Empoli and Genoa will take on on Friday in the 12th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The encounter will be officiated by Luca Pairetto.
Empoli occupies the 11th place in the table with 15 points. It comes from a 1-2 win against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far,, it has won 5 times and lost 6 times.
Genoa sits in the 17th place in the league with 8 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Venezia in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now,, it has won once, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 81.82%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (9 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Marchizza, S. Romagnoli, L. Tonelli, A. Ismajli, S. Ricci, F. Bandinelli, N. Haas, N. Bajrami, A. Pinamonti and F. Di Francesco.
The average age of Empoli would be 25.18.
J. Furlan will definitely miss the match.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will not be able to have the presence of P. Stojanović who is suspended.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (4 times or 36.36%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-3-1-2 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Davide Ballardini is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: S. Sirigu, D. Criscito, D. Biraschi, J. Vásquez Ibarra, A. Cambiaso, N. Rovella, M. Badelj, S. Sturaro, P. Galdames Millán, C. Ekuban and G. Pandev.
The average age of Genoa would be 28.18.
Davide Ballardiniwill probably not be able to employ P. Ghiglione because of injury.
M. Bani, M. Fares, N. Maksimović, Z. Vanheusden, H. Azevedo Júnior, F. Cassata, I. Radovanović and M. Destro will definitely miss the match.
