Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Napoli
Match Time & Date:
12/11/2023
12:30
Prediction: 3-0
Empoli
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona will host Sunday’s matinee between Napoli and Empoli, the two teams with totally different ambitions for the 2023/2024 Serie A campaign. Napoli aim to defend their Scudetto and a win over Empoli will see them stay in the title race. Even though key attacker Victor Osimhen remains in the recovery room, home win should be considered as the Partenopei faced no difficulties in a 2-0 victory over Salernitana at the weekend.
The Azzurri, on the other hand, are fighting hard to secure the elite division survival, but given their poor display in a 2-1 loss to Frosinone, anything but a routine home win would be a big surprise. Both Mattia Destro and Giuseppe Pezzella are out of contention with injuries, but they should be the only absentees in the visiting team. In their last meeting at the venue Napoli defeated Empoli 2-0.
Highlighted Player (Stanislav Lobotka):
Born in Trencin on November 25, 1994, Stanislav Lobotka is a Slovakia international who plays for Celta Vigo in La Liga. Lobotka began his youth career at his hometown club AAC Sparta Trencin and he made his senior debut for fellow local club Trencin. In 2013 he signed a loan deal with Dutch side Ajax, but he played for Jong Ajax during the 2013/2014 season.
In the summer of 2014, the Slovakian midfielder returned to Trencin, where he made 74 appearances in the league in total. In 2015 Stanislav Lobotka joined Danish side Nordsjaelland shortly before the transfer window closed. Lobotka made his debut in the Danish top flight against Brondby on August 30, 2015.
Two years later he decided to make a step forward in his career, signing a five-year contract with La Liga side Celta Vigo. Speaking of his international career, the Celta Vigo midfielder made his Slovakia debut against Austria in November2016. It has to be noted that Lobotka became the first Slovak to score at Wembley, finding the net in a 2018 World Cup qualifier against England.
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.
