In this week 23 match, on Sunday Jan 23rd, Empoli plays host to Roma in a meeting of these two closely matched Serie A teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 11th placed Empoli is fresh off their 2-3 loss against Inter. Alexis Sánchez struck first for Inter in the 13th minute on a feed from Denzel Dumfries, but Nedim Bajrami got the equalizer for Empoli in the 61st minute , but Inter kept scoring and walked away with the win. Empoli is looking for direction having earned 13 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Roma recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Cagliari. Oliveras Codina struck first for Roma in the 33rd minute on a penalty shot, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Cagliari couldn’t manage to score, and Roma took the shutout win. Roma is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match together, in Stadio Olimpico, Roma won by a score of 2 to 0. Lorenzo Pellegrini struck first for Roma in the 42nd minute, then Henrikh Mkhitaryan added another in the 48th minute In the end, Empoli couldn’t muster any offence and Roma ran away with the shutout win.
Tammy Abraham has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 4 goals for Roma. Bajrami has been the most prolific scorer on Empoli in his last five matches with 3 goals.