Empoli and Fiorentina are going to play on Sunday the 18th of February at 3:00 pm in the 25th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be played in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The referee will be Luca Pairetto.
Empoli is in the 16th position in the table with 21 points. It comes from a 1-3 win against Salernitana in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 5 times, draw 6 times, and lost 13 times.
Fiorentina sits in the 7th place in the standings with 37 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Bologna in its last match in the Serie A. As of now, it has won 11 times, draw 4 times, and lost 9 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (9 times or 37.50%).
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), 3-4-2-1 (2 times) and 3-5-2 (2 times).
Davide Nicola is expected to play against Fiorentina with the following players: Elia Caprile, Ardian Ismajli , Sebastian Walukiewicz, Sebastiano Luperto, Bartosz Bereszyński, Emmanuel Gyasi, Youssef Maleh, Alberto Grassi, Szymon Zurkowski, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Alberto Cerri.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Empoli would be 27.18.
Davide Nicola will probably not be able to employ Răzvan Marin because of injury.
Tyronne Ebuehi and Francesco Caputo will definitely miss the match.
Fiorentina
Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (23 times or 95.83%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (23 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Pietro Terracciano, Fabiano Parisi, Luca Ranieri, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Davide Faraoni, Alfred Duncan, Arthur, Riccardo Sottil, Nicolás González, Lucas Beltrán and Andrea Belotti.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Fiorentina would be 28.00.
Oliver Christensen, Dodô, Gaetano Castrovilli and Christian Kouamé will definitely miss the match.
