Napoli and Empoli are going to clash on Sunday the 12th of December at 6:00 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona (Napoli). The referee will be Livio Marinelli.
Napoli is in the 3rd place in the league with 36 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 11 times, drawn twice, and lost twice.
Empoli occupies the 11th place in the league with 23 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Udinese in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 7 times, drawn twice, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Napoli
Napoli has mostly adopted 2 line-ups: 4-3-3 and 4-2-3-1 (7 times or 46.67% each of them).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-2-3-1 (7 times) and 3-4-3 (once).
Luciano Spalletti is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: A. Meret, J. Nunes Jesus, G. Di Lorenzo, A. Rrahmani, M. Silva Duarte, D. Demme, P. Zieliński, K. Malcuit, E. Elmas, H. Lozano Bahena and D. Mertens.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Napoli would be 28.00.
Luciano Spalletti will probably not be able to employ S. Lobotka because of injury.
K. Koulibaly, K. Manolas, A. Zanoli, F. Ruiz Peña, A. Zambo Anguissa, L. Insigne and V. Osimhen will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 87.50%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (14 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Napoli with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Marchizza, S. Romagnoli, S. Luperto, P. Stojanović, S. Ricci, F. Bandinelli, S. Żurkowski, N. Bajrami, F. Di Francesco and A. Pinamonti.
If the line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Empoli would be 24.64.