Empoli is not in the best form, and despite all that, the host will welcome a punishing expedition in the form of championship leader Napoli, in the 24th round of Serie A, at the Carlo Castellani stadium. Empoli achieved their last victory in Seria A on January 23, when they managed to beat Inter in Milan. It seemed like it would be a good boost for Zanetti's team, but the opposite happened. In the next four rounds, the home team lost once and drew 3 times, 7 days ago they shared the points with Fiorentina with a score of 1-1. Draws are practically Empoli's trademark as there are ten of them, the most in the entire league. Empoli is currently in 12th place in Serie A with 28 points. Compared to the first team below the line, Verona has 11 points more and seems to have at least solved the issue of survival.

Napoli has been demolishing their rivals practically since the start of the season. In Serie A, in the previous 23 rounds, the Neapolitans achieved as many as 20 victories with only one loss and two draws, and their only setback was in the Italian Cup, where they were eliminated by Cremonese. In the championship, they are in a series of seven tied triumphs and convincingly lead the table with 62 points compared to 47 points of Inter in second place, and the strongest assets are Osimhen and Kvarachkelia. This duo scored 28 goals with 12 assists. Spalletti's team is on the verge of advancing to the quarter-finals of the Champions League after beating Eintracht 2-0 in the first match in Frankfurt last week. As the strongest lineup is already in the protocol I believe Napoli will continue winning and another victim will be Empoli.