La Viola look to continue their excellent start to the Serie A season and these Fiorentina vs. Empolipredictions suggest they will be successful. Vincenzo Italiano’s side have lost just once this season and come into this one off the back of an impressive win at Napoli.
Fiorentina look to make it three consecutive Serie A wins on Monday evening, as they welcome Empoli to the Stadio Artemio Franchi. La Viola have been one of the surprise packages of the early season and will be confident against a struggling Azzurri side.
Aurelio Andreazzoli’s team go into match day nine in 18th place and have secured just one win and one draw so far this season. More concerning for the coach will be the fact that those points all came against the other teams in the bottom three, which does not bode well for the trip of fourth-placed Fiorentina.
The home side are good value for their status as strong favourites. Having struggled to finish at times last season, Italiano’s side are the third highest goal scorers in the league this season and come into match day nine having managed three in both of their last two games. Coming up against an Empoli team that is averaging two goals conceded per game this season, a wager on Fiorentina to score more than once should pay off.
Even more positive for the hosts is the fact that the goals are coming from all over the pitch. Nicolas Gonzalez is leading the goalscoring charts, with five in just six starts but it is Giacomo Bonaventura who is our tip to score this week, fresh from bagging his first goal with the national team at the age of 34.
While the stats do point heavily in Fiorentina’s favour, Empoli fans may take solace in their improved form before the international break. Having lost their first five games of the campaign, the Azzurri picked up four points in the following three matches.
With a solid record against La Viola, which has seen a draw in each of their last two encounters, the visitors will be hoping that they can pick up another much-needed point on Monday evening.
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With a midweek Europa Conference League fixture to prepare for, Vincenzo Italiano may look to rotate his starting XI. This could see Rolando Mandragora come into the midfield, while Luca Ranieri will hope to start at the back. Gaetano Castrovilli, Yerry Mina and Dodo are all out injured.
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Aurelio Andreazzoli may also look to ring the changes for Monday’s game, with Emmanuel Gyasi, Viktor Kovalenko and Nicolo Cambiaghi all pushing for a start. Giuseppe Pezzella remains out injured and is joined in the treatment room by Daniel Maldini, Elia Caprile and Bartosz Bereszynski.
