Match details. ItP. Kick-off is Wed 28 Oct, 14:45 Lagos time.
Form. Empoli FC have won three, drawn two and lost one of their last six league games, 1.8 points a game. Their last five in the league, newest first: L W D W W. Perugia have won four, drawn none and lost one of their last five league games, 2.4 points a game. Their last five in the league, newest first: W L W W W.
The numbers. Empoli FC score 1.7 and concede 1.5 a game over their last six, with one clean sheet. Empoli FC average 2.2 cards a game, with 50% of the ball. Perugia score three and concede 0.6 a game over their last five, with three clean sheets. Perugia average 12.3 shots (6.3 on target), 6.0 corners and 2.3 cards a game, with 62% of the ball.
Where it pulls both ways. The prices and the records disagree: the odds board makes it 22% against the records' 48%.
The read. No firm call: Perugia are the better side, but not at this price. An open game. Their goals for and against make Perugia the likelier winners; both teams' records favour Perugia. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 63%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Predicted score: Empoli FC 1-2 Perugia (10% chance).
The agreed story. No side to back (Perugia the favourite), an open game.
Cup and European games. A domestic cup: sides rotate, and the two can come from different divisions. Too few cup games on either side to read.
So. A close match: the safest pick that fits.
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (an open game).