Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Buoyed by a hard-fought 1-0 win over Torino, Roma will look to stay in the Champions League berth when they face Udinese on Sunday evening. Jose Mourinho’s troops are eager to return to the elite competitions, and they must be high on confidence following back-to-back league wins, but they will have to prove their worth on the field. A man to keep an eye on in the home team will be Paulo Dybala, who scored the winner against Il Toro, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team.
The Zebrette, on the other hand, played out a 2-2 draw with Monza in their last league match. Udinese are stuck in the middle of the table with slim Conference League chances, and seeing that Roma have turned their Stadio Olimpico into a real fortress, home win should be considered. Enzo Ebosse misses out with an ACL injury, while Sunday’s clash comes too early for Gerard Deulofeu, who is closing in on a return.
Highlighted Player (Andrea Belotti):
Andrea Belotti began his youth career at Grumellese at the age of 10 and after spending three years at the club, he joined Albinolefe in 2006. As expected, he made his senior debut for the club on 10 March, 2012 and it has to be noted that the Italian striker scored 14 goals in 37 league appearances for the Seriani. Belotti, who was born on 20 December, 1993, joined Palermo on loan in 2013 and in July, 2014 the Sicilian outfit turned his loan move to a co-ownership.
The Italian attacker scored 16 goals for Palermo in 62 league appearances for the club and on 18 August, 2015 he signed a deal with Torino for a fee of €7.5 million.
Three months later he scored first goal in the Italian top flight for Torino and he helped the team record a 2-0 win over Bologna. Andrea Belotti has 18 caps for Italy U21 and he scored nine goals for the team.
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.