Venezia and Empoli are going to face off on Sunday the 16th of January at 3:00 pm in the 22nd week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Venezia at the Stadio Pierluigi Penzo. The referee will be Piero Giacomelli.
Venezia occupies the 17th position in the table with 17 points. It comes from a 0-3 loss against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 11 times.
Empoli is in the 12th position in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 1-5 loss against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Venezia
Venezia has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 45.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (4 times) and 4-3-1-2 (3 times).
Paolo Zanetti is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: S. Romero, R. Haps, M. Caldara, P. Ceccaroni, P. Mazzocchi, E. Ampadu, G. Busio, M. Cuisance, S. Kiyine, M. Aramu and D. Okereke.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Venezia would be 26.18.
Paolo Zanetti will probably not be able to employ A. Vacca because of injury.
T. Ebuehi will definitely miss the match.
Paolo Zanetti will not be able to have the presence of M. Svoboda who is suspended.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (19 times or 90.48%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (19 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Venezia with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Fiamozzi, S. Luperto, A. Ismajli, P. Stojanović, L. Henderson, S. Ricci, S. Żurkowski, N. Bajrami, A. Pinamonti and P. Cutrone.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Empoli would be 25.09.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ S. Romagnoli because of injury.
R. Marchizza, F. Parisi, N. Haas, F. Di Francesco and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will not be able to have the presence of M. Viti who is suspended.