Cagliari and Udinese will face off on Saturday the 18th of December at 8:45 pm in the 18th week of the Serie A. The match will take place in Cagliari at the Sardegna Arena.

Cagliari is in the 19th position in the standings with 10 points. It comes from a 4-0 loss against Inter in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won once, draw 7 times, and lost 9 times.​​

Udinese occupies the 15th place in the league with 17 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Milan in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 3 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.​​

Line-ups predictions​

These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.​

Cagliari​

Line - Ups​
3-5-2
22 May
Venezia-Cagliari
0-0
4-3-1-2
15 May
Cagliari-Inter
1-3
3-5-2
08 May
Salernitana-Cagliari
1-1
3-5-2
30 Apr
Cagliari-Hellas Verona
1-2
3-5-2
24 Apr
Genoa-Cagliari
1-0
3-5-2
16 Apr
Cagliari-Sassuolo
1-0
3-5-2
09 Apr
Cagliari-Juventus
1-2
3-5-1-1
03 Apr
Udinese-Cagliari
5-1
3-1-4-2
19 Mar
Cagliari-Milan
0-1
3-4-1-2
12 Mar
Spezia-Cagliari
2-0
3-4-1-2
05 Mar
Cagliari-Lazio
0-3
3-5-2
27 Feb
Torino-Cagliari
1-2
3-5-2
21 Feb
Cagliari-Napoli
1-1
3-1-4-2
13 Feb
Empoli-Cagliari
1-1
3-1-4-2
06 Feb
Atalanta-Cagliari
1-2
3-5-2
23 Jan
Cagliari-Fiorentina
1-1
3-5-2
16 Jan
Roma-Cagliari
1-0
3-5-2
11 Jan
Cagliari-Bologna
2-1
3-5-2
06 Jan
Sampdoria-Cagliari
1-2
5-3-2
21 Dec
Juventus-Cagliari
2-0
3-5-2
18 Dec
Cagliari-Udinese
0-4
3-5-2
12 Dec
Inter-Cagliari
4-0
3-5-2
06 Dec
Cagliari-Torino
1-1
3-5-2
30 Nov
Hellas Verona-Cagliari
0-0
3-5-2
26 Nov
Cagliari-Salernitana
1-1
4-2-3-1
21 Nov
Sassuolo-Cagliari
2-2
4-4-2
06 Nov
Cagliari-Atalanta
1-2
5-3-2
01 Nov
Bologna-Cagliari
2-0
3-5-2
27 Oct
Cagliari-Roma
1-2
4-4-2
24 Oct
Fiorentina-Cagliari
3-0
4-4-2
17 Oct
Cagliari-Sampdoria
3-1
3-5-2
01 Oct
Cagliari-Venezia
1-1
4-2-3-1
26 Sep
Napoli-Cagliari
2-0
3-5-2
22 Sep
Cagliari-Empoli
0-2
3-5-2
19 Sep
Lazio-Cagliari
2-2
3-5-2
12 Sep
Cagliari-Genoa
2-3
3-5-2
29 Aug
Milan-Cagliari
4-1
3-4-3
23 Aug
Cagliari-Spezia
2-2

Cagliari has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 58.82%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (10 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 4-2-3-1 (2 times), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).

Walter Mazzarri is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: A. Cragno, J. Cáceres Silva, D. Godín Leal, A. Carboni, A. Grassi, A. Deiola, R. Marin, R. Bellanova, M. Rog, A. Cerri and K. Baldé Diao.

Presuming that this will be the line-up, the average age of Cagliari would be 26.45.

S. Walukiewicz, P. Faragò, R. Ladinetti, N. Nández Acosta and K. Strootman will definitely miss the match.

Udinese​

Line - Ups​
3-5-2
22 May
Salernitana-Udinese
0-4
3-5-2
14 May
Udinese-Spezia
2-3
3-5-2
07 May
Sassuolo-Udinese
1-1
3-5-2
01 May
Udinese-Inter
1-2
3-5-2
27 Apr
Fiorentina-Udinese
0-4
3-5-2
24 Apr
Bologna-Udinese
2-2
3-5-2
20 Apr
Udinese-Salernitana
0-1
3-5-2
16 Apr
Udinese-Empoli
4-1
3-5-2
10 Apr
Venezia-Udinese
1-2
3-5-2
03 Apr
Udinese-Cagliari
5-1
3-5-2
19 Mar
Napoli-Udinese
2-1
3-5-2
13 Mar
Udinese-Roma
1-1
3-5-2
05 Mar
Udinese-Sampdoria
2-1
3-5-2
25 Feb
Milan-Udinese
1-1
3-5-2
20 Feb
Udinese-Lazio
1-1
3-5-2
13 Feb
Hellas Verona-Udinese
4-0
3-5-2
06 Feb
Udinese-Torino
2-0
3-5-2
22 Jan
Genoa-Udinese
0-0
3-5-2
15 Jan
Juventus-Udinese
2-0
5-4-1
09 Jan
Udinese-Atalanta
2-6
3-5-2
18 Dec
Cagliari-Udinese
0-4
3-5-2
11 Dec
Udinese-Milan
1-1
4-4-2
06 Dec
Empoli-Udinese
3-1
4-4-2
02 Dec
Lazio-Udinese
4-4
3-4-2-1
28 Nov
Udinese-Genoa
0-0
3-4-2-1
22 Nov
Torino-Udinese
2-1
4-4-2
07 Nov
Udinese-Sassuolo
3-2
3-4-2-1
31 Oct
Inter-Udinese
2-0
3-4-2-1
27 Oct
Udinese-Hellas Verona
1-1
5-4-1
24 Oct
Atalanta-Udinese
1-1
3-5-2
17 Oct
Udinese-Bologna
1-1
3-5-2
03 Oct
Sampdoria-Udinese
3-3
3-5-2
26 Sep
Udinese-Fiorentina
0-1
3-5-2
23 Sep
Roma-Udinese
1-0
3-5-2
20 Sep
Udinese-Napoli
0-4
3-5-2
12 Sep
Spezia-Udinese
0-1
3-5-1-1
27 Aug
Udinese-Venezia
3-0
3-5-1-1
22 Aug
Udinese-Juventus
2-2

Udinese has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).

Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 3-5-1-1 (2 times) and 5-4-1 (once).

Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: M. Silvestri, B. Nuytinck, R. Nascimiento Franca, N. Molina Lucero, L. Samardžić, J. Makengo, T. Arslan, W. Souza Silva, I. Pussetto and G. Deulofeu Lázaro.

Granting that the line up is confirmed as above, the resulting average age of Udinese would be 26.20.

There are doubts about the presence of I. Udogie.

J. Larsen and R. Pereyra will definitely miss the match.

Gabriele Cioffi will not be able to have the presence of I. Ajayi Success who is suspended​​.