Empoli and Lazio will face on Friday the 22nd of December at 6:30 pm in the 17th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The referee will be Matteo Marchetti.
Empoli occupies the 18th position in the table with 12 points. It comes from a 1-0 loss against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 3 times, and lost 10 times.
Lazio sits in the 11th place in the standings with 21 points. It comes from a 0-2 loss against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 6 times, draw 3 times, and lost 7 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (7 times or 43.75%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (7 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times) and 4-2-3-1 (2 times).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Lazio with the following players: Etrit Berisha, Liberato Cacace, Ardian Ismajli, Sebastiano Luperto, Tyronne Ebuehi, Alberto Grassi, Youssef Maleh, Răzvan Marin, Jacopo Fazzini, Stiven Shpendi and Nicolò Cambiaghi.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Empoli would be 25.64.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ Viktor Kovalenko and Francesco Caputo because of injury.
Bartosz Bereszyński and Giuseppe Pezzella will definitely miss the match.
Lazio
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (16 times).
Maurizio Sarri is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Ivan Provedel, Adam Marusic, Nicolò Casale, Mario Gila Fuentes, Elseid Hysaj, Luis Alberto, Nicolò Rovella, Mattéo Guendouzi, Mattia Zaccagni, Felipe Anderson and Ciro Immobile.
Granting that the line up is confirmed, the average age of Lazio would be 27.73.
Maurizio Sarri will probably not be able to employ Alessio Romagnoli and Gustav Isaksen because of injury.
Maurizio Sarri will not be able to have the presence of Manuel Lazzari who is suspended.