Football background guide: Udinese favourites when Empoli arrive

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 04.January
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

Udinese are all set for a new task after their 2-3 vs Napoli previously. Empoli are coming to visit!

Insights:
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (15) in Serie A
  • Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.

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Udinese form and stats

When playing at home in the Serie A, Udinese have managed 3 wins, 3 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 7 games.

No payout for Udinese in their previous match, an away game at Napoli that ended in defeat 2-3. The first setback in the shape of a loss after going unbeaten in three league matches. Midfield player Ehizibue got a match rating of 6.81 in that game, the max score being 10. Ehizibue hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

A defeat was the result before that one, 2-3 away at Napoli.

Betting people might want to know that 8 of the most recent 10 league games from this football club have had goals from both teams.

There will be little rest for Udinese after this match as they are travelling to Juventus for a Serie A game in only three days.

The Udinese fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 7 league matches. From these home matches, Udinese have conceded only 6 goals.

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Empoli form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Empoli so far with only 6 points returning home. The records show 1-3-3 (win-draw-lose). Empoli has lost their two previous away games and are eager to kill a negative trend in its infancy.

Empoli had fun at their own home (Dacia Arena) last time out, beating Cremonese 2-0. Cambiaghi and Parisi scored. Vicario was the team player of the game with the player rating of 8.41. The agile goalkeeper Vicario topped it up with a clean sheet.

Prior to that match, a home win 2-0 against Cremonese.

Some info for sports bettors considering a bet on only one (or no) team scoring in this game: This club have played 5 consecutive league games with just one or no team finding the net.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Empoli manager Zanetti as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Lazio.

The visitors have scored 5 goals from 7 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. In the opposite end, Empoli have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

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

Top Goalscorers

UdineseBeto
Beto
6 goals
UdineseL. Samardžić
L. Samardžić
3 goals

Udinese missing players

Empoli missing players

Udinese Empoli
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
15 7 4 Played P 3 7 15
6 3 2 Won W 1 1 4
6 3 1 Drew D 2 3 5
3 1 1 Lost L 0 3 6
24 12 6 Scored S 4 5 12
17 6 2 Conceded C 3 11 19
80% 86% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 93%
73% 71% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 71% 67%
60% 57% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 29% 27%
40% 43% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 29% 20%
13% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
67% 57% 25% BTTS BTTS 67% 43% 40%
33% 43% 75% Clean Sheets C S 33% 14% 33%
20% 14% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 43% 33%
 
4.3 4.9 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 4.1 4.2
5.2 4.7 6 Corners against (avg) C A 5.7 5.3 6.4
2.5 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.5
1 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
14.1 14.6 13 Shots (avg) S ( 10.3 11 12.5
4.2 4.3 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.7 3.9 4.1
38% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 19% 20%
 
11.7 12 13.2 Shots against (avg) S A 19.3 17.9 16.8
3.5 3.3 3.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.7 5.7 5.1
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Empoli have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Udinese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Empoli have scored away.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (15) in Serie A

  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 15 13 2 0 37 12 8 7 1 0 21 6 7 6 1 0 16 6 25 41
2 Milan 15 10 3 2 29 15 8 7 0 1 20 9 7 3 3 1 9 6 14 33
3 Juventus 15 9 4 2 24 7 8 6 2 0 20 3 7 3 2 2 4 4 17 31
4 Lazio 15 9 3 3 26 11 8 5 1 2 14 7 7 4 2 1 12 4 15 30
5 Inter 15 10 0 5 34 22 7 6 0 1 19 4 8 4 0 4 15 18 12 30
6 Atalanta 15 8 3 4 22 15 8 3 2 3 11 11 7 5 1 1 11 4 7 27
7 Roma 15 8 3 4 18 14 7 3 1 3 7 5 8 5 2 1 11 9 4 27
8 Udinese 15 6 6 3 24 17 7 3 3 1 12 6 8 3 3 2 12 11 7 24
9 Torino 15 6 3 6 16 17 7 3 2 2 6 4 8 3 1 4 10 13 -1 21
10 Fiorentina 15 5 4 6 18 20 7 3 2 2 11 12 8 2 2 4 7 8 -2 19
11 Bologna 15 5 4 6 20 25 8 4 3 1 12 6 7 1 1 5 8 19 -5 19
12 Salernitana 15 4 5 6 19 24 7 3 2 2 12 8 8 1 3 4 7 16 -5 17
13 Empoli 15 4 5 6 12 19 8 3 2 3 7 8 7 1 3 3 5 11 -7 17
14 Monza 15 5 1 9 16 22 8 4 0 4 11 8 7 1 1 5 5 14 -6 16
15 Sassuolo 15 4 4 7 15 22 7 3 2 2 11 7 8 1 2 5 4 15 -7 16
16 Lecce 15 3 6 6 14 17 7 1 4 2 7 8 8 2 2 4 7 9 -3 15
17 Spezia 15 3 4 8 14 26 7 2 4 1 11 10 8 1 0 7 3 16 -12 13
18 Cremonese 15 0 7 8 11 26 7 0 3 4 2 11 8 0 4 4 9 15 -15 7
19 Sampdoria 15 1 3 11 6 27 8 0 2 6 2 13 7 1 1 5 4 14 -21 6
20 Hellas Verona 15 1 2 12 12 29 8 1 0 7 8 17 7 0 2 5 4 12 -17 5

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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.