Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Udinese play host to Torino at their Stadio Friuli on day 18 of the new Serie A campaign. The Zebrette aim to finish 2024 in great manner, but Sunday’s clash will be anything but a walk in the park for Kosta Runjaic’s troops. The likes of Maduka Okoye, Oier Zarraga, Martin Payero, and Gerard Deulofeu should miss out with injuries for the home team.
Il Toro, on the other hand, continue to struggle in front of goal. As under 2.5 goals have been netted in each of their last nine Serie A games, a low-scoring affair is on the cards at “Friuli”. In their last meeting in Udine, Torino defeated Udinese 2-0, which goes in favour of our earlier prediction. Equatorial Guinea international Saul Coco is back from suspension for the visiting team, while the likes of Perr Schuurs, Duvan Zapata, Saba Sazonov, Emirhan Ilkhan, and Pietro Pellegri remain in the recovery room.
Highlighted Team (Udinese):
Udinese Calcio was founded in 1986 as a part of the Societa Udinesedi Ginnastica. Until the season 1929 the club from Udine was playing in the regional divisions of Italy. In the year 1929 the club was allowed to participate in the Serie B (second highest Italian football division). In 1950 Udinese managed to reach the Serie A. After 5 years the club got downgraded back to the Serie A. After a hectic period Udinese managed to stay in the Serie A since 1995. The best performance of Udinese was in the season 1954/1955 where the club from Udine managed to end second on the table.
The only prizes that Udinese won are the Serie B title, Serie C title and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Currently Udinese is playing their games in the Stadio Friuli. The most known nicknames for the club are Bianconeri and Zebrette.
Some very known players have ever played for Udinese such as: Bierhoff, Amoroso, Di Natale, Alexis SAnhez and Dino Zoff.