National football leagues are back! The last game on Saturday in Italian Serie A is going to be between Empoli and AC Milan. After 7 games Empoli sits at the 14th position with 7 points but last season's champs Milan is only at 5th position with 14 points. In the last 8 games between both teams, Milan has 5 wins, Empoli won only 1 game but 2 ended with a draw.

In the last game before the international break, Empoli captured its first victory although the team controlled the ball only 39 percent of the time and had fewer shots than Bologna. If Empoli will win on Saturday night, it is going to be the team's first winning streak since last December. It is going to be a tough task though because in 2022 Empoli has one only once at home!

AC Milan players are going to be very angry because the team lost to Napoli before the break and it ended the team's 22 unbeaten game streak, and it was the first loss in Serie A since January. Stefano Pioli was frustrated after the game but Milan had way more shots (22 to 9), two times the ball hit the crossbar and in almost every stat category Milan was better.

So far this season Milan has scored 13 goals and conceded 8 while Empoli has scored 6 and conceded 7. xG stats show that Milan is the 4th best team in the league while Empoli is 5th from the end. Milan plays very good defense as the team's xG against stat is 3rd best but Empoli sits at only 13th position.

Fortunately for the visitors, their talisman this season, Rafael Leao will return for the match. The Portuguese winger was suspended for the defeat to Napoli because of the card problem. He has started this season excellently providing six goal contributions in his opening six Serie A games for Milan. Olivier Giroud has been on a tear with 4 goals in 7 games.

This is a must-win game for Milan because losing points against lower-tier teams isn't acceptable and they need to climb up in the standings. I already told you about the results of the recent meetings, but Milan hasn't lost at Empoli ever! In the 14 games that have happened in Empoli, AC Milan won 7, and the rest of the games ended with a draw. Milan will be back on the winning track!

各国足球联赛又回来了！周六意甲的最后一场比赛将是恩波利和AC米兰之间的比赛。 7场比赛过后，恩波利积7分排在第14位，但上赛季的冠军米兰仅积14分排在第5位。两队最近8次交手，米兰5胜，恩波利仅赢1场但2场战平。

在国际比赛日前的最后一场比赛中，恩波利取得了首场胜利，尽管球队的控球率只有39%，射门次数也少于博洛尼亚。如果恩波利将在周六晚上获胜，这将是球队自去年 12 月以来的首次连胜。不过这将是一项艰巨的任务，因为在 2022 年，恩波利在主场只有一次！

AC米兰球员会非常生气，因为球队在中场休息前输给了那不勒斯，结束了球队22连胜，这也是自1月份以来意甲联赛的首次失利。斯蒂法诺·皮奥利赛后很沮丧，但米兰更多的射门（22 比 9），两次球击中横梁，几乎在每个统计类别中，米兰都更好。

本赛季到目前为止，米兰打进13球丢8球，恩波利打进6球丢7球。xG数据显示，米兰是联赛第4强，而恩波利排在倒数第5。米兰的防守非常出色，因为球队的预期对抗数据排在第 3 位，但恩波利仅排在第 13 位。

对于客队来说幸运的是，他们本赛季的护身符，Rafael Leao 将回归比赛。这位葡萄牙边锋因为卡牌问题输给那不勒斯而被停赛。他本赛季开局非常出色，在他为米兰效力的六场意甲联赛中贡献了六个进球。奥利维尔吉鲁在 7 场比赛中打进 4 个进球。

对于米兰来说，这是一场必须赢的比赛，因为在与低级别球队的比赛中丢分是不可接受的，他们需要在积分榜上攀升。我已经告诉过你最近会议的结果，但米兰从来没有在恩波利输过！在恩波利发生的14场比赛中，AC米兰赢了7场，其余比赛以平局收场。米兰将重回胜利轨道！