Milan and Empoli are going to play on Saturday the 12th of March at 8:45 pm in the 29th week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Milano at the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza. The appointed referee is Daniele Chiffi.
Milan sits in the 1st place in the league with 60 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Napoli in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 18 times, draw 6 times, and lost 4 times.
Empoli occupies the 13th position in the standings with 32 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Genoa in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 8 times, draw 8 times, and lost 12 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Milan
Milan has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (27 times or 96.43%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (27 times) and 4-3-3 (once).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: M. Maignan, A. Florenzi, F. Tomori, P. Kalulu Kyatengwa, D. Calabria, I. Bennacer, S. Tonali, F. Kessié, R. Conceição Leão, J. Messias and O. Giroud.
Suppose that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Milan would be 26.73.
Stefano Pioli will probably not be able to employ A. Romagnoli because of injury.
S. Thorup Kjær and T. Bakayoko will definitely miss the match.
Stefano Pioli will not be able to have the presence of T. Hernández who is suspended.
Empoli
Empoli has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up most used during the season (22 times or 78.57%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (22 times), 4-3-2-1 (4 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).
Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Milan with the following players: G. Vicario, V. Biagini, F. Parisi, S. Romagnoli, S. Luperto, P. Stojanović, S. Żurkowski, K. Asllani, F. Bandinelli, N. Bajrami and A. Pinamonti.
If the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Empoli would be 24.55.
R. Marchizza, N. Haas and E. Ekong will definitely miss the match.