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Empoli vs Bologna Competition – Serie A Stadium – Carlo Castellani Date: 7th May 2017 Kick-off time – 14:00 GMT Live in-play betting – bet365
Empoli will be hoping to get back to winning ways with a victory over Bologna in this fixture. Empoli are currently 17th in the Serie A table after collecting just 29 points from 34 games. They were recently on a winning run after winning 2 on the bounce but lost their last league game which brought that run to an end. They have won just 2 of their last 10 league games. A win in this game could save them from relegation but a loss would bring them within 1 point of the relegation zone. Their recent home form is not good enough – they have not won any of their 6 home games, losing 4 and drawing 2 of those fixtures. Bologna are also struggling in the league – they have 38 points from 34 games and they are currently in 16th position in the league table. They have won 3 of their last 10 league games, losing 5 and drawing 2. They are safe from relegation this season but if they lose this game, they might finish further down the table than they would want. They have just 1 win from their last 8 away games losing 4 of those fixtures. Empoli (probable): Skorupski; Laurini, Bellusci, Barba, Pasqual; Tello, Diousse, Krunic; El Kaddouri; Pucciarelli, Thiam Suspended: None Bologna (probable): Mirante; Torosidis, Gastaldello, Maietta, Mbaye; Dzemaili, Viviani, Taider; Verdi, Destro, Krejci Suspended: None Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions Last time they met: Bologna 0-0 Empoli Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
Empoli last 5 matches (most recent first):
30/04/17
(h)Sassuolo
1-3
L
23/04/17
(a)AC Milan
1-2
W
15/04/17
(a)Fiorentina
1-2
W
08/04/17
(h)Pescara
1-1
D
01/04/17
(a)Roma
2-0
L
Bologna last 5 matches (most recent first):
30/04/17
(h)Udinese
4-0
W
22/04/17
(a)Atalanta
3-2
L
15/04/17
(a)Palermo
0-0
D
09/04/17
(h)Roma
0-3
L
02/04/17
(a)Fiorentina
1-0
L
September 9, 2017
Sampdoria
19:45
Roma
September 23, 2017
Roma
14:00
Udinese
SPAL
17:00
SSC Napoli
Juventus
19:45
Torino
September 24, 2017
Sampdoria
11:30
Milan
Inter Milan
14:00
Genoa
Hellas Verona
14:00
Lazio
Crotone
14:00
Benevento
Cagliari
14:00
Chievo Verona
Sassuolo
17:00
Bologna
Fiorentina
19:45
Atalanta
September 30, 2017
Udinese
17:00
Sampdoria
Genoa
19:45
Bologna
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
SSC Napoli
5
5
0
0
19
3
+16
15
2
Juventus
5
5
0
0
14
3
+11
15
3
Inter Milan
5
4
1
0
11
2
+9
13
4
Milan
5
4
0
1
10
6
+4
12
5
Torino
5
3
2
0
10
5
+5
11
6
Lazio
5
3
1
1
10
8
+2
10
7
Roma
4
3
0
1
9
3
+6
9
8
Sampdoria
4
2
2
0
6
4
+2
8
9
Atalanta
5
2
1
2
9
7
+2
7
10
Fiorentina
5
2
0
3
8
7
+1
6
11
Cagliari
5
2
0
3
4
6
-2
6
12
Chievo Verona
5
1
2
2
5
8
-3
5
13
Bologna
5
1
2
2
4
7
-3
5
14
Sassuolo
5
1
1
3
3
8
-5
4
15
SPAL
5
1
1
3
3
8
-5
4
16
Udinese
5
1
0
4
7
10
-3
3
17
Genoa
5
0
2
3
5
9
-4
2
18
Hellas Verona
5
0
2
3
1
11
-10
2
19
Crotone
5
0
1
4
1
11
-10
1
20
Benevento
5
0
0
5
1
14
-13
0
Serie A Results
September 20, 2017
Genoa
1 - 1
Chievo Verona
Cagliari
0 - 1
Sassuolo
Atalanta
5 - 1
Crotone
Hellas Verona
0 - 0
Sampdoria
Juventus
1 - 0
Fiorentina
Udinese
2 - 3
Torino
Milan
2 - 0
SPAL
Lazio
1 - 4
SSC Napoli
Benevento
0 - 4
Roma
September 19, 2017
Bologna
1 - 1
Inter Milan
September 17, 2017
Genoa
2 - 3
Lazio
Chievo Verona
1 - 1
Atalanta
SSC Napoli
6 - 0
Benevento
SPAL
0 - 2
Cagliari
Torino
2 - 2
Sampdoria
Milan
2 - 1
Udinese
Sassuolo
1 - 3
Juventus
September 16, 2017
Roma
3 - 0
Hellas Verona
Fiorentina
2 - 1
Bologna
Crotone
0 - 2
Inter Milan
