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2022/23 Italian Serie A
Matchday 36
Empoli FC v Juventus
Stadio Carlo Castellani
Empoli, Italy
Monday, 22 May 2023
Kick-off is at 19h45
Empoli FC will take on Juventus FC in an
Italian Serie A match at the Stadio Carlo Castellani on May 22.
Current Form
The Blues emerged as 2-1 winners over US Salernitana at home on May 8 and they are unbeaten in their two matches in the league.
Empoli are also undefeated in their last two home matches having registered two consecutive victories at the Stadio Carlo Castellani.
While Juventus secured a comfortable 2-0 win over US Cremonese as they extended their unbeaten run to four matches in Serie A.
The Old Lady are also undefeated in their last two matches on the road having registered one win and one draw as the visitors.
Team News
Empoli will be without Koni De Winter who is nursing an injury, and the club has no suspension concerns.
Meanwhile, Juventus also do not have suspension worries, but Kaio Jorge, Leonardo Bonucci, Mattia De Sciglio and Paul Pogba are all on the club's injury-list.
Key Players
Francesco Caputo is the Empoli player to watch out for as the Italian forward netted the winning goal in their match against Salernitana.
The Blues will be wary of dangerous centre forward Dusan Vlahovic who has netted 10 league goals for Juventus this season.
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Quotes
"It was a good game, the first half wasn't easy, Cremonese closed us down well and we were a bit slow in moving the ball," Juventus manager Massimiliano Allegri said after their win over Cremonese.
"In the second half we changed gear, finding the right spaces. Paul Pogba? After the Sevilla match I thought about letting him play, I needed a reference close to Vlahovic.
"It was a test, to understand how it would work with the rhythm early on in the game. We're all really heartbroken, but Paul has broad shoulders, and we'll wait for him. I'm happy with Vlahovic's performance on a technical level," he added.
"Federico Chiesa improved a lot in the second half. Now there's optimism for Sevilla, we're fine physically, it won't be easy, but we have to be good and lucky. We are confident."
Head-to-Head
Juventus hammered Empoli 4-0 in their last meeting in the league which was on 21 October 2022 at the Allianz Stadium.
Therefore, the Old Lady are undefeated in their last two league games against the Blues having recorded two successive wins.
Italian Serie A matchday 36 fixtures
Friday, May 19
19:45 - US Sassuolo v AC Monza
Saturday, May 20
14:00 - Cremonese v Bologna FC
17:00 - Atalanta BC v Hellas Verona
19:45 - AC Milan v UC Sampdoria
Sunday, May 21
11:30 - US Lecce v Spezia Calcio
14:00 - Torino FC v ACF Fiorentina
17:00 - SSC Napoli v Inter Milan
19:45 - Udinese Calcio v SS Lazio
Monday, May 22
17:30 - AS Roma v US Salernitana
19:45 - Empoli FC v Juventus FC
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