Serie A: Venezia are 11 points short of Empoli, but are driven to go full throttle. Let's go!
- Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Serie A
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
The hosts Venezia saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the Coppa Italia. That game was an away game at Atalanta, so at least Venezia are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
Venezia form and stats
Venezia's results here at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo in the Serie A have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 6 defeats. Venezia are very eager to stop a potential losing streak at Stadio Pierluigi Penzo, having lost their two previous games here.
No payout for Venezia in their previous match, an away game at Atalanta that ended in defeat 0-2. Goalkeeper Lezzerini got the top rating on the team in that game; 7.21 out of ten. Lezzerini stopped the opponent with five saves.
Preceding that match was the home Serie A game against Milan that was lost 0-3.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Venezia have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 13 matches with the results: Won six, drawn five and lost two.
Venezia are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 12 goals in 10 games.
Empoli form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. Empoli has drawn their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie A home defeat versus Sassuolo with 1-5 on the scoreboard. As you can see from the result above, the defeat against Sassuolo was particularly ugly (1-5). The humiliation is still top of mind. Empoli goalkeeper Vicario had a fine shift versus Sassuolo, but in spite of making eight saves the loss could not be avoided. Midfielder Henderson was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.1. Henderson scored one goal and hit two key passes.
A 3-3 draw at Lazio's stadium before that.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 14 relevant matches. Results were six Empoli wins, five draws and three defeats.
The schedule is very tough for Empoli now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Coppa Italia game at Inter is waiting in only three days.
Empoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 17 goals from 10 games. 13 goals have been conceded by Empoli in these games.
Head 2 Head
The latest H2H game ended Empoli - Venezia 1-2, earlier this season. Venezia-Empoli H2H statistics last seven meetings regardless of arena: Venezia three wins, Empoli two wins, two draws. two of these seven matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  A. Pinamonti 7 goals |   M. Aramu 5 goals |  N. Bajrami 5 goals |
Venezia missing players
Empoli missing players
| Venezia | Empoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 11 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 18 | 12 | 6 | Scored | S | 7 | 17 | 34 |
| 37 | 20 | 8 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 42 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 85% | 90% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 50% | 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 50% | 71% |
| 25% | 30% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 30% | 48% |
| 10% | 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 55% | 70% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 71% |
| 15% | 10% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 30% | 14% |
| 35% | 20% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.9 | 5.4 |
| 6.7 | 6.9 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2.8 | 2.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 2.5 | 2.1 |
| 4 | 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 9.3 | 9.6 | 7.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.7 | 13.7 | 14.8 |
| 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 |
| 27% | 34% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| 16.8 | 16.3 | 10.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12 | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| 6 | 5.8 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 5 | 6.3 |
- Empoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Venezia have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Venezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Venezia have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Venezia have the fewest scored goals in the second half (9) in Serie A
- Venezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
| 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 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 51 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 35 | 49 |
| 2 | Milan | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 46 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 14 | 23 | 48 |
| 3 | Napoli | 21 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 43 |
| 4 | Atalanta | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 44 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 18 | 41 |
| 5 | Juventus | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 38 |
| 6 | Roma | 21 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 35 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 32 |
| 7 | Fiorentina | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 32 |
| 8 | Lazio | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 39 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 4 | 32 |
| 9 | Torino | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 28 |
| 10 | Sassuolo | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 36 | 33 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 18 | 3 | 28 |
| 11 | Empoli | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | -8 | 28 |
| 12 | Hellas Verona | 21 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 37 | 35 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 2 | 27 |
| 13 | Bologna | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 33 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -5 | 27 |
| 14 | Udinese | 19 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 16 | -6 | 20 |
| 15 | Sampdoria | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | -10 | 20 |
| 16 | Spezia | 21 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 21 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 27 | -20 | 19 |
| 17 | Venezia | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 17 | -19 | 17 |
| 18 | Cagliari | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 21 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | -21 | 16 |
| 19 | Genoa | 21 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 20 | 39 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 21 | -19 | 12 |
| 20 | Salernitana | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 43 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 22 | -30 | 11 |
