Empoli and Sassuolo are going to face off on Sunday the 9th of January at 2:30 pm in the 21st week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The referee will be Manuel Volpi.
Empoli sits in the 9th place in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 3-3 draw against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 8 times.
Sassuolo is in the 13th place in the table with 25 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Genoa in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 6 times, draw 6 times, and lost 7 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 (18 times or 90.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (18 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Marchizza, A. Ismajli, M. Viti, P. Stojanović, S. Żurkowski, S. Ricci, L. Henderson, N. Bajrami, F. Di Francesco and A. Pinamonti.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Empoli would be 24.45.
F. Parisi, S. Romagnoli, L. Tonelli, N. Haas, P. Cutrone and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will not be able to have the presence of S. Luperto and F. Bandinelli who are both suspended.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (12 times or 63.16%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (12 times), 4-3-3 (6 times) and 4-1-4-1 (once).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: A. Consigli, R. Oliveira da Silva, G. Ferrari, V. Chiricheș, J. Toljan, M. Lopez, A. Harroui, G. Kiriakopoulos, G. Raspadori, D. Berardi and G. Defrel.
If this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Sassuolo would be 27.82.
E. Goldaniga, F. Peluso, F. Romagna, J. Boga, M. de Souza, F. Đuričić, D. Frattesi, F. Magnanelli, P. Mba Obiang Avomo, H. Traorè, G. Scamacca and N. Schiappacasse Oliva will definitely miss the match.
