Lazio and Empoli are going to face off on Sunday the 8th of January at 3:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Roma at the Stadio Olimpico. The referee will be Ivano Pezzuto.
Lazio sits in the 5th position in the standings with 30 points. It comes from a 2-1 loss against Lecce in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Empoli sits in the 13th place in the standings with 18 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Udinese in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 6 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Lazio
Lazio has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (15 times) and 4-4-2 (once).
Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: I. Provedel, A. Marušić, A. Romagnoli, M. Lazzari, D. Anderson, D. Cataldi, M. Vecino Falero, S. Milinković-Savić, M. Zaccagni and C. Immobile.
If the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Lazio would be 29.60.
Maurizio Sarri will probably not be able to employ L. Romero Alconchel because of injury.
M. Fuentes and M. Fares will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (15 times or 93.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (15 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Paolo Zanetti is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: G. Vicario, F. Parisi, A. Ismajli, S. Luperto, T. Ebuehi, A. Grassi, R. Marin, J. Fazzini, T. Baldanzi, M. Satriano and F. Caputo.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Empoli would be 25.91.
L. Tonelli, N. Haas and M. Destro will definitely miss the match.
Paolo Zanetti will not be able to have the presence of J. Akpa Akpro who is suspended.
