Parma vs. Udinese - prediction, team news, lineups

Udinese are successful information of slipping into the Serie A relegation portion arsenic they question to look second-bottom Parma successful Wednesday's gameweek-nine contention astatine Stadio Ennio Tardini.

Alberto Gilardino has overseen 3 consecutive defeats since replacing Carlos Cuesta past period and hopes to extremity that tally against Kosta Runjaic, whose presumption successful Udine is besides nether menace arsenic Le Zebrette question to halt their six-match losing sequence.

Match preview

Just arsenic Parma appeared acceptable to spell 270 minutes without scoring nether Gilardino, Simone Lontani recovered the nett fortuitously against associated leaders Lazio erstwhile his attempted transverse went successful disconnected Christos Mandas's post.

That onslaught was the Emilians' 5th league extremity of the season, comfortably the fewest successful the part aft 8 matches, portion the second-bottom hosts person conceded 15 astatine the different end.

If Gilardino is to instrumentality immoderate positives from the 2-1 nonaccomplishment successful the capital, it indispensable beryllium his team's beardown showing for 45 minutes astatine the Olimpico, wherever they held the Biancocelesti astatine fractional clip earlier conceding doubly wrong 8 minutes earlier the hr people to each but seal their fate.

Seeking encouragement from the defeat, the erstwhile striker volition anticipation to assistance his dejected players for Wednesday arsenic the Crusaders strive to ascent retired of the relegation portion with the close result.

Victory for the 19th-placed broadside could assistance them retired of the bottommost three, though that result depends connected Fiorentina dropping points against Atalanta successful Florence.

Facing the beleaguered Runjaic, who whitethorn beryllium connected borrowed clip successful Udine, could beryllium timely for the Emilians arsenic they effort to inflict a seventh consecutive decision connected the Little Zebras.

When Udinese began the play unbeaten successful 4 matches crossed each competitions, winning doubly successful the Coppa Italia and collecting 4 points from six successful the apical flight, fewer would person predicted their ongoing malaise.

Unfortunately, Le Zebrette person since suffered six consecutive defeats and failed to people successful three, including the past two, which person brought 3-0 and 2-0 location losses to Lecce and Milan respectively.

Those 2 setbacks person highlighted the team's diminution successful beforehand of goal, having scored successful each of their opening six matches crossed each competitions, including a gully with Como and 3 times successful a 5-3 nonaccomplishment to defending champions Inter Milan.

However, Runjaic's men person present fired blanks successful 3 of their past 4 matches, losing each 4 during that play to permission them connected the verge of slipping into the dreaded bottommost three.

Udinese person competed successful Serie A for 32 years, but different setback successful Emilia-Romagna could unit Gino Pozzo to instrumentality decisive enactment regarding the club's managerial position.

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Team News

Nesta Elphege (illness), Pontus Almqvist (calf) and Hans Nicolussi Caviglia (thigh) are injured and unavailable for Parma connected Wednesday; Gilardino volition marque a precocious determination connected Lautaro Valenti, who has been absent since mid-September but is nearing a return.

Parma are the league's lowest scorers, with lone 3 players uncovering the nett for the Emilians: David Romero and Lontani person struck doubly apiece, portion the injured Almqvist has scored once.

While Udinese are successful a considerably healthier goalscoring position, with six antithetic players uncovering the nett for the Little Zebras successful Serie A, lone Jurgen Ekkelenkamp has scored much than twice, netting three.

Hassane Kamara enters gameweek 9 arsenic the lone different subordinate successful the squad with much than 1 goal, a disappointing improvement aft Keinan Davis scored 10 and the trio of Nicolo Zaniolo, Arthur Atta and Ekkelenkamp combined for 15 past season.

However, Davis has yet to adhd to his Coppa Italia extremity successful August, Zaniolo has made lone 4 appearances crossed each competitions and Atta has departed for Fiorentina.

On the wounded front, Alessandro Zanoli and Oumar Solet are touch-and-go owed to musculus complaints, portion David Alaba (calf), Vakoun Bayo (thigh) and Idrissa Guey (ankle) are decidedly unavailable.

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Corvi; Diego Carlos, Troilo, Drobnic; Delprato, Sierro, Keita, Valeri; Toure, Lontani; Romero

Udinese imaginable starting lineup:

Okoye; Abankwah, Kabasele, Ebosse; Vojvoda, Karlstrom, Piotrowski, Kamara; Ekkelenkamp, Chakvetadze; Davis

We say: Parma 1-0 Udinese

Parma's second-half illness against Lazio was disappointing, though their competitory opening 45 minutes offered much encouragement than Udinese person shown successful caller weeks.

Home vantage could truthful beryllium decisive arsenic the Emilians condemn the Little Zebras to a seventh successive decision and perchance extremity Runjaic's tenure.

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