The visiting Chievo side should be favourites in this visit to Empoli, as the away team holds a 6 point advantage from their 20 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Empoli form and stats
The story so far in the Serie B for Empoli at their home stadium (Carlo Castellani) is 4 wins, 5 draws and 1 defeat. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.
In their previous game, the manager R. Muzzi led his Empoli to a defeat in the Serie B match away at Juve Stabia. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Carlo Castellani. In the match before that, Empoli hosted Livorno and drew the game 1-1.
This is expected to be a close game, with Empoli perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Empoli as a small favourite), we find three games. Empoli has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 2.
The Empoli fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 14 in 10 matches. Empoli have only conceded 9 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Chievo form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 2 wins, 5 draws and 3 defeats. Chievo has drawn their two previous away games.
The Chievo goalkeeper Adrian Semper is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 225 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
The supporters enjoyed Chievo's previous game versus Perugia (placed 10th), a Serie B 2-0 win played at home. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Pescara that ended 0-0.
So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Chievo playing away and similar expectations, we found seven relevant matches. Results were 2 Chievo wins, 5 draws and 0 defeats.
Chievo find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 10 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Chievo have conceded 11 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Chievo - Empoli 1-1. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 1 Empoli victory, 6 draws and 3 Chievo wins. 4 of these games ended with three goals or more, 6 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Mancuso 6 goals |   R. Meggiorini 5 goals |  A. La Gumina 4 goals |
Empoli missing players
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| Empoli | Chievo | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 1 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 20 | 14 | 1 | Scored | S | 7 | 10 | 26 |
| 26 | 9 | 0 | Conceded | C | 5 | 11 | 22 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 80% | 90% |
| 80% | 90% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 70% | 80% |
| 35% | 40% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 20% | 35% |
| 15% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 10% | 15% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 10% | 10% |
| 55% | 80% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 50% | 60% |
| 15% | 20% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 30% | 30% |
| 35% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 40% | 20% |
| 4 | 4 | 3 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 3.5 | 4.4 |
| 4.8 | 4.1 | 4 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 5.2 | 4 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 3 | 2.6 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| 270 | 159 | 8 | Total Shots | T S | 36 | 104 | 249 |
| 75 | 43 | 3 | Shots on Target | S O | 12 | 36 | 87 |
| 27% | 33% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 58% | 28% | 30% |
- Chievo have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Empoli has the most conceded goals in the first half (18)
- Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Empoli 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 | Benevento | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 35 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 25 | 47 |
| 2 | Pordenone | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 35 |
| 3 | Crotone | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 32 | 22 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 34 |
| 4 | Virtus Entella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 30 |
| 5 | Cittadella | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 6 | Chievo | 20 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 26 | 22 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Salernitana | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Frosinone | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 24 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 28 |
| 9 | Ascoli | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 28 | 29 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -1 | 27 |
| 10 | Perugia | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -3 | 27 |
| 11 | Juve Stabia | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | -6 | 27 |
| 12 | Pescara | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 13 | Spezia | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 25 |
| 14 | Pisa | 20 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 25 |
| 15 | Venezia | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 22 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 23 |
| 16 | Empoli | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 23 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -1 | 20 |
| 19 | Trapani | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 23 | -15 | 18 |
| 20 | Livorno | 20 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | -14 | 13 |