Comments and predictions for Empoli vs Parma: The abyss awaits the home team
The match between Empoli vs Parma in Serie A takes place at 1:45 a.m. on May 11. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, makes football comments and predicts the score.
Latest Empoli vs Parma team information
Coach Roberto D'Aversa – who guided Parma to promotion – could welcome back some key players. Alberto Grassi and Liam Henderson are both out of suspension. Tyronne Ebuehi, Viktor Kovalenko and Tino Anjorin could be fit again.
However, Empoli are still without a number of names: Youssef Maleh, Nicolas Haas, Saba Sazonov, Pietro Pellegri, Szymon Zurkowski and Christian Kouame. Striker Lorenzo Colombo is suspended after last week's red card.
Sebastiano Esposito – who has just returned from injury – will start in place of Colombo. Although he has scored eight goals this season, only one of them has come at home.
Parma are without key players such as Alessandro Vogliacco, Adrian Bernabe, Valentin Mihaila, Nahuel Estevez, Yordan Osorio and Gabriel Charpentier. Wingers Pontus Almqvist and Matteo Cancellieri are also uncertain to play.
Coach Cristian Chivu switched to a 3-5-2 formation and will likely continue to use the striker pair Mateo Pellegrino – Ange-Yoan Bonny (the team's number one striker).
Latest expected lineup for Empoli vs Parma
Empoli:
Vazquez; Goglichidze, Ismajli, Viti; Gyasi, Henderson, Grassi, Pezzella; Fazzini, Cacace; Esposito
Parma:
Suzuki; Del Prato, Leoni, Valenti; Hainaut, Ondrejka, Keita, Sohm, Valeri; Pellegrino, Bonny
Latest Empoli vs Parma football review
Empoli’s poor form continued last weekend with a 1-0 home defeat to Lazio – a game that started in the worst possible way, conceding in the first minute. Things got worse when Lorenzo Colombo was sent off after two yellow cards in the space of five minutes before half-time.
Since reaching the Coppa Italia semi-finals, Empoli have not won a Serie A game since December, taking just six points in just over four months and are currently on a 20-game winless streak – the club's worst run in the top flight.
With only 3 rounds left, the Tuscan team still has a chance to stay in the league as they are only 2 points behind the safety group. They will face Parma, Monza and Hellas Verona – not too outstanding opponents and all in the bottom group – so they can still hope to repeat the miraculous escape like last season.
However, Empoli’s home record this season has been dismal: just one win and seven goals – tied with the bottom of Europe’s top leagues. However, if they can beat Parma and Verona in the next two rounds, history could be erased.
On the other side, Parma – who drew 1-1 with Empoli in the first leg – are also having an unimpressive but stable series of results. In the last 8 rounds, they have drawn 6 matches and won only 1. However, that has helped them create a 6-point gap with the relegation group and 7 points ahead of Empoli.
Last week, Parma held Como to a last-gasp draw before conceding in the 89th minute – a lesson in concentration they will not want to repeat.
Parma have been good at home, but their last away win was in November (vs Venezia). They have drawn their last four away games and will be keen to end their drought with a win against Empoli – and thus secure their place in the top flight.
Latest Empoli vs Parma score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Empoli vs Parmaas follows:
- Sportsmole:Empoli 0-2 Parma
- WhoScore:Empoli 0-1 Parma
- Our newspaper predicts:Empoli 0-1 Parma
When and where to watch Empoli vs Parma live?
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