Empoli vs Bologna Prediction

After 6 wins, 7 draws and 15 defeats, the home team is in 16th place, having won 25 points. In the last match, they lost to Milan away by (1-0), after in the previous game they lost at home, in a game against Cagliari, by (0-1). This is a team that, curiously enough, has been stronger away from home than at home, as in the last 30 games they have recorded 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 defeats as a visitor; against 2 wins, 4 draws and 9 defeats at their stadium. In the last 10 home games in the championship, Empoli has recorded 1 win, 4 draws and 5 defeats, having won 7 points out of 30 possible. In matches played at their stadium in the championship, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45' was 0‑0, which occurred in 6 of their 14 games. The team allowed goals to its opponent in 8 of the last 10 games it played in this competition, so it has not been very strong defensively. In their home games there is a tendency for few goals, as 10 of their last 14 games in the competition ended with Under 2.5 goals. This is a team that rarely scores first and has only managed to open the scoring in 7 of their last 28 Serie A TIM games, of these 7 they reached half-time in advantage in 5 and won at the end of the 90' ​​in 6. In 28 games in the competition, they never managed to turn the score around in the 18 games in which they conceded the first goal.

Empoli enters this match after a 1-0 defeat at AC Milan, registering their second consecutive defeat in this competition. The home team usually plays in a 4-3-3 formation, favoring a faster style of play, with the three most advanced players being M'Baye Niang, Matteo Cancellieri and Nicolò Cambiaghi. The man responsible for defining and leading his team's attacks is midfielder Viktor Kovalenko, a player with an enviable ability to see the game. Out of this game is Jacopo Fazzini, suspended, as well as Alberto Grassi, Razvan Marin and Ardian Ismajli, all of whom have physical problems.

Confirmed lineup: Elia Caprile, Sebastiano Luperto, Sebastian Walukiewicz, Bartosz Bereszyński, Giuseppe Pezzella, Youssef Maleh, Răzvan Marin, Szymon Żurkowski, M'Baye Niang, Nicolò Cambiaghi, Emmanuel Gyasi.