Genoa and Empoli are going to face on Sunday the 6th of March at 12:30 pm in the 28th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Genova at the Stadio Comunale Luigi Ferraris. The chosen referee is Gianluca Aureliano.
Genoa occupies the 19th position in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Venezia in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won once, draw 13 times, and lost 12 times.
Empoli is in the 13th place in the table with 31 points. It comes from a 2-3 loss against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 8 times, draw 7 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Genoa
Genoa has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (13 times or 50.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-3-1-2 (3 times), 3-4-1-2 (2 times), 4-3-3 (once), 4-1-4-1 (once) and 4-4-1-1 (once).
Alexander Blessin is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: S. Sirigu, R. Calafiori, J. Vásquez Ibarra, S. Hefti, S. Sturaro, M. Badelj, K. Yeboah, M. Portanova, A. Gudmundsson and M. Destro.
Granting that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Genoa would be 26.60.
Alexander Blessin will probably not be able to employ N. Maksimović because of injury.
M. Bani, A. Cambiaso, D. Criscito, Z. Vanheusden, C. Ekuban and R. Piccoli will definitely miss the match.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 81.48%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (22 times), 4-3-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Genoa with the following players: G. Vicario, F. Parisi, S. Romagnoli, S. Luperto, P. Stojanović, K. Asllani, S. Żurkowski, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami, F. Di Francesco and A. Pinamonti.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Empoli would be 25.36.
R. Marchizza, M. Viti, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.
Aurelio Andreazzoli will not be able to have the presence of A. Ismajli who is suspended.