Delightful dogfight as daring Empoli duels with determined Pisa

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Sun 16.February
Match begins: 20:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

Empoli hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 30 points and a 14th position in the Serie B table. Visiting Pisa holds 13th place with 30 pts.

Empoli and Pisa 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.

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Empoli form and stats

Overall Serie B stats at home this season for Empoli are 5-6-1 (wins-draw-losses).

Empoli enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Cittadella's place. The match ended 2-1 with Nedim Bajrami and Leonardo Mancuso scoring. Previous to that game, a home match hosting Crotone in a game that was won 3-1.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Empoli handle that role? We have found 13 games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are seven wins, six draws and zero defeats.

A decent goal production from Empoli in their home games so far, with 18 goals from 12 league matches. From these home matches, Empoli have conceded only 11 goals.

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Pisa form and stats

3-4-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Pisa in their Serie B matches away.

Pisa's last game was the home draw against Chievo (1-1). Prior to that result Pisa won their away game at Cremonese. The scoreline was 4-3.

Pisa are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, two draws and two defeats. From a total of eight matches.

Pisa have scored 14 goals on their travels this season, from 11 away games in the league. Pisa have conceded 15 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Pisa - Empoli 2-3. Head-2-head stats last three meetings: one - zero - two (Empoli wins - draws - Pisa wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

PisaM. Marconi
M. Marconi
10 goals
EmpoliL. Mancuso
L. Mancuso
8 goals
EmpoliD. Frattesi
D. Frattesi
3 goals

Empoli missing players

Pisa missing players

Empoli Pisa
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 12 3 Played P 4 11 23
7 5 0 Won W 2 3 7
9 6 3 Drew D 1 4 9
7 1 0 Lost L 1 4 7
26 18 3 Scored S 8 14 31
29 11 3 Conceded C 6 15 30
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 91%
83% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 73% 78%
39% 42% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 36% 39%
17% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 27% 30%
4% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 9% 17%
61% 83% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 55% 61%
13% 17% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 9% 17%
30% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 30%
 
3.9 3.8 5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 3.6 4.2
5.1 4.5 4.7 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 6.4 5.8
2 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.5 2.7 3.3
3 0 0 Red cards R C 2 4 9
 
310 187 51 Total Shots T S 65 131 267
92 55 13 Shots on Target S O 17 39 85
28% 33% 23% Goal Efficiency G E 47% 36% 36%
Key stats in Serie B this season:
  • 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.
  • Pisa haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 24 17 6 1 41 13 13 10 3 0 27 5 11 7 3 1 14 8 28 57
2 Spezia 23 10 7 6 32 24 12 6 3 3 18 13 11 4 4 3 14 11 8 37
3 Frosinone 23 10 7 6 27 19 11 7 3 1 20 7 12 3 4 5 7 12 8 37
4 Crotone 24 11 4 9 37 30 12 7 3 2 21 11 12 4 1 7 16 19 7 37
5 Salernitana 23 10 6 7 33 28 11 6 4 1 19 11 12 4 2 6 14 17 5 36
6 Cittadella 24 10 6 8 30 29 12 4 3 5 15 19 12 6 3 3 15 10 1 36
7 Pordenone 24 10 6 8 32 32 12 8 3 1 18 7 12 2 3 7 14 25 0 36
8 Virtus Entella 24 9 8 7 30 26 11 6 4 1 12 5 13 3 4 6 18 21 4 35
9 Perugia 23 9 6 8 27 31 12 6 3 3 15 12 11 3 3 5 12 19 -4 33
10 Pescara 24 9 5 10 35 33 13 4 5 4 21 17 11 5 0 6 14 16 2 32
11 Juve Stabia 24 9 5 10 29 35 13 7 1 5 18 18 11 2 4 5 11 17 -6 32
12 Chievo 23 7 10 6 28 25 11 5 3 3 16 12 12 2 7 3 12 13 3 31
13 Ascoli 23 9 4 10 33 32 11 7 2 2 18 10 12 2 2 8 15 22 1 31
14 Pisa 23 7 9 7 31 30 12 4 5 3 17 15 11 3 4 4 14 15 1 30
15 Empoli 23 7 9 7 26 29 12 5 6 1 18 11 11 2 3 6 8 18 -3 30
16 Venezia 24 6 10 8 22 26 12 2 4 6 9 15 12 4 6 2 13 11 -4 28
17 Cosenza 24 5 8 11 27 28 11 2 4 5 9 11 13 3 4 6 18 17 -1 23
18 Cremonese 23 5 8 10 19 29 11 4 4 3 11 11 12 1 4 7 8 18 -10 23
19 Trapani 23 4 7 12 23 42 11 2 4 5 12 17 12 2 3 7 11 25 -19 19
20 Livorno 24 3 5 16 20 41 12 3 1 8 15 26 12 0 4 8 5 15 -21 14

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.