Cosenza vs Empoli betting preview

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Mon 04.January
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla (24209 seats)

Struggling Cosenza will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Empoli in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Insights:
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B
  • Empoli has the most points from losing position (13) in Serie B

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Cosenza form and stats

With 0 Serie B wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats from their home games, Cosenza, who have the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B, are certainly not brimming with confidence. Cosenza are slowly digging their own grave here at Stadio San Vito-Luigi Marulla with the depressing streak of not having won a home league game in eight attempts. The last victory here came in the Virtus Entella match. The last three games played by Cosenza, regardless of arena, have all ended draws.

Cosenza drew their last game, 0-0 away at Pescara (placed 18th). Before that, Cosenza drew at home versus Pisa.

Cosenza have scored 4 goals here in 8 league matches, a depressing statistic. Cosenza have only conceded 7 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Empoli form and stats

The visitors, who have the most points (15) away in Serie B, are W4-D3-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Serie B. Things are running smoothly for Empoli who hasn't tasted defeat in their last ten matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against Venezia.

There were no winners in Empoli's previous match, a Serie B home game that ended 1-1 vs Ascoli (placed 20th). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Brescia at their stadium, the result 3-1.

Empoli has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. It's worth mentioning that 9 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Empoli have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Cosenza-Empoli H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Cosenza two wins, Empoli zero wins, zero draws. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
8 goals
EmpoliA. La Mantia
A. La Mantia
6 goals
EmpoliS. Moreo
S. Moreo
4 goals

Cosenza missing players

Empoli missing players

Cosenza Empoli
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
16 8 3 Played P 2 8 16
2 0 0 Won W 2 4 8
9 5 2 Drew D 0 3 7
5 3 1 Lost L 0 1 1
11 4 2 Scored S 7 15 27
12 7 3 Conceded C 3 9 14
75% 75% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 88% 81%
56% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 75%
12% 12% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 50%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 31%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 12% 6%
38% 50% 67% BTTS BTTS 100% 62% 56%
38% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 25% 38%
50% 50% 33% Failed to Score F T 0% 25% 25%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
3.2 2.8 3 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.5 1.8 1.7
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.7 12.8 15.3 Shots (avg) S ( 14 13.8 15.4
3.2 2.8 3 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.5 4.8
22% 18% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 70% 42% 36%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • Cosenza has the fewest matches over the total-line (2) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (11) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals (4) at home in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the fewest scored goals in the first half (3) in Serie B
  • Cosenza has the most matches under the total-line (14) in Serie B
  • Cosenza have yet to win a game at home.
  • Empoli has the most points (15) away in Serie B
  • Empoli has the most points from losing position (13) in Serie B
  • Empoli has the most scored goals (15) away in Serie B
  • Empoli has the most scored goals in the second half (21) in Serie B
  • Empoli has the the best goal difference (+6) away in Serie B
  • Empoli have scored more than double the goals of Cosenza.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Empoli 16 8 7 1 27 14 8 4 4 0 12 5 8 4 3 1 15 9 13 31
2 Salernitana 16 9 4 3 22 16 8 6 2 0 15 5 8 3 2 3 7 11 6 31
3 Monza 16 8 5 3 25 12 8 5 2 1 15 3 8 3 3 2 10 9 13 29
4 Cittadella 14 8 3 3 27 13 8 5 2 1 16 6 6 3 1 2 11 7 14 27
5 SPAL 16 7 5 4 21 15 8 5 2 1 15 6 8 2 3 3 6 9 6 26
6 Lecce 16 6 7 3 31 22 8 3 4 1 18 12 8 3 3 2 13 10 9 25
7 Frosinone 15 7 4 4 16 14 8 3 3 2 6 7 7 4 1 2 10 7 2 25
8 Venezia 15 6 5 4 19 14 8 4 1 3 10 7 7 2 4 1 9 7 5 23
9 Pordenone 16 4 9 3 18 15 8 1 6 1 12 10 8 3 3 2 6 5 3 21
10 Brescia 16 5 6 5 26 25 8 3 3 2 16 12 8 2 3 3 10 13 1 21
11 Chievo 13 5 5 3 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 5 7 2 4 1 8 7 5 20
12 Pisa 15 4 7 4 22 28 7 2 4 1 8 9 8 2 3 3 14 19 -6 19
13 Reggina 16 4 5 7 15 22 8 3 1 4 9 10 8 1 4 3 6 12 -7 17
14 Vicenza 15 3 7 5 20 24 7 1 5 1 10 10 8 2 2 4 10 14 -4 16
15 Cosenza 16 2 9 5 11 12 8 0 5 3 4 7 8 2 4 2 7 5 -1 15
16 Cremonese 16 3 6 7 15 21 8 2 3 3 8 11 8 1 3 4 7 10 -6 15
17 Reggiana 15 4 3 8 15 26 7 2 2 3 9 8 8 2 1 5 6 18 -11 15
18 Pescara 16 3 4 9 14 28 9 2 3 4 10 13 7 1 1 5 4 15 -14 13
19 Virtus Entella 16 2 5 9 13 29 8 1 1 6 7 17 8 1 4 3 6 12 -16 11
20 Ascoli 16 2 4 10 13 25 7 2 1 4 5 10 9 0 3 6 8 15 -12 10

Read more about Serie B

Serie B is the second highest division in Italian football. It usually has 22 teams playing two fixtures against each other. The two top teams of the league table are automatically promoted, with a third following depending on standings and/or a playoff. Matches are usually played on Saturdays.