The Serie A game at Stadio Artemio Franchi on Sunday sees home side Fiorentina take to the field against Empoli, and we have the latest player updates plus predicted line ups available.
Fiorentina, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 1-2 Serie A success over Cagliari. We are thinking that La Viola will probably kick off with a 3-5-2 formation for this game, utilising David De Gea, Marin Pongracic, Pablo Mari, Luca Ranieri, Fabiano Parisi, Rolando Mandragora, Danilo Cataldi, Michael Folorunsho, Robin Gosens, Lucas Beltran and Albert Gudmundsson.
There aren’t many selection issues, with just the sole fitness concern for the Fiorentina gaffer Raffaelle Palladino to be concerned about from of an almost fully healthy set of players. Edoardo Bove misses out.
How Fiorentina could look to take on Empoli
Since being beaten in their last game against Bologna in Coppa Italia competition, Empoli and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here. It’s our belief that Azzurri seem likely to make use of a 4-4-2 formation using Jacopo Seghetti, Saba Goglichidze, Luca Marianucci, Mattia Viti, E. Quartsin Gyasi, Alberto Grassi, Tino Anjorin, Giuseppe Pezzella, Sebastiano Esposito, Jacopo Fazzini and Lorenzo Colombo.
Empoli boss Roberto D'Aversa has not got a full squad to pick from. Nicolas Haas (Cruciate ligament injury), Christian Kouamé (Cruciate ligament tear), Ardian Ismajli (Hamstring muscle injury), Saba Sazonov (Cruciate ligament surgery), Pietro Pellegri (Cruciate ligament tear), Szymon Żurkowski (Knee problems) and Youssef Maleh (Collateral ligament injury) will miss out on this game.
Predicted Empoli team
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