Empoli takes on Napoli at the Stadio Carlo Castellani on Sunday afternoon in a crucial Serie A match for the visitors' prospects of winning the Scudetto this season.
Empoli has all but clinched Serie A's survival, with Aurelio Andreazzoli's side currently 12 points clear of the relegation zone in Italy's top division. Despite their modest life points tally, the hosts have struggled to win any of their past 16 matches in Italy's top division.
Empoli was defeated 4-1 by Udinese in their previous match. The game ended a run of under 2.5-goal games for the hosts, who had lost their previous five league encounters.
Empoli has a dismal comparable home record in the Italian top division, having gone winless in their past seven league matches. The lack of clean sheets has been a major element in their previous home record, with only one clean sheet in their last 17 Serie A home matches.
In the quest for the Scudetto, Napoli still has a chance. Luciano Spalletti's side, on the other hand, enters this match in third position in Serie A, four points behind league leaders Milan.
Napoli's championship challenge has been severely hurt by their failure to pick up a point in their past two games against Fiorentina and Roma.
The Partenopei have now won just four games in Serie A as a result of back-to-back bad performances.
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