Fiorentina and Empoli are going to clash on Sunday the 3rd of April at 12:30 pm in the 31st week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Firenze at the Stadio Artemio Franchi. The chosen referee is Luca Massimi.

Fiorentina occupies the 8th place in the standings with 47 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 14 times, draw 5 times, and lost 10 times.​​

Empoli sits in the 13th position in the league with 33 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Hellas Verona in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 8 times, draw 9 times, and lost 13 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Fiorentina​

Fiorentina has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up most used during the season (28 times or 96.55%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (28 times) and 4-4-2 (once).

Vincenzo Italiano is expected to play against Empoli with the following players: P. Terracciano, C. Biraghi, N. Milenković, I. dos Santos de Paulo, Á. Odriozola Arzallus, F. Frison, J. Duncan, L. Torreira Di Pascua, G. Castrovilli, S. Amrabat and N. González.

Assuming that the above line up is confirmed, the estimate average age of Fiorentina would be 26.18.

G. Bonaventura 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 73.33%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (22 times), 4-3-2-1 (6 times), 4-3-3 (once) and 4-1-3-2 (once).

Aurelio Andreazzoli is expected to play against Fiorentina with the following players: G. Vicario, L. Cacace, S. Romagnoli, S. Luperto, P. Stojanović, F. Bandinelli, S. Żurkowski, K. Asllani, N. Bajrami, F. Di Francesco and A. Pinamonti.

Assuming that the line up is confirmed as above, the projected average age of Empoli would be 25.36.

R. Marchizza and N. Haas will definitely miss the match.

Aurelio Andreazzoli will not be able to have the presence of F. Parisi who is suspended​​.