Udinese and Atalanta will play on Saturday the 11th of January at 3:00 pm in the 20th week of the Serie A. The match will be staged in Udine at the Dacia Arena. The appointed referee is Maurizio Mariani.
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 (11 times or 57.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (11 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 3-5-1-1 (once), 5-3-2 (once) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Kosta Runjaic is expected to play against Atalanta with the following players: Răzvan Sava, Thomas Kristensen, Oumar Solet, Jaka Bijol, Hassane Kamara, Sandi Lovrić, Martín Payero, J. Karlström, Kingsley Ehizibue, Florian Thauvin and Iker Bravo.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Udinese would be 26.73.
Maduka Okoye, Lautaro Giannetti, Oier Zarraga, Keinan Davis and Gerard Deulofeu will definitely miss the match.
Kosta Runjaic will not be able to have the presence of Lorenzo Lucca who is suspended.
Atalanta
Atalanta has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up during the season (11 times or 61.11%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (11 times) and 3-4-1-2 (7 times).
Gian Piero Gasperini is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: Marco Carnesecchi, I. Hien, S. Kolašinac, Odilon Kossounou, Matteo Ruggeri, Éderson, Marten de Roon, Davide Zappacosta, M. Pašalić, Ademola Lookman and C. De Ketelaere.
In case that the line up is confirmed as above, the estimate average age of Atalanta would be 27.73.
Gian Piero Gasperini will probably not be able to employ R. Bellanova because of injury.
Juan Cuadrado, Mateo Retegui and Gianluca Scamacca will definitely miss the match.
