Torino and Empoli are going to face off on Saturday the 16th of December at 8:45 pm in the 16th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Torino at the Stadio Olimpico Grande Torino. The chosen referee is Livio Marinelli.
Torino sits in the 11th position in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Frosinone in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 5 times.
Empoli occupies the 18th position in the league with 12 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Lecce in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 3 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Torino
Torino has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up during the season (8 times or 53.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (8 times), 3-5-2 (6 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Ivan Juric is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Vanja Milinković-Savić, Adrien Tamèze, Alessandro Buongiorno, Ricardo Rodríguez, Mërgim Vojvoda, Ivan Ilić, Karol Linetty, Raoul Bellanova, Nikola Vlašić, Antonio Sanabria and Duván Zapata.
If this will be the line-up, the average age of Torino would be 26.91.
Ivan Juric will probably not be able to employ Nemanja Radonjić because of injury.
Ange Caumenan N’Guessan and Perr Schuurs will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 46.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Torino with the following players: Etrit Berisha, Liberato Cacace, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Tyronne Ebuehi, Youssef Maleh, Jacopo Fazzini, Filippo Ranocchia, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Matteo Cancellieri and Stiven Shpendi.
Presuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Empoli would be 24.55.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ Bartosz Bereszyński, Tommaso Baldanzi and Francesco Caputo because of injury.
Giuseppe Pezzella will definitely miss the match.