Udinese and Cagliari will take on on Sunday the 18th of February at 3:00 pm in the 25th week of the Serie A. The match is going to take place in Udine at the Dacia Arena. The encounter will be officiated by Maurizio Mariani.
Udinese is in the 15th place in the league with 22 points. It comes from a 0-1 win against Juventus in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 3 times, draw 13 times, and lost 8 times.
Cagliari is in the 19th place in the table with 18 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Lazio in its last match in the Serie A. Up to now, it has won 4 times, draw 6 times, and lost 14 times.
Cagliari lost the last 4 consecutive matches. The last time it won was on the 14th of January against Bologna and the score was 2-1.
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 (14 times or 58.33%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (14 times) and 3-5-1-1 (10 times).
Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Cagliari with the following players: Maduka Okoye, Nehuén Pérez, Lautaro Giannetti, Thomas Kristensen, Jordan Zemura, Lazar Samardžić, Walace, Sandi Lovrić, Kingsley Ehizibue, Florian Thauvin and Lorenzo Lucca.
In case that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Udinese would be 26.18.
Jaka Bijol, Enzo Ebosse, Roberto Pereyra and Gerard Deulofeu will definitely miss the match.
Cagliari
Cagliari has mostly adopted the 4-3-1-2 line-up during the season (6 times or 25.00%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-3-1-2 (6 times), 4-3-2-1 (5 times), 3-5-2 (5 times), 3-5-1-1 (once), 4-4-1-1 (once), 3-4-1-2 (once), 4-4-2 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once), 4-1-3-2 (once), 4-2-3-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Claudio Ranieri is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: Simone Scuffet, Alberto Dossena, Yerry Mina, Paulo Azzi, Gabriele Zappa, Nahitan Nández, Antoine Makoumbou, Matteo Prati, Gianluca Gaetano, Nicolas Viola and Gianluca Lapadula.
If the line up is confirmed, the average age of Cagliari would be 28.00.
Claudio Ranieri will probably not be able to employ Ibrahim Sulemana because of injury.
Velizar-Iliya Iliev, Pantelis Hatzidiakos, Marco Mancosu and Gaetano Oristanio will definitely miss the match.
Claudio Ranieri will not be able to have the presence of Simone Aresti who is suspended.
