The visiting Crotone side should be favourites in this visit to Empoli, as the away team holds a 10 point advantage from their 21 league games this season.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 800 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.
Empoli form and stats
Empoli have collected 18 points from their Serie B home games so far after 4-6-1. Three draws in a row here at Stadio Carlo Castellani for Empoli, who might be willing to risk more at some point in hope of a win.
The spoils were shared in Empoli's previous game, also at home. Visiting Chievo (placed 7th) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Prior to that, an away loss at Juve Stabia.
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 four games. Empoli has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 2.
Empoli has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. Empoli have only conceded 10 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Crotone form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Crotone are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, a Serie B home defeat versus Spezia with 1-2 on the scoreboard. Preceding that game was the away victory against Cosenza with the score of 1-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found twelve similar matches played by Crotone in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Crotone, 1 draw and 8 defeats.
Crotone are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Crotone have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Crotone - Empoli 0-0, played this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 2 Empoli victories, 4 draws and 4 Crotone wins. 6 of these games ended with three goals or more, 4 matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Tochukwu Nwankwo 9 goals |   L. Mancuso 6 goals |  A. La Gumina 4 goals |
Empoli missing players
Crotone missing players
| Empoli | Crotone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 21 | 11 | 1 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 21 |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 9 | 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| 21 | 15 | 1 | Scored | S | 3 | 13 | 33 |
| 27 | 10 | 1 | Conceded | C | 3 | 13 | 24 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 81% | 91% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 80% | 81% |
| 33% | 36% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 60% | 62% |
| 14% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 10% | 24% |
| 5% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 14% |
| 57% | 82% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | 62% |
| 14% | 18% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 20% | 29% |
| 33% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 20% | 19% |
| 4 | 3.9 | 5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 4.9 | 6.9 |
| 4.7 | 4 | 5 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.7 | 5.1 | 4.3 |
| 2 | 2.1 | 4 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.3 | 2.2 |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 282 | 171 | 10 | Total Shots | T S | 53 | 155 | 386 |
| 80 | 48 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 15 | 51 | 123 |
| 26% | 31% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 25% | 27% |
- Crotone have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Crotone haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- 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 | 21 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 37 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Pordenone | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 22 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Crotone | 21 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 24 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 34 |
| 4 | Salernitana | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 4 | 32 |
| 5 | Frosinone | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Virtus Entella | 21 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 3 | 31 |
| 7 | Chievo | 21 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 30 |
| 8 | Perugia | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 18 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Cittadella | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 30 |
| 10 | Pescara | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 32 | 28 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 29 |
| 11 | Spezia | 20 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 28 |
| 12 | Juve Stabia | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -6 | 28 |
| 13 | Ascoli | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 28 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -2 | 27 |
| 14 | Pisa | 21 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 26 |
| 15 | Venezia | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 11 | -4 | 24 |
| 16 | Empoli | 21 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 17 | -6 | 24 |
| 17 | Cremonese | 20 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -7 | 23 |
| 18 | Cosenza | 21 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 25 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 15 | -2 | 20 |
| 19 | Trapani | 21 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 23 | 38 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 24 | -15 | 19 |
| 20 | Livorno | 21 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 13 | -15 | 13 |