Empoli and Milan will play on Wednesday the 22nd of December at 8:45 pm in the 19th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani.
Empoli is in the 9th place in the standings with 27 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Spezia in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Milan is in the 3rd position in the standings with 39 points. It comes from a 0-1 loss against Napoli in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 12 times, draw 3 times, and lost 3 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 (16 times or 88.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (16 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Milan with the following players: G. Vicario, F. Parisi, M. Viti, S. Romagnoli, P. Stojanović, S. Ricci, L. Henderson, S. Żurkowski, N. Bajrami, P. Cutrone and A. Pinamonti.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Empoli would be 23.45.
N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Milan
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (18 times).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: M. Maignan, F. Ballo Touré, F. Tomori, A. Romagnoli, P. Kalulu Kyatengwa, I. Bennacer, F. Kessié, A. Saelemaekers, B. Abdelkader Diaz, J. Messias and O. Giroud.
Presuming that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Milan would be 25.36.
A. Plizzari, D. Calabria, T. Hernández, S. Thorup Kjær, R. Conceição Leão, P. Pellegri and A. Rebić will definitely miss the match.