Udinese and Atalanta will clash on Sunday the 9th of January at 4:30 pm in the 21st week of the Serie A. The match is going to be staged in Udine at the Dacia Arena. The appointed referee is Michael Fabbri.
Udinese sits in the 14th place in the standings with 20 points. It comes from a 0-4 win against Cagliari in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 4 times, draw 8 times, and lost 6 times.
Atalanta is in the 4th position in the league with 38 points. It comes from a 0-0 draw against Genoa in its last match in the Serie A. So far, it has won 11 times, draw 5 times, and lost 3 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Udinese
Udinese has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up most used during the season (8 times or 44.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (8 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 Atalanta with the following players: M. Silvestri, N. Pérez, R. Nascimiento Franca, B. Nuytinck, N. Molina Lucero, I. Udogie, T. Arslan, W. Souza Silva, J. Makengo, I. Pussetto and G. Deulofeu Lázaro.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Udinese would be 26.73.
J. Larsen and R. Pereyra will definitely miss the match.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (10 times or 52.63%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (10 times), 3-4-3 (5 times) and 3-4-1-2 (4 times).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: M. Sportiello, R. Tolói, B. Djimsiti, M. Demiral, J. Mæhle, D. Zappacosta, T. Koopmeiners, M. de Roon, R. Malinovskiy, M. Pessina and L. Muriel Fruto.
In case that the above line up is confirmed, the projected average age of Atalanta would be 28.18.
J. Musso, R. Gosens, J. Palomino and D. Zapata Banguera will definitely miss the match.
Gian Piero Gasperini will not be able to have the presence of R. Freuler who is suspended.