High-Pressing Serie A 2022/23 Teams That Created Chances and Corners

High pressing does more than win the ball back; it shapes where the game is played, how often shots appear, and how many corners accumulate. In Serie A 2022/23, pressing metrics and corner data show that a small group of teams—especially Fiorentina, Napoli and Atalanta—combined intense pressure with territorial dominance, repeatedly turning regained possession into chances and corner volume.

Why Strong Pressing Often Leads to More Chances and Corners

Aggressive pressing pushes the ball into advanced zones and forces hurried clearances, so teams that press well tend to enjoy higher field tilt and more attacking actions near the box. Soccerment’s midseason review quantified this relationship: Fiorentina were identified as Serie A’s most aggressive pressing side with 9.89 PPDA, meaning opponents completed very few passes before facing a defensive action, and also recorded the league’s highest field tilt at 64.03 percent. That territorial dominance meant long spells in the attacking third, where blocked shots, deflected crosses and last‑ditch interventions naturally inflated both shot counts and corner totals. At the same time, such teams were often exposed to counterattacks when pressing broke, producing open games with many transitions and repeated cycles of attack–defend that sustained overall volume. For betting, this combination of high pressing and high field tilt is a clear signal that “more happens” in these matches, including corners and goal attempts.​

Fiorentina: PPDA Leader with Heavy Territorial Pressure

Among 2022/23 squads, Fiorentina were the purest example of a high‑pressing engine that converted pressure into territorial control. At the World Cup break, Soccerment highlighted them as Serie A’s most aggressive team, recording 9.89 PPDA and the highest field tilt at 64.03 percent, indicating that two‑thirds of open‑play passes in their matches occurred in the opponent’s third or middle third. Despite conceding the fewest shots in the league up to that point (136), they ranked only tenth for xGA because each shot they allowed carried high danger (0.14 xGA per shot), reflecting exposure to fast, high‑quality counters once the press was beaten. Corner tables complement this picture: SoccerSTATS shows Fiorentina’s games averaging around 9–10 total corners, with roughly 4.7 for and 4.5 against per match, and over‑8.5 corner lines being surpassed in a majority of fixtures. For bettors, Fiorentina’s pressing profile translated into matches with sustained attacking waves, frequent blocks and clearances, and enough opponent counters to keep corner and chance volume elevated on both sides.

Atalanta: Adjusted Press Still Driving High Total Corners

Gian Piero Gasperini toned down Atalanta’s trademark man‑to‑man high press in 2022/23, adopting a lower defensive block and milder pressing behaviour, but the team remained statistically active in ways that matter for corners and chances. Soccerment emphasised that Atalanta’s stylistic shift improved their xGA while preserving offensive presence, making them less kamikaze but still territorial when they chose to step forward. Corner data underlines the result: SoccerSTATS reports Atalanta averaging around 5.96 corners for and 4.46 against per match across 28 games, for an average of 10.43 total corners, with roughly 75 percent of their fixtures surpassing the 8.5‑corner mark and 57 percent clearing 9.5. Betaminic’s home/away breakdown adds that Atalanta’s home matches in particular approached or exceeded 10.5 corners on average, thanks to intense pressure periods in Bergamo that forced opponents into repeated clearances. Even with slightly softer pressing metrics than their earlier seasons, Atalanta’s approach still produced the kind of siege patterns and shot flurries that drive both high xG and high corner counts.

Comparing Fiorentina and Atalanta as Press-Based Volume Engines

Fiorentina and Atalanta offer two distinct, but related, press‑driven profiles. Fiorentina’s 9.89 PPDA and league‑best field tilt reflected a willingness to press high almost constantly and hold deep territory, which produced fewer but riskier shots conceded and a strong platform for corner accumulation in games where opponents struggled to escape. Atalanta’s adjusted block and milder pressing lowered their PPDA intensity compared with past seasons, yet their combination of flexible overloads, wide play and commitment of numbers forward at key moments still kept total corners elevated, especially at home. From a betting point of view, both teams signalled “volume games”: Fiorentina through relentless pressing and territorial control, Atalanta through dynamic surges and consistent attacking sequences that invited defensive interventions and set pieces.

