Udinese vs. Parma - prediction, team news, lineups

A week connected from their stunning 3-0 victory implicit AC Milan astatine San Siro, Udinese invited Parma to Bluenergy Stadium successful Saturday’s gameweek 33 enactment successful Serie A.

The Emilians are winless successful Udine since their 2019 3-1 triumph and caput into this weekend’s contention having mislaid the past 3 meetings betwixt the clubs.

Match preview

Udinese fans would beryllium forgiven for not believing their bully luck astatine the interval past clip retired erstwhile they led 2-0 astatine San Siro, wherever they had not had an vantage that steadfast against the Rossoneri en way to a 3-0 victory.

While Davide Bartesaghi’s ain extremity enactment the Bianconeri ahead, it was efficaciously the Jurgen Ekkelenkamp show, with the wide attacker scoring and assisting for Kosta Runjaic’s team, who person avoided decision successful 3 consecutive games without conceding.

Juventus winger Jeremie Boga was the past hostile to breach the Udinese defence, and the location enactment volition anticipation to widen their ongoing tally of not conceding successful 322 minutes against the Emilians, whom they person defeated successful 3 consecutive meetings up of Saturday’s encounter.

In fact, the Udine hosts person claimed 13 points from 15 crossed the past 5 meetings, having secured 1 constituent from the erstwhile 5 encounters.

Although they person won conscionable 1 of their past 4 matches astatine Stadio Friuli and 2 successful five, the hosts volition backmost themselves to debar coming unstuck against the division’s gully specialists.

Parma’s 11 draws became 12 aft gameweek 32 arsenic Carlos Cuesta’s squad held title-chasing Napoli to a 1-1 necktie successful Emilia-Romagna, each but ending the Partenopei’s prospects of retaining the Scudetto.

It was the Gialloblu’s 3rd stalemate successful their past 5 top-flight matches pursuing a three-match winning streak aft victories implicit Bologna (1-0), Hellas Verona (2-1) and Milan (1-0).

Although past week’s 1-1 gully with Napoli extended the distant team’s winless series to six games, the latest 2 1-1 ties distant astatine Lazio and astatine location to Napoli ought to basal arsenic points gained alternatively than 2 dropped.

Now heading to a venue wherever they person failed to unafraid maximum points since 2019, the travelling supporters volition anticipation for a antithetic result successful Udine.

With their lone distant decision successful 5 coming against Torino successful mid-March, the Emilians, who person earned 8 points from 15 connected the road, volition look to debar decision connected Saturday to forestall a 4th consecutive disappointment successful this fixture.

Udinese Serie A form:

Parma Serie A form:

Team News

Keinan Davis went disconnected successful the Milan triumph with a suspected musculus complaint, making the Englishman doubtful for Saturday.

If absent, the 10-goal Englishman, the archetypal since Tammy Abraham’s 17-goal tally successful 2021-22 to scope treble figures, could beryllium replaced by Idrissa Gueye successful the XI.

Also missing for the hosts this play are Alessandro Zanoli (ACL) and Jordan Zemura (thigh), who past played successful January and March, respectively.

The visitors person a steadfast squad too, adjacent if Gabriel Strefezza, scorer successful the opening infinitesimal against Napoli past week, is an wounded uncertainty aft going disconnected aft 72 minutes successful the 1-1 draw, portion Matija Frigan (ACL) and Benjamin Cremaschi are undeniably sidelined.

In much affirmative news, Parma volition invited starring marksman Mateo Pellegrino backmost into the broadside aft the forward’s suspension against the defending champions, and helium volition purpose to adhd to his 8 Serie A goals.

Udinese imaginable starting lineup:

Okoye; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet; Ehizibue, Ekkelenkamp, Karlstrom, Atta, Kamara; Zaniolo, Gueye

Parma imaginable starting lineup:

Suzuki; Circati, Troilo, Valenti; Delprato, Bernabe, Caviglia, Keita, Valeri; Pellegrino, Elphege

We say: Udinese 1-1 Parma

Barring anomalous defeats distant astatine Atalanta and Torino, against whom they mislaid 4-0 and 4-1 respectively, Parma person avoided losses successful 7 of their 9 fixtures connected the roadworthy successful 2026.

Despite the humanities disadvantage, the Emilians are tipped to clasp Udinese to a gully connected Saturday, ending a three-match losing tally against the Little Zebras.

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