We have a full round of Serie A fixtures this week including the meeting between Empoli and Bologna.
The game will be played on the 4th of May at the Stadio Carlo Castellani and the hosts begin the week in 15th place on 32 points while the visitors are in 8th place on 45 points.
Empoli come into the match having lost 2-1 at Sassuolo in Serie A on the weekend. It was Empoli who opened the scoring in the 11th minute and when the hosts were reduced to 10 men in the 74th minute it appeared they had the points in the bag.
However, Sassuolo had other ideas and scored 2 goals in the final 8 minutes despite their numerical disadvantage to win the game.
The defeat at Sassuolo means Empoli have failed to win any of their 4 most recent fixtures, all of which have come in Serie A.
There have been defeats against Inter Milan at home plus Cremonese and Sassuolo away. Empoli did manage to pick up a good point thanks to a 0-0 draw at AC Milan but have since lost their last 3 matches.
Home form in the league shows Empoli have recorded only 1 win from their last 6 league games. There have been 3 defeats from their last 4 home Serie A matches and Empoli have failed to score a goal in 3 of their 4 most recent home league games.
Bologna travel to the Stadio Carlo Castellani on the back of a 1-1 draw at home with Juventus in Serie A on the weekend.
It took only 10 minutes for Bologna to open the scoring and they led for 50 minutes of the match only for Juventus to score the equaliser on the hour mark.
The draw with Juventus means Bologna are undefeated in 6 of their last 7 fixtures, all of which have been played in Serie A.
However, wins have not been easy to achieve for Bologna and they have won only 2 of there last 7 league games, failing to win any of their last 3 Serie A matches.
Away form in the league shows Bologna have won 1 of their last 4 games. The victory came at Atalanta but there have been defeats at Torino and Verona.
Team news and Empoli are without defender Koni De Winter, who has a knee injury. He is the only player unavailable for the hosts.
Bologna travel without injured midfielder Roberto Soriano. They also have doubts over the fitness of Marko Arnautovic and Nicola Bagnolini.
This has the makings of being a tight game and with Empoli struggling to score goals at home, we could see little in the way of goal mouth action. This match could end level, with under 2.5 goals scored. In fact, if Bologna fail to score, this game could finish 0-0.