia missing players

Empoli missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Spezia Empoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
0 0 0 Played P 0 0 0
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
0 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 0%
0% 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%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 0
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
0 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 0
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 0
Spezia Last season Empoli
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
10 5   Won W   6 10
6 3   Drew D   6 11
22 11   Lost L   7 17
41 21   Scored S   22 50
71 30   Conceded C   26 70
97% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   89% 92%
74% 68%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   63% 79%
61% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   37% 55%
32% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 42%
16% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   21% 29%
58% 58%   BTTS BTTS   47% 66%
18% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   32% 18%
26% 21%   Failed to Score F T   32% 24%
 
4 3.9   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 4.9
5.6 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   6.2 5.7
2.3 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.5 2.3
4 2   Red cards R C   1 5
 
10.5 11   Shots (avg) S (   11.8 13.2
3.7 3.5   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.8 4.1
29% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   31% 32%
 
17.3 17.5   Shots against (avg) S A   18.2 17.2
5.7 4.8   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5.8 5.9

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lecce 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 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Milan 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

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 Atalanta 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Bologna 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Cremonese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Empoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Fiorentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Inter 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Lazio 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Lecce 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 Monza 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Roma 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 Salernitana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Sampdoria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
18 Spezia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 Torino 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Udinese 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.