Empoli take on the visitors Fiorentina in the round 2 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Sunday, August 21st at
Empoli will try to keep at the level of last season. The Blues have never spent a decade and a half in total in Serie A. So their prospects after being promoted to Calcio a year ago were skeptical, especially since manager Dionisi had defected to Sassuolo. Andreazzoli, who returned to the post, was able to lead the wards to a worthy 14th place. How did the management thanked the specialist? They said goodbye to Aurelio, calling in his place Paolo Zanetti, the ex-mentor of Venice. As a result, he fails to succeed. Empoli have already managed to fly out of the cup, having lost at home to SPAL due to a goal at 120+ minutes. And in Serie A they started from 0-1 on the Spezia field.
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Fiorentina start the season with serious ambitions. The "Violets" were able to add in the last draw of Serie A. And this, of course, is the merit of the new mentor, Vincenzo Italiano. Even with the sale of striker Dusan Vlahovic in January, the club from Florence to the last claimed high places in both Calcio and the cup final. As a result, it turned out to score 62 points - this was enough to get ahead of Atalanta and take 7th place. In order to return to European competitions, albeit to the Conference League, they strengthened the squad: they bought Dodo from Shakhtar Donetsk, bought Mandragora's contract from Juventus, loaned Jovic and Gollini. True, Cremonese, a newcomer, was beaten in the 1st round minimally, but cheerfully: the home match brought 3-2, with Luka's debut goal and Rolando's decisive blow in the 5th added minute. On Thursday, the Italians started 2-1 with Twente in the Conference League qualification.
In all the last 3 seasons of Empoli in Serie A, they managed to strictly exchange victories with Fiorentina. In the 2021/2022 draw, they were 2-1 at the Blues last November and 1-0 at the Violets’ arena in April this year. Fiorentina looks good, but Empoli looks unconvincing. We dare to bet on the victory of the visitors.
Prediction for the match: Fiorentina to win.
