Empoli-Fiorentina is a match valid for the sixth day of Serie A and is played on Sunday at 6 p.m.: odds, prediction, live TV and streaming.
Better Empoli than Fiorentina in this start of the season, and the Tuscan derby seems to come at the right time: for both, currently separated by 3 points in the standings – ahead, surprisingly, are the Azzurri – it will certainly be an excellent test. The Viola, after a long series of draws and the disastrous defeat in Bergamo with the Dea last Sunday, broke their fast of victories by beating Lazio (2-1) in a comeback.
Raphaele Palladino’s team actually did not convince even against Baroni’s biancocelesti, but the entrance in the second half of the summer’s star purchase, Icelandic Gudmundsson, who was able to single-handedly change the inertia of the match by giving liveliness to the Gigliata maneuver and by scoring the two penalties awarded by referee Marcenaro that made the Lazio team go on the rampage, was providential.
Empoli, on the other hand, has not yet known defeat and last weekend brought home its second win of the season, winning the direct clash with Cagliari (0-2). The two successes of Roberto D’Aversa’s team have both come on the road, at home instead only draws so far (Monza and Juventus). The Azzurri on Tuesday were also engaged in the Coppa Italia, and their 2-1 victory over Torino earned them a pass to the round of 16, where they will face Fiorentina.
Empoli-Fiorentina: the latest lineup news
Empoli’s infirmary does not empty: against Fiorentina, D’Aversa is expected to do without Fazzini and former Maleh, both in doubt; Sazonov, Zurkowski, Perisan and Ebuehi are sure to be absent instead. The two trequartisti in the 3-4-2-1 designed by the former Lecce coach will be Anjorin and Esposito.
In Fiorentina, the injured Pongracic and Mandragora will be absent, but Palladino is expected to reintroduce the three-man defense, with Biraghi back as a brace, along with Quarta and Comuzzo. In the middle Bove and Cataldi, on the flanks Dodò and Gosens. Up front, Gudmundsson should start for the first time from 1′.
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The Prediction
Will the success with Lazio have unlocked Fiorentina? We believe so, but to expugn Empoli will not be easy for the Viola, which at the “Castellani” has not won since 2016. It’s also hard to imagine Palladino’s team managing to keep their goal unbeaten: in seven matches, in fact, they have recorded only one clean sheet.
The likely formations of Empoli-Fiorentina
EMPOLI (3-4-2-1): Vasquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Esposito, Anjorin; Colombo.
FIORENTINA (3-4-2-1): De Gea; Comuzzo, Martinez Quarta, Biraghi; Dodò, Cataldi, Bove, Gosens; Colpani, Gudmundsson; Kean.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 1-2
