Empoli and Roma are going to face off on Sunday the 23rd of January at 6:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The referee will be Michael Fabbri.
Empoli occupies the 11th place in the league 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 8th position in the table 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. Marchizza, L. Tonelli, M. Viti, P. Stojanović, S. Żurkowski, F. Bandinelli, S. Ricci, L. Henderson, N. Bajrami and A. Pinamonti.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Empoli would be 24.91.
S. Luperto, 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, G. Mancini, R. Ibañez da Silva, J. Veretout, E. Bove, F. Afena-Gyan, H. Mkhitaryan, N. Zaniolo and K. Bakumo-Abraham.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Roma would be 25.80.
José Mario Felix dos Santos Mourinho will probably not be able to employ C. Smalling and S. El Shaarawy because of injury.
L. Spinazzola, E. Darboe, A. Diawara and L. Pellegrini will definitely miss the match.