Empoli and Sassuolo go head-to-head in a relegation dogfight between teams with many compliments, but few points.

It kicks off at 11.30 GMT, click here for a match preview.

There are only two points separating these sides in the Serie A table and Empoli would leapfrog the Neroverdi with a victory today.

Both Maurizio Sarri and Eusebio Di Francesco have earned a great deal of praise for the way their teams play, although it hasn’t always translated into results.

Empoli and Sassuolo go head-to-head in a relegation dogfight between teams with many compliments, but few points.

It kicks off at 11.30 GMT, click here for a match preview.

There are only two points separating these sides in the Serie A table and Empoli would leapfrog the Neroverdi with a victory today.

Both Maurizio Sarri and Eusebio Di Francesco have earned a great deal of praise for the way their teams play, although it hasn’t always translated into results.

Lorenzo Tonelli and Tiberio Guarente are still unavailable for the Tuscans.

Riccardo Saponara supports Manuel Pucciarelli and Massimo Maccarone in attack, while Mirko Valdifiori can celebrate his debut Italy call-up for the games against Bulgaria and England.

Sassuolo look to their classic trident of Simone Zaza, Domenico Berardi and Nicola Sansone.

The defence has to be revamped again, as Luca Antei, Emanuele Terranova, Paolo Cannavaro, Sime Vrsaljko, Yussuf Chibsah and Gianluca Pegolo are out of action.

It means Federico Peluso must adapt to the centre-back role.

Empoli: Sepe; Hysaj, Rugani, Barba, Mario Rui; Croce, Valdifiori, Vecino; Saponara; Pucciarelli, Maccarone
Empolo bench: Pugliesi, Bassi, Somma, Laurini, Signorelli, Dioussè, Verdi, Brillante, Gemignani, Zielinski, Tavano, Mchedlidze

Sassuolo: Consigli; Gazzola, Acerbi, Peluso, Longhi; Taider, Magnanelli, Missiroli, Berardi, Zaza, Sansone
Sassuolo bench: Pomini, Polito; Bianco, Natali, Fontanesi, Benucci, Biondini, Brighi, Donis, Floro Flores, Floccari, Lazarevic

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