Empoli vs Cesena — Serie B 2018
Match Prediction
Statistical Prediction
Based on goals from last 45+ matches
Empoli52%
Cesena23%✓ Correct in 50 of 100 matches — 5 more than always backing the home side
The model picks a winner (home or away) for each finished match using only pre-kickoff data, then checks it against the real result: 50.3% correct across 585,131 matches, vs 44.5% for always backing the home side.
Home picks 50.6% correct · Away picks 49.3% correct
Football matches only. Past performance is not indicative of future results.
Expected goals in this match
What is xG?
Every shot is scored 0–1 by how likely it is to be a goal from that spot — a chance in the middle of the box ≈ 0.4, a long shot from a tight angle ≈ 0.03, a penalty ≈ 0.76. Add them up over a match and that is the xG.
The scoreline can lie: you can win 1-0 on a fluke while creating half the chances. xG shows who was really closer to scoring — and over a season it predicts results better than goals alone.
Empoli creates 65% more chances
Season form · 58 home / 45 away
creates per match
allows per match
finishing
Total goals
- Under51
- Over49
Close call
Both teams score
- Yes51
- No49
Close call
Score probability
Probability of each scoreline, %
Empoli ↓
Most likely 1–0 (12%) · grid covers 97% of scorelines
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Combos
Model probabilities, not odds. For information only.
How is this calculated?
Every number below comes from this match — nothing is made up.
Recent form of each side
Empoli at home — creates 1.69, concedes 0.98 · 58 matches
Cesena away — creates 1.00, concedes 1.56 · 45 matches
⚑ Home and away form are counted separately — the home-field edge is already baked into these numbers.
Expected goals for this match
Empoli attack 1.69 + Cesena defence 1.56 → ÷2 → 1.63
Cesena attack 1.00 + Empoli defence 0.98 → ÷2 → 0.99
Each side's attack is blended with the other's defence, then averaged.
Chance of every scoreline
From those two numbers a Poisson distribution gives the probability of each exact score — the grid shown above.
The answer to "why 52%?"
Empoli at 52% is simply the biggest of the three — that is the pick.
What the model can't see
It reads only the stats of recent matches. It knows nothing about:
- injuries & suspensions
- the matchday lineup
- motivation — cup, relegation, a title race
- weather & pitch condition
- in-game coaching decisions
So 52% does not mean "Empoli will win" — it means "on the available stats, this is the most likely result."
Statistical model based on expected goals (xG). For informational purposes only.
Player of the match
Match Events
Head to Head
5 previous meetings
Monza
Venezia
Frosinone
Palermo
Catanzaro
Modena
Juve Stabia
Avellino
PadovaCesena
Mantova
Carrarese
Sampdoria
Sudtirol
Virtus Entella
BariEmpoli
Reggiana
Pescara
SpeziaIf points are equal: 1. Goal difference 2. Goals scored 3. Head-to-head
P = Played · W = Won · D = Drawn · L = Lost · GF = Goals for · GA = Goals against · GD = Goal difference · Pts = Points
Possession
Shots
Pass accuracy
Statistics
Empoli host Cesena on Saturday, 28 February 2026 at 14:00. The match is part of the Serie B 2018/2019 season.
Serie B: Empoli 1–1 Cesena
Empoli and Cesena drew 1-1 in Serie B on February 28, 2026.
Goals: C. Shpendi (29'), D. Fila (71').
Empoli controlled possession (64%) and registered 28 shots to 8.
The match was played at Stadio Carlo Castellani in Empoli.