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Empoli vs Sassuolo Prediction & Betting tips
Empoli seemed to stifle for a long time despite the loss of form, but Crotone’s good performance increased the pressure with the week. As a result, Empoli just woke up on time and through a few good results, Crotone attacked. On Sunday, Empoli is given the opportunity to go further away from the degradation strip when the Sassuolo power test is on display.
Empoli :
Empoli has only produced 22 goals in 33 games so far, so it is quite surprising that this team is found above the degradation line. Giovanni Matusciello’s formation rarely succeeded in impressing this season, but luckily, Pescara, Crotone and Palermo performed worse. This resulted in a big hole in the seventeenth place, and the pressure of performance was not there for a long time. However, Crotone recently hit back with a few victories, causing Empoli to wake up. Out of Fiorentina’s 1-2 win, and last week that performance was repeated against AC Milan, perhaps the most remarkable result of the season. Levan Mchedlidze and Mame Thiam scored the goals in San Siro and proved to be sufficient for the three points.
Empoli therefore scored two handsome victories in outings, which was done by leaning on the defense and occasionally producing a counter. To win competitions at home, Empoli will have to crawl some more from the shelf, and that has hardly been the last few weeks. In January Empoli still won from Palermo and Udinese with the smallest possible difference, but the duels with Torino, Lazio Roma, Genoa, Napoli and Pescara only scored two points. Especially in the last match against hedge captain Pescara (1-1) was expected in advance.
Matusciello has to do with some minor injuries this week, which may lead to some changes. A highlight this season are Mchedlidze’s performance. The Georgian suffered injury in this season only fifteen times, but in that case he scored six goals.
Probable setup Empoli
Skorupski, Laurini, Bellusci, Barba, Pasqual, Mauri, Diousse, Krunic, El Kaddouri, Thiam, Maccarone
Sassuolo :
Sassuolo grew last season to the biggest surprise of the Serie A and that performance eventually resulted in a ticket for the Europa League. This year, Sassuolo did not succeed in realizing the new status. Eusebio Di Francesco’s team soon lost the connection with the upper half of the rankings, and in the last few weeks the sacred fire was missing to really perform. At present, Sassuolo is found in the 14th place and that is sufficient to prevent degradation. The Crotone hole is twelve points and that should be enough to stay out of trouble.
Just after the winter break, Sassuolo managed to impress, but in recent weeks performance has been quite good. Last week, Di Francesco’s men even managed to keep Napoli from winning. In his own stadium, the match seemed even to end on a 2-1 finish, but a late goal by Arkadiusz Milik drew the score again. The matches for that also resulted in good results. Sassuolo surprisingly caught a point at Atalanta Bergamo (1-1) and home was won with 2-1 from Sampdoria.
The question now is whether Sassuolo can bring it up to the last few weeks. The club has nothing more to play, but the latest results may have resulted in some extra confidence. In Empoli, Sassuolo finds an opponent who fully motivates the kick-off and therefore the visitors can not afford to give less than one hundred percent. Di Francesco has to do this again with a few injuries this week, causing his team to be slightly weakened, but the last few weeks showed that it is not a barrier.
Probable setup Sassuolo
Consigli, Adjapong, Cannavaro, Acerbi, Peluso, Sensi, Aquilani, Duncan, Berardi, Matri, Ragusa
Empoli vs Sassuolo head to head
04.12.16 SA Sassuolo Empoli 3 : 0
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04.10.15 SA Empoli Sassuolo 1 : 0
22.03.15 SA Empoli Sassuolo 3 : 1
28.10.14 SA Sassuolo Empoli 3 : 1