Fiorentina - Empoli Football prediction

Fiorentina and Empoli meet at Stadio Artemio Franchi in a match of the 16th round of Serie A TIM. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which has 1 win and 2 draws in the last 3 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stage was in 15-04-2017, in a game for the Serie A TIM that finished with the victory of Empoli by (1-2). The goals of the match were scored by Cristian Tello (64 ') for Fiorentina and O. El Kaddouri (37') and M. Pasqual (90 ') for Empoli. Although this is a game between 12th and 14th of the overall ranking, it is actually a game between the 5th place in home games and the 18th as a visitor.

Analysis of Fiorentina
The home team is currently in 12th place with 19 points earned after 4 wins, 7 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost at home to Juventus by (0-3). In the last match, he tied for Sassuolo by (3-3). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 14 points in their stadium, with 14 goals scored and 6 conceded, against 5 points away, where they scored 7 goals and suffered 10. For the championship, Fiorentina won 14 points in 21 possible , after 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss in the last 7 games he played in his stadium.

In this competition, you have not won for 8 matches. In their domestic league games the most frequent marker in the break was 0-0 (3 in 7 matches). The team conceded goals to their opponents in 8 of the last 10 games, so they have not shown great defensive solidity, but their attack has scored regularly, since they managed to achieve in 7 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 15 games in the competition, he never managed to turn the scoring in the five games in which he suffered the first goal. In the last 8 home games in all competitions there are 1 highlights: he has 3 of his 6 goals in between the minutes (76'-90 ').

Fiorentina enter this round with a 3-3 draw in their visit to the Sassuolo field: the goals of the team were scored by Simeone, Benassi and Mirallas. It is worth mentioning that the home team only has 1 win in the last 10 games. At the reception at Empoli, coach Stefano Pioli should draw the team in 4-3-3 favoring fast football by the sides. At the individual level we highlight midfielder Benassi, a player with 6 goals scored in this competition. For this game the coach will not be able to count on suspensions Milenkovic, Veretout and Edimilson Fernandes.
Confirmed lineup: A. Lafont, G. Pezzella, F. Ceccherini, Vitor Hugo, C. Biraghi, M. Benassi, C. Nørgaard, Gerson, G. Simeone, K. Mirallas, F. Chiesa.
Technical: S. Pioli.

Empoli review
The visiting team is currently in 14th place with 16 points earned after 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses. In the penultimate match, he tied for SPAL (2-2). In the last match, won at home to Bologna by (2-1). This is a team affected by the home factor, having won 3 points as a visitor and 13 in their stadium, with 11 goals scored and 10 goals conceded at home, against 8 goals scored and 16 suffered as a visitor. In the last 7 games away from the championship, Empoli have won 3 draws and 4 defeats, having won 3 points out of 21.

For this competition, you have not won any of the last 7 games outside of your stadium. Defensive solidity has not been his strong point as he has conceded at least one goal in each of the last 10 games but his attack has regularly scored as he has scored goals in 8 of the last 10 games for this competition. In 15 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 9 games in which he conceded the first goal.

Empoli came to this game with a 2-1 victory against Bologna, registering the fourth game without losing in this competition: the goals of the three points were scored by La Gumina and Caputo. The visiting club demonstrates good games in maintaining possession of the ball, where Krunic stands out with his quality in passing and game vision. On the other hand, the offensive Caputo is the best finisher of Empoli with 8 goals scored. For this game the coach counts on all the players.
Confirmed lineup: I. Provedel, M. Silvestre, G. Di Lorenzo, F. Veseli, L. Antonelli, Maietta, R. Krunić, H. Traorè, I. Bennacer, A. La Gumina, F. Caputo.
Coach: A. Andreazzoli.