Our prediction for this Coppa Italia match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
13/01/2021
17:45
Prediction: 2-0
Empoli
David faces Goliath at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona as Napoli and Empoli go head to head in the Coppa Italia last 16. The Neapolitans quickly bounced back from a shocking loss to Spezia, with the team beating Udinese on the road in their last Serie A game. Genaro Gattuso’s troops are a real force to be reckoned with at home, and seeing that they have slim chances of winning Scudetto, we predict that they are going to beat Empoli in the Italian Cup clash.
The Serie B side, on the other hand, rolled over Brescia 3-0 at home in the previous round, but they will have a much bigger fish to fry in Wednesday’s showdown. Greece international Konstantinos Manolas, who suffered an injury in the 2-1 win over Udinese, is unlikely to feature against Empoli, but regardless of which players will be deployed in the starting XI, home win should be considered.
Highlighted Player (Dries Mertens):
Dries Mertens is a Belgian football player born on the 6th of May 1987 in Leuven. Mertens started his football career in the youth of RSC Anderlecht and AA Gent. In season 2005/2006 he made his debut for the first team of AA Gent.
After playing for AGOVV, FC Utrecht and PSV Mertens got transferred to Napoli for approximately 9.5 million euro. Mertens made his debut for the Belgian national team in October 2010 and played over 40 games for the national team already. Mertens played during World Cup 2014 and EURO 2016 for Belgium.
Mertens is a right attacking midfielder, which can play as a forward as well. Mertens is known for being a very small fast player, which has the ability to get past several defenders and deliver a cross to his team mates. In his career Mertens didn’t win any big prizes yet. The biggest achievements of Mertens are winning the Dutch national cup with PSV in 2011/2012, the Coppa Italia and the Supercoppa in 2014 with Napoli.
Highlighted Team (Empoli):
Empoli FC (Empoli Football Club 1920 SpA) is an Italian football club founded in 1920 and is currently active in the Italian Serie A.
The club is playing in the Serie A since 2014/2015 and hosts its home games in the Stadio Carlo Castellani which holds a capacity of 19 847 seats. The home colors of Empoli FC are blue and white. The Empoli Ultra’s are called Rangers 1976 and are feared in Italy.
Empoli FC didn’t win any major prizes in the clubs history. The clubs biggest achievement in the history was in 2004/2005 where the club finished first in the Serie B (the second highest football division). Because of a matchfixing scandal the title was given away to Genoa CFC. Empoli FC played in the UEFA Cup once in season 2007/2008 but got knocked out in the first round by FC Zurich.
The are several famous players that played for Empoli FC like Birindelli, Bresciano, Di Natale and Luca Toni.
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