Empoli – Bologna : 7th May 2017

Empoli News:

Empoli ranks 17th in the Serie A standings, with 29 points gathered in 34 rounds. Thus, Giovanni Martusciello’s students are required to get points / points against Bologna, forcited by the current situation, in which Crotone crosses a form of great days. It all started five stages ago, when Crotone won Verona on Chievo’s field (2-1). From that moment on, Empoli began to have real emotions so far, when the “sharks” were just four points away from “azzuri” with only four stages before the end of the season. As a result, Martusciello’s band must take advantage of the approachable mission on Sunday afternoon, in front of Bologna.

The end of the season

Bologna ranks 15th in the Serie A hierarchy, with 38 points in 34 stages. So Roberto Donadoni’s band strengthened his place in the ranking after the convincing success of the previous round at home in front of Udinese (4-0). Thus, standing at 13 points ahead of Crotone’s last relegation position, which places “gialloblu” on Italy’s first football scene and next season. Still, despite the fact that Donadoni’s pupils have nothing to fight for in this season season, Bologna is certainly not the sure victim on Carlo Castellani.

Direct meetings

In the last ten direct confrontations between the two bands, Bologna imposed four times, Empoli in three other rows, while three other duels ended in a tie;

In the tour, the two teams drew a 0-0 score on “Stadio Renato Dall’Ara”;

Bologna’s last success for “Carlo Castellani” dates back to September 2001 (!), From a 4-1 win in the 16th Italian Cup;

Probable teams:

Empoli (4-3-1-2): Skorupski- Zambelli, Bellusci, Barba, Pasqual- Krunic, Diousse, Croce- Kaddouri- Pucciarelli, Thiam

Absent: Helander, Nagy, Di Francesco, Torosidis, Masina (?), Dzemailli (?) (Injured)