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Fiorentina and Empoli meet at Stadio Artemio Franchi, in a match for the 16th round of Serie A. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 3 matches won 1 and drew 2. Indeed, The last time these teams met at this stadium was on 15-04-2017, in a match for the Serie A that ended with the victory of Empoli by (1-2). Cristian Tello (64 ‘) scored the goals of the match, for Fiorentina, and O. El Kaddouri (37’) and M. Pasqual (90 ‘), for Empoli. The condition home / away deserves particular attention, because despite this being a match between 12th and 14th of the league table, it is really a match between the 5th classified in home games and the 18th as a visitor.
Fiorentina:
The home team is currently in the 12 th position of the league, with 19 points won, after 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Juventus, by (0-3). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Sassuolo, by (3-3). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 2 points in away matches, with 7 goals scored and 10 conceded, against 14 points won at their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 6 conceded. In the last 7 home league matches Fiorentina has a record of 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss, so they have won 14 points out of 21 possible.
For this competition, he does not win 8 games ago. In their home league matches the most frequent result at half-time was the 0-0 (3 out of 7 matches). They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 8 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, he suffered the first goal 5 times and never got the comeback. In the last 8 away matches for all competitions there is 1 period that stands out: they have conceded 3 of their 6 goals between minutes (76’-90 ‘).
Fiorentina enter this day with a draw, 3-3, in the displacement to the Sassuolo field: the goals of the team were marked by Simeone, Benassi and Mirallas. It should be noted that the locals register only 1 win in the last 10 matches played. In the reception at Empoli, coach Stefano Pioli must organize the team in a 4-3-3, favoring fast football on the flanks. On an individual level we highlight the midfielder Benassi, player with 6 goals scored in this competition. For this game the coach can not count on Milenkovic, Veretout and Edimilson Fernandes, all suspended.
Probable Alignment: A. Lafont, C. Biraghi, Hugo Vitor, G. Pezzella, V. Laurini, Gerson, M. Benassi, B. Dabo, F. Chiesa, G. Simeone, M. Pjaca.
Empoli:
The away team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 16 points won, after 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, they tied in an away match against SPAL, by (2-2). In the last match, they won in a home match against Bologna, by (2-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, since they have won 3 points in away matches and 13 at their stadium, with 8 goals scored and 16 conceded at home, against 11 goals scored and 10 conceded at home. In the last 7 away matches for the championship, Empoli has 3 draws and 4 losses, so they have won 3 points out of 21 possible.
For this competition, they have not won any of the last 7 away matches. The team has not been too strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 8 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 15 matches in this tournament, they suffered the first goal 9 times and only managed 1 comeback.
The Empoli left for this game with a win, 2-1, against Bologna, registering in this way the fourth consecutive game without losing in this competition: the goals of the three points were scored by La Gumina and Caputo. The visiting club demonstrates quality in keeping possession of the ball and Krunic stands out for its quality of pass and vision of the game. On the other hand, striker Caputo is the best scorer of Empoli, with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach has all the headlines.
Probable alignment: I. Provedel, G. Di Lorenzo, M. Silvestre, D. Maietta, F. Veseli, M. Pasqual, R. Krunić, I. Bennacer, H. Traorè, F. Caputo, A. La Gumina.
Fiorentina vs Empoli head to head matches
15.04.17 SA Fiorentina Empoli 1 : 2
20.11.16 SA Empoli Fiorentina 0 : 4
10.04.16 SA Empoli Fiorentina 2 : 0
22.11.15 SA Fiorentina Empoli 2 : 2
10.05.15 SA Empoli Fiorentina 2 : 3