Udinese and Milan will clash on Saturday the 20th of January at 8:45 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 Fabio Maresca.
Udinese is in the 16th position in the standings with 18 points. It comes from a 2-2 draw against Fiorentina in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won twice, draw 12 times, and lost 6 times.
Milan occupies the 3rd position in the table with 42 points. It comes from a 3-1 win against Roma in its last match in the Serie A. Thus far, it has won 13 times, draw 3 times, and lost 4 times.
Milan won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 9th of December against Atalanta and the score was 3-2.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Udinese
Udinese has mostly adopted the 3-5-2 line-up during the season (13 times or 65.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (13 times) and 3-5-1-1 (7 times).
Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Milan with the following players: Maduka Okoye, Thomas Kristensen, Nehuén Pérez, João Ferreira, Hassane Kamara, Sandi Lovrić, Walace, Martín Payero, Festy Ebosele, Roberto Pereyra and Lorenzo Lucca.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed as above, the average age of Udinese would be 25.82.
Gabriele Cioffi will probably not be able to employ Vivaldo Semedo because of injury.
Jaka Bijol, Enzo Ebosse, Keinan Davis and Gerard Deulofeu will definitely miss the match.
Milan
Milan has mostly adopted the 4-3-3 line-up during the season (13 times or 65.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-3 (13 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 4-4-2 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Stefano Pioli is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: Mike Maignan, Theo Hernández, Simon Kjær, Davide Calabria, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Yacine Adli, Tijjani Reijnders, Rafael Leão, Christian Pulišić and Olivier Giroud.
In case that this will be the line-up, the resulting average age of Milan would be 28.60.
Stefano Pioli will probably not be able to employ Marco Sportiello and Alessandro Florenzi because of injury.
Mattia Caldara, Pierre Kalulu, Marco Pellegrino, Tommaso Pobega, Malick Thiaw, Fikayo Tomori, Ismael Bennacer and Samuel Chukwueze will definitely miss the match.
