Torino and Empoli will clash on Thursday the 2nd of December at 6:30 pm in the 15th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Torino at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. The encounter will be officiated by Andrea Colombo.
Torino sits in the 13th position in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Empoli sits in the 11th position in the league with 19 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 6 times, drawn once, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Torino
Torino has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (11 times or 78.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Ivan Juric is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: V. Milinković Savić, D. Zima, G. Bremer Silva Nascimento, T. Olaoluwa Aina, S. Lukić, T. Pobega, M. Vojvoda, K. Linetty, J. Brekalo and A. Sanabria Ayala.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Torino would be 24.10.
There are doubts about the presence of A. Buongiorno.
Ivan Juric will probably not be able to employ W. Singo because of injury.
L. Djidji, R. Rodríguez Araya, C. Ansaldi, S. Edera, S. Verdi, A. Belotti and R. Mandragora will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 85.71%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (12 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Torino with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Marchizza, L. Tonelli, S. Luperto, P. Stojanović, N. Haas, S. Ricci, F. Bandinelli, L. Henderson, F. Di Francesco and A. Pinamonti.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Empoli would be 25.00.
S. Żurkowski will definitely miss the match.