Kungiyoyin Empoli da Genoa suna shirye-shirye don taro mai mahimmanci a gasar Serie A a Stadio Carlo Castellani ranar Satde, yayin da shekarar 2024 ta kare. Kungiyoyin biyu sun shiga wasan wannan bayan sun yi rashin nasara a wasanninsu na karshe da kungiyoyin da ke neman taken, inda Empoli ta yi rashin nasara da ci 3-2 a hannun shugabannin gasar Atalanta, yayin da Genoa ta sha kashi a hannun Napoli.
Empoli yanzu tana matsayi na 11 a teburin gasar da alkalan 19, uku a saman Genoa da ke matsayi na 13. Kungiyar gida ta fi matsayin da aka tsammani a wannan kakar, amma yanayin su na kwanaki na baya ya kasance mara dadi. Sun samu nasara daya kacal a wasanninsu shida na karshe a gasar Serie A, inda suka yi rashin nasara da ci 3-2 a hannun Atalanta bayan sun tashi filin wasa da kwallaye biyu.
Genoa, karkashin sabon manaja Patrick Vieira, ta kasance ba ta sha kashi a wasanni huɗu na baya kafin ta yi rashin nasara a hannun Napoli. Grifone sun nuna ci gaban babban a fagen tsaron bayan naɗin Vieira, inda suka samu kwallaye mara uku a cikin wannan lokaci. Wani abin da ke ɗaukar hankali a wasan wannan shi ne rikodin gida da waje na kungiyoyin biyu. Empoli ta yi rashin nasara sosai a gida a Castellani a wannan kakar, inda ta ci kwallaye biyu kacal a wasanni takwas na gida – mafi ƙarancin adadin a gasar kungiyoyin biyar mafi girma na Turai. Amma, yanayin su na waje ya fi kyau.
A gefe guda, Genoa ta zo wasan wannan tare da rashin kwallaye a wasanni uku na baya, inda ta rufe Parma, Udinese, da AC Milan a makonni na baya. Wannan sabon tsaro a waje zai iya zama muhimmi a kan Empoli wadda ta yi rashin nasara a gida. Tarihi ya goyon bayan Genoa a wasan wannan, inda ba ta sha kashi a wasanni tara na karshe da Empoli a gasar Serie A, inda ta tashi wasanni huÉ—u na karshe a zaren.
Wakilin harba ta Empoli, Lorenzo Colombo da Sebastiano Esposito, zai zama muhimmi a wasan wannan. Esposito, wanda ya ci kwallaye a kan Genoa a shekarar 17 a kungiyar Inter Milan, zai neman yin irin haka a kungiyarsa ta yanzu.
Harba ta Genoa ta shafi Andrea Pinamonti, wanda ya ci kwallaye 13 a lokacin da yake aro a Empoli a kakar 2021-22. Sanin sa na filin wasa na Castellani zai iya zama faida ga baƙi.
