Empoli vs SPAL betting preview: Even match expected

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Competition: Italy Serie B
Competition: Tue 20.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Carlo Castellani (19847 seats)

After three games we know a little more about the qualities of Empoli and SPAL in this fresh Serie B season. Read our match preview!

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Empoli and SPAL.

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Empoli form and stats

A Serie B draw at home so far for Empoli. Last season their home statistics were 7 wins, 8 draws and 4 defeats from 19 matches.

Happy days for Empoli in their previous game, a Serie B match away at Pescara (placed 19th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. Before that, Empoli drew at home versus Monza.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Empoli have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found six matches with the results: Won three, drawn one and lost two.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Empoli as they have a new game in only three days, a Serie B match thankfully also at home. Pisa are visiting.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Empoli at home in the league. 0 on target and 0 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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SPAL form and stats

SPAL are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the Serie B, having played 2 games and collected 2 points (0 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for SPAL, who have now gone 15 games without a victory. The Parma game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Visiting SPAL has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.

It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Pordenone (placed 11th) in their previous outing. The Serie B match ended in a draw 3-3. A draw for SPAL before that, at their own venue hosting Cosenza (1-1).

A comeback secured a 90 minute draw in the match against Pordenone. SPAL were trailing 0-2 but refused to surrender and clawed their way back to 3-3, with Alberto Paloschi scoring the equalizer. A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for SPAL, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun?

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with SPAL playing away and similar expectations, we found three relevant matches. Results were two SPAL wins, zero draws and one defeat.

A quick return to home after this game, as SPAL are hosting Vicenza in the Serie B only four days away.

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, SPAL has managed 3 goals and let in 3 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Last two meetings between the teams: Empoli won zero, SPAL won one and one draw. two games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

EmpoliS. Moreo
S. Moreo
2 goals
EmpoliS. Romagnoli
S. Romagnoli
1 goals
EmpoliA. La Mantia
A. La Mantia
1 goals

Empoli missing players

SPAL missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Empoli SPAL
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
3 1 0 Played P 0 2 3
2 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
1 1 0 Drew D 0 2 3
0 0 0 Lost L 0 0 0
4 0 0 Scored S 0 3 4
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 3 4
67% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 50% 67%
67% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 50% 67%
33% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 50% 33%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 50% 33%
33% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 50% 67%
67% 100% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 50% 33%
33% 100% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 50% 33%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1 1 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 5.5 4.7
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
29 4 0 Total Shots T S 0 19 33
10 3 0 Shots on Target S O 0 4 8
40% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 75% 50%
Empoli Last season SPAL
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
39 19   Played P   19 38
14 7   Won W   3 5
13 8   Drew D   1 5
12 4   Lost L   15 28
48 26   Scored S   11 27
49 23   Conceded C   37 77
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   95% 97%
77% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   74% 76%
36% 42%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
21% 16%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   16% 26%
13% 11%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 8%
56% 74%   BTTS BTTS   42% 53%
21% 21%   Clean Sheets C S   11% 8%
28% 11%   Failed to Score F T   53% 42%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
1.9 2.1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.6
6 2   Red cards R C   0 4
 
537 298   Total Shots T S   213 471
164 82   Shots on Target S O   57 127
29% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   19% 21%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Cittadella 3 2 1 0 6 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 1 0 3 1 5 7
2 Salernitana 3 2 1 0 7 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 1 0 0 2 1 4 7
3 Empoli 3 2 1 0 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 7
4 Frosinone 3 2 0 1 3 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 6
5 Reggina 3 1 2 0 5 3 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 Reggiana 3 1 1 1 4 3 2 0 1 1 2 3 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 4
7 Brescia 3 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 4
8 Chievo 3 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 4
9 Lecce 3 1 1 1 2 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 2 3 -1 4
10 Venezia 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 0 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 -1 4
11 Pordenone 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 3 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 3
12 SPAL 3 0 3 0 4 4 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 2 0 3 3 0 3
13 Cosenza 3 0 3 0 2 2 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 3
14 Monza 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
15 Cremonese 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 2
16 Virtus Entella 3 0 2 1 1 3 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 -2 2
17 Pisa 3 0 2 1 4 7 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 6 -3 2
18 Vicenza 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 1
19 Pescara 3 0 1 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 3 -3 1
20 Ascoli 3 0 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 -3 1
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20

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

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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.