Udinese and Spezia will face off on Saturday the 14th of May at 6:00 pm in the 37th week of the Serie A. The match will be played in Udine at the Dacia Arena. The appointed referee is Gianluca Aureliano.
Udinese occupies the 12th place in the standings with 44 points. It comes from a 1-1 draw against Sassuolo in its last match in the Serie A. To date, it has won 10 times, draw 14 times, and lost 12 times.
Spezia sits in the 16th position in the standings with 33 points. It comes from a 1-3 loss against Atalanta in its last match in the Serie A. Until now, it has won 9 times, draw 6 times, and lost 21 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 (25 times or 69.44%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-5-2 (25 times), 3-4-2-1 (4 times), 4-4-2 (3 times), 5-4-1 (2 times) and 3-5-1-1 (2 times).
Gabriele Cioffi is expected to play against Spezia with the following players: M. Silvestri, B. Nuytinck, N. Pérez, M. Palumbo, I. Udogie, R. Pereyra, W. Souza Silva, J. Makengo, N. Molina Lucero, I. Pussetto and G. Deulofeu Lázaro.
Granting that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Udinese would be 26.09.
J. Larsen and I. Ajayi Success will definitely miss the match.
Gabriele Cioffi will not be able to have the presence of R. Nascimiento Franca who is suspended.
Spezia
Spezia has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (14 times or 38.89%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (14 times), 4-3-3 (8 times), 4-1-4-1 (3 times), 3-5-2 (3 times), 4-4-2 (2 times), 5-4-1 (once), 4-3-2-1 (once), 5-3-2 (once), 3-5-1-1 (once), 3-4-2-1 (once) and 3-4-3 (once).
Thiago Motta is expected to play against Udinese with the following players: I. Provedel, A. Reca, D. Nikolaou, M. Erlić, K. Amian Adou, G. Maggiore, J. Kiwior, V. Kovalenko, D. Verde, E. Gyasi and R. Manaj.
Assuming that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Spezia would be 25.27.
Thiago Motta will probably not be able to employ J. Sala and K. Agudelo Ardila because of injury.
J. Zoet, P. Hristov, S. Bastoni, E. Colley, L. de Souza Sena and M. N’Zola will definitely miss the match.
