Empoli and Roma will clash on Sunday the 23rd of January at 6:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani.
Empoli occupies the 11th place in the standings with 29 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Venezia in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 8 times, draw 5 times, and lost 9 times.
Roma occupies the 7th place in the league with 35 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 11 times, drawn twice, and lost 9 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 (19 times or 86.36%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (19 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Roma with the following players: G. Vicario, R. Fiamozzi, L. Tonelli, M. Viti, P. Stojanović, S. Żurkowski, S. Ricci, F. Bandinelli, L. Henderson, N. Bajrami and A. Pinamonti.
In case that this will be the line-up, the projected average age of Empoli would be 25.36.
R. Marchizza, F. Parisi, N. Haas, F. Di Francesco and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Roma
Roma has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 59.09%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (13 times), 3-1-4-2 (6 times), 3-5-2 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: R. dos Santos Patrício, M. Viña Susperreguy, R. Ibañez da Silva, G. Mancini, J. Veretout, E. Bove, F. Afena-Gyan, H. Mkhitaryan, N. Zaniolo and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Suppose that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Roma would be 25.80.
C. Smalling, L. Spinazzola, E. Darboe, A. Diawara, L. Pellegrini and S. El Shaarawy will definitely miss the match.
