Napoli vs Empoli Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Title challenging Napoli are continuing their impressive campaign and looking for a last attempt at catching Internazionale as they welcome a poor Empoli side to Naples this weekend.
Kick-off date/time: Monday 15th April, 2025: UK – 7:45pm / US ET – 2:45pm / US PT – 11:45am
How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Select matches will be televised on CBS Sports so it is worth checking their schedule
How to watch online: UK – TNT Sports & OneFootball / US – Paramount+
Napoli Preview: Grinding it out
Antonio Conte has overseen a Napoli side that have been grinding things out for a while but their low performance level has begun to have an important impact now as they drift away from defending champions Internazionale at the top-of-the-table in Serie A.
The Neapolitans now begin this weekend’s round of fixtures sitting three points behind Inter at the top. They shared a 1-1 draw with an impressive Bologna side at the Renato Dall’Ara in Emilio-Romagna in their most recent outing last weekend.
Empoli Preview: Struggling Empoli
Empoli begin the 32nd match day of the 2024/25 Serie A campaign sitting tucked inside the bottom three and the relegation places. The Florence-based club have completely collapsed in the last few months after a bright-ish start to the campaign.
The visitors have managed just four victories in their 31 matches with just 24 goals scored in those games. They did manage to hold a stubborn Cagliari side to a goalless draw at the Stadio Carlo Castellani in Florence last weekend.
Napoli Team News: Couple of suspensions
Napoli are dealing with a couple of key suspension issues for this weekend such as Italy international defender Giovanni Di Lorenzo and Cameroon international defensive midfielder Frank-Andre Zambo Anguissa, as they also deal with several key doubts.
Predicted XI (4-3-3): Meret; Rafa Marin, Rrahmani, Juan, Mathias Olivera; Gilmour, Lobotka, Billing; Politano, Lukaku, David Neres
Unavailable: Di Lorenzo (Suspended), Anguissa (Suspended)
Questionable: Meret (Illness), Buongiorno (Injured), Spinazzola (Injured), McTominay (Injured)
Empoli Team News: Several absentees
Empoli are dealing with several absentees for this weekend’s trip to Naples with the likes of Marco Silvestri, Ardian Ismajli, Youssef Maleh, Szymon Zurkowski and Christian Kouame are all sidelined for the visitors, whilst Tino Anjorin is a doubt, too.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Devis Vasquez; Goglichidze, Marianucci, Viti; Sambia, Grassi, Henderson, Pezzella; Solbakken, Cacace; Esposito
Unavailable: Silvestri (Inured), Ismajli (Injured), Sazonov (Injured), Haas (Injured), Maleh (Injured), Zurkowski (Injurd), Kouame (Injured), Pellegri (Injured)
Questionable: Anjorin (Injured)
Napoli vs Empoli Prediction
Napoli have struggled for fluency and freedom throughout the campaign, very rarely, if ever, producing convincing performances and results. That has only become even more obvious of late with key absentees and issues – having managed just two victories in their last nine matches in Serie A as Conte continues to be linked with both AC Milan and Juventus. That said, they now face an Empoli side that have been awful in the last few months and the Neapolitans should once again grind out three points for this one.
Napoli vs Empoli Tip: Napoli to win & under 3.5 goals
