Empoli and Genoa will 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 chosen referee is Ermanno Feliciani.
Empoli is in the 19th place in the standings with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 4 times, draw 5 times, and lost 13 times.
Genoa sits in the 11th position in the league with 28 points. It comes from a 2-1 win against Lecce in its last match in the Serie A. So far, 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.
If this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Empoli would be 26.45.
Davide Nicola will probably not be able to employ Viktor Kovalenko and Mattia Destro because of injury.
Tyronne Ebuehi, Simone Bastoni and Francesco Caputo 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, Ruslan Malinovskyi, Milan Badelj, Kevin Strootman, Stefano Sabelli, Albert Guðmundsson and Mateo Retegui.
Presuming that the line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Genoa would be 28.27.
Alberto Gilardino will probably not be able to employ Aarón Martín because of injury.
Ridgeciano Haps, Junior Messias and David Akpan Ankeye will definitely miss the match.
