Sassuolo and Empoli are going to clash on Saturday the 24th of February at 3:00 pm in the 26th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Reggio Emilia at the MAPEI Stadium – Città del Tricolore. The chosen referee is Gianluca Aureliano.
Sassuolo is in the 18th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 3-0 loss against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 5 times, draw 5 times, and lost 14 times.
Empoli occupies the 16th place in the table with 22 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 5 times, draw 7 times, and lost 13 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Sassuolo
Sassuolo has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up during the season (22 times or 91.67%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (22 times) and 4-3-3 (2 times).
Alessio Dionisi is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: Andrea Consigli, Josh Doig, Mattia Viti, Ruan, Marcus Pedersen, Daniel Boloca, Matheus Henrique, Armand Laurienté, Kristian Thorstvedt, Nedim Bajrami and Andrea Pinamonti.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Sassuolo would be 25.82.
Martin Erlic, Jeremy Toljan, Domenico Berardi and Pedro Obiang will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (9 times or 36.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (9 times), 4-3-1-2 (4 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times) and 3-5-2 (2 times).
Davide Nicola is expected to play against Sassuolo with the following players: Elia Caprile, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Sebastiano Luperto, Ardian Ismajli , Liberato Cacace, Răzvan Marin, Youssef Maleh, Bartosz Bereszyński, Szymon Zurkowski, Nicolò Cambiaghi and Alberto Cerri.
Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Empoli would be 26.55.
Tyronne Ebuehi, Alberto Grassi and Francesco Caputo will definitely miss the match.
Davide Nicola will not be able to have the presence of Emmanuel Gyasi who is suspended.
