Italy - Serie AStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Empoli and Bologna, taking place on Friday, 15 March 2024, at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli.
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Empoli, Recent FormLosing 1-0 away to AC Milan won't leave the Empoli squad too downbeat, given the former sits a full 14 places above them in the league. They achieved 38% possession in that match and had 5 strikes at goal, with 2 hitting the target, up against AC Milan's tally of 15 efforts at goal, 5 of which were on target.
It's fair to say that manager Davide Nicola will be pretty happy with his squad's ability to find the net of late, having scored 7 goals in their last 6 matches. That said, he will also be aware there is still work to do at the back, where they have shipped 6 goals in those same matches as well as some valuable points. They have been unable to score at home in 4 of their last 6 games, and they have also failed to keep a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 games overall.
It has not been their best home spell of late at Stadio Carlo Castellani, with 3 defeats and only a single victory in their last 6 home matches. They've shown terrible form at Stadio Carlo Castellani this season, losing 8 of their 14 home league games.
Goalscorer Szymon Żurkowski will be planning to get himself on the scoresheet once more, having notched up 3 goals in his last 6 league matches for Empoli.
Bologna, Recent FormThe Bologna squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 1-0 home defeat against Inter Milan, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They came away from that fixture with a 60% share of the possession and clocked up 19 attempts on goal with 3 on target, in comparison to Inter Milan, who managed 5 attempts on goal, 4 of which were on target.
Their boss Thiago Motta will be rightly happy with his team of late, having seen them score 12 goals in their last 6 matches while only letting 3 over their own goal line. They have scored in 5 of their last 6 away games.
It has been a decent run of form for them recently, notching up 5 wins from the previous 6 matches. They've had an unusually high number of draws when playing away from home this season, with 7 draws in 13 away league games.
On an individual basis, Joshua Zirkzee is giving Bologna's travelling fans plenty to shout about having scored 5 goals in the squad's last 6 away games in the league.
The last time these two teams met Bologna enforced their superiority over Empoli with a comfortable 3-0 win.
In each of their last 4 away matches in the league at Stadio Carlo Castellani, I Rossoblù have let in at least 1 goal. We have seen plenty of goals from Azzurri when they play at home against Bologna. In their last 3 league matches they have scored a total of 9 goals, which is an average of 3 goals per game.
Empoli has had a good run of league results at home to Bologna, winning their last 4 meetings and being unbeaten in their last 9.
Riccardo Orsolini will be feeling confident of netting goals for Bologna in this one against Empoli with his scoring record of 5 goals in their last 5 meetings in the league.
With only Francesco Caputo (Ankle) and Alberto Grassi (Muscle) the main fitness concerns ahead of this fixture, Davide Nicola will be happy to have an otherwise healthy squad to pick from.
There is only really one injury concern for the Bologna manager Thiago Motta ahead of this clash, with Adama Soumaoro (Cruciate ligament) missing out, which gives Motta a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Empoli Playing at home | Bologna Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 0.6 | Goals scored | 1.2 |
| 1.4 | Goals conceded | 1.3 |
| 36' | Time first goal scored | 31' |
| 35' | Time first goal conceded | 43' |
| 2.1 | Yellow cards | 2.6 |
| 0 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.8 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 3-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 3-0 | Biggest defeat | 3-0 |
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