Empoli and Genoa are going to face on Saturday the 3rd of February at 3:00 pm in the 23rd week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The appointed referee is Ermanno Feliciani.
Empoli sits in the 19th place in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Genoa sits in the 11th place in the standings with 28 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Lecce in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 7 times, draw 7 times, and lost 8 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 (9 times or 40.91%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-3-1-2 (4 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 3-5-2 (2 times).
Davide Nicola is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: Elia Caprile, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Sebastiano Luperto, Ardian Ismajli , Liberato Cacace, Youssef Maleh, Alberto Grassi, Szymon Zurkowski, Emmanuel Gyasi, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Alberto Cerri.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Empoli would be 26.45.
Davide Nicola will probably not be able to employ Viktor Kovalenko, Francesco Caputo and Mattia Destro because of injury.
Tyronne Ebuehi and Simone Bastoni will definitely miss the match.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (14 times or 63.64%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 4-3-2-1 (2 times), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alberto Gilardino is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Josep Martínez, Koni De Winter, Johan Vásquez, Mattia Bani, Morten Frendrup, Stefano Sabelli, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Milan Badelj, Kevin Strootman, Albert Guðmundsson and Mateo Retegui.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Genoa would be 28.27.
Ridgeciano Haps, Aarón Martín and Junior Messias will definitely miss the match.