Napoli and Milan: High-Tempo Builds, Structured Press

While Fiorentina and Atalanta stand out for pure pressing metrics, Napoli and Milan also embodied high‑tempo designs that translated into chance and corner production. Soccerment’s review shows Napoli improving their offensive xG per 90 from 1.65 to 2.22 between 2021/22 and 2022/23 under Luciano Spalletti, while marginally reducing xGA per 90, demonstrating an attack that both created more and pressed effectively to regain the ball quickly. Tactically, analyses of Spalletti’s Napoli describe a coordinated counter‑press with wingers and midfielders collapsing around the ball, which limited opponent build‑up and produced frequent turnovers in advanced areas. Corner statistics for 2022/23 back up that picture: Napoli’s home matches averaged over six corners for per game in later samples, placing them among the league leaders alongside Atalanta and Juventus, with many matches going over 9.5 total corners when they dominated territory. Milan, while less extreme in pressing numbers, used an intense, transition‑oriented style that Soccerment notes is geared toward effectiveness in fast breaks, contributing to high xG per 90 and enough attacking surges to keep corner totals healthy in matches they controlled.

Translating Pressing + Corner Profiles into a Practical Shortlist

To use these patterns in a structured pre‑match process, you can distil 2022/23 data into a shortlist of “press‑and‑volume” teams by combining PPDA, field tilt, xG and corner stats.

First, consider the basic logic: teams with low PPDA (high pressing intensity) and high field tilt spend more time in the opponent’s half, generating sequences of crosses, shots and blocked attempts that tend to produce corners. When SoccerSTATS and Betaminic show these same teams near the top of the corners‑for and total‑corners rankings, you have converging evidence that their style reliably converts pressure into set‑piece volume. Conversely, sides with medium or low pressing intensity and lower field tilt are less likely to create sustained pressure and may rely more on direct breaks or isolated chances, which do not generate the same corner flows. By synthesising these inputs, you can build a shortlist of fixtures where over‑corners and high‑activity markets make more sense than in generic league averages.

The table below illustrates how this looks for key 2022/23 teams:

Using a table like this as a starting point, you can quickly classify upcoming fixtures as “high‑press, high‑volume” or not before even looking at over/under lines or prices.

Integrating This into a UFABET Corner and Chance Routine

Any advantage from recognising press‑driven volume only matters if it changes how you behave inside your betting environment. When you open a multi‑league betting platform such as ufabet168, corner and shot markets for Serie A sit behind the main match odds and are often priced around familiar thresholds regardless of pressing styles. To apply a 2022/23 lens, you can impose a simple routine: for each round, isolate fixtures where both teams are on your pressing shortlist (Fiorentina–Atalanta, Napoli–Fiorentina) or where at least one top pressing side hosts a weaker opponent likely to sit deep. Only those fixtures enter your “consider over corners” pool. Then, you cross‑check whether odds on over 8.5, 9.5 or team corners reflect that elevated volume history or treat the game as average; if prices look generic despite the pressing profile, you treat that as potential edge and size stakes accordingly. Over months, monitoring which corner and activity bets followed this structured process versus those taken ad‑hoc inside the platform gives you hard data on how much this style‑based filter really improves your outcomes.

Summary

Pressing metrics and territorial data from Serie A 2022/23 make it clear that Fiorentina, Atalanta, Napoli and, to a lesser degree, Milan repeatedly turned aggressive out‑of‑possession work into sustained pressure, chances and corners. Fiorentina led the league in pressing intensity and field tilt, Atalanta combined adjusted pressing with high corner totals, and Napoli’s improved xG and controlled press produced consistent attacking waves. For a bettor, recognising these patterns and building a shortlist of high‑press, high‑volume teams converts vague impressions of “attacking style” into a structured tool for targeting over‑corners and high‑activity matches, instead of treating every Serie A fixture as statistically identical.