1st position in the Serie B table for Empoli so far, a good performance. The home supporters hope for more joy as 10th-placed Frosinone visits Stadio Carlo Castellani.
- Empoli has the most scored goals (36) in Serie B
- Frosinone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
Empoli and Frosinone should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Empoli form and stats
19 points is a decent return from 9 Serie B games here at Stadio Carlo Castellani for Empoli. The data says 5 wins, 4 draws and 0 losses. Empoli haven’t lost a league-game in 13 attempts regardless of arena, a great achievement. Their last loss was the fixture versus Venezia, 90 days ago.
The home team returns to Stadio Carlo Castellani after being equal after 90 minutes with Lecce (placed 6th) on their last time out; the Serie B game ended 2-2. Before that game, the 5-0 home victory against Salernitana.
Opportunity lost for Empoli in the Lecce match as a lead 2-0 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw.
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Empoli matches with similar probabilities have ended with three wins, two draws and one defeat (from six games).
The Empoli fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 17 goals in 9 league matches. Empoli have only conceded 5 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Frosinone form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie B travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.
Frosinone's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Reggina that finished 1-1. Before that, Frosinone travelled to Vicenza and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The draw against Reggina came from a losing position. The Frosinone manager A. Nesta brought on Andrea Tabanelli as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Looking at the earlier recent performances of Frosinone when being an outsider away as they are today, we find five matches with the visitors losing zero times, drawing three and winning two games.
The schedule is very tough for Frosinone now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Serie B game at Pisa is waiting in only three days.
Frosinone have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 8 league away games 10 goals have been scored. They concede less than a goal on average per away game (7 so far).
Head 2 Head
These teams' last encounter with each other was the Frosinone - Empoli 0-2 earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Empoli five wins, two draws and Frosinone three victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  L. Mancuso 10 goals |  A. La Mantia 7 goals |   A. Novakovich 5 goals |
Empoli missing players
Frosinone missing players
| Empoli | Frosinone | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 36 | 17 | 5 | Scored | S | 2 | 10 | 18 |
| 16 | 5 | 3 | Conceded | C | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 84% | 78% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 83% |
| 79% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 75% | 67% |
| 53% | 56% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 38% | 28% |
| 37% | 33% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 12% | 11% |
| 11% | 11% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 6% |
| 53% | 44% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 38% | 39% |
| 42% | 56% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 38% | 39% |
| 21% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 67% | 38% | 39% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.8 | 1.8 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.5 | 17.3 | 19.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.3 | 9.2 | 12 |
| 5.3 | 5.8 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
| 36% | 33% | 36% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 40% | 29% |
- Empoli has the most points from losing position (13) in Serie B
- Empoli has the most scored goals (36) in Serie B
- Empoli has the most scored goals in the second half (24) in Serie B
- Empoli has the the best goal difference (+20) in Serie B
- Empoli have not yet lost a game at home.
- Empoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Empoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Frosinone have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 | Empoli | 19 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 36 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 20 | 38 |
| 2 | Salernitana | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 34 |
| 3 | Cittadella | 18 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 33 |
| 4 | SPAL | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 33 |
| 5 | Monza | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Lecce | 19 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| 7 | Chievo | 18 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 29 |
| 8 | Pordenone | 19 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 28 |
| 9 | Venezia | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 28 |
| 10 | Frosinone | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 27 |
| 11 | Pisa | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 25 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -6 | 23 |
| 12 | Vicenza | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 25 | 27 | 9 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -2 | 21 |
| 13 | Brescia | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 29 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | -3 | 21 |
| 14 | Cremonese | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 24 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | -6 | 19 |
| 15 | Reggina | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 15 | -9 | 18 |
| 16 | Reggiana | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 20 | -15 | 18 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 19 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 7 | -3 | 17 |
| 18 | Virtus Entella | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 17 |
| 19 | Pescara | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 17 | -17 | 16 |
| 20 | Ascoli | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 16 | -12 | 14 |