Empoli and Juventus will clash on Saturday the 26th of February at 6:00 pm in the 27th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Empoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani. The chosen referee is Fabio Maresca.
Empoli sits in the 13th position in the standings with 31 points. It comes from a 2-0 loss against Sampdoria in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 11 times.
Juventus occupies the 4th place in the league with 47 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Torino in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 13 times, draw 8 times, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (21 times or 80.77%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (21 times), 4-3-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Juventus with the following players: G. Vicario, F. Parisi, M. Viti, S. Romagnoli, P. Stojanović, K. Asllani, S. Żurkowski, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami, L. Henderson and A. Pinamonti.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the average age of Empoli would be 24.64.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will probably not be able to employ V. Biagini because of injury.
R. Marchizza, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Juventus
Juventus has mostly adopted the 4-4-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-4-2 (13 times), 4-3-3 (6 times), 4-2-3-1 (3 times), 4-3-2-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once), 3-1-4-2 (once) and 4-3-1-2 (once).
Massimiliano Allegri is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: W. Szczęsny, L. Bonucci, M. de Ligt, D. da Silva, A. Hajdari, D. Rugani, M. De Sciglio, A. Rabiot, A. Ramos de Oliveira Melo, J. Cuadrado Bello and M. Kean.
Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Juventus would be 27.91.
G. Chiellini, A. Lobo Silva, P. Exequiel Dybala, W. McKennie, F. Bernardeschi, F. Chiesa and K. Pinto Ramos will definitely miss the match.