Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Udinese
Match Time & Date:
16 March 2024
14:00
Prediction: 0-0
Torino
Stadio Friuli will host Saturday’s Serie A game between Udinese and Torino. The Zebrette did well to shock Lazio at Stadio Olimpico on Monday evening, with the team putting an end to their three-game winless run, but the game against Torino will be anything but a walk in the park for Le Zebrette. Defender Nehuen Perez serves a one-game ban due to the accumulation of yellow cards, while all Vivaldo, Enzo Ebosse, and Gerard Deulofeu remain on the sidelines with injuries.
Il Toro, on the other hand, suffered a dip in form, with the team failing to win the previous four league matches and that is the main reason why we are going to bet on draw. In the first half of the season the two sides shared the spoils in Turin. As for the away team, Paraguay international Antonio Sanabria is widely expected to return to the starting XI, while all Koffi Djidji, Ivan Ilic, Matteo Lovato, and Adrien Tameze miss out with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Duvan Zapata):
Duvan Zapata was born in Cali, Colombia on 1 April, 1991. The 186-cm-tall attacker started his youth career at America de Cali, playing for the club between 2004 and 2008. In 2008 he made his debut for the first team and three years later he scored his first hat-trick for the Colombian outfit, in a 3-2 win over Deportivo Pereira.
In 2011 he signed a loan deal with Estudiantes and he found the net for the Argentine team on his debut against Belgrano. After scoring 11 goals in 37 appearances for Estudiantes, the Colombian striker joined Napoli in 2013, but he failed to establish himself as a first-choice attacker.
On 22 July, 2015 Zapata joined fellow Serie A team Udinese on loan and it has to be noted that he scored eight goals in 24 league appearances for the Zebrette. Duvan Zapata has 5 caps for Colombia U20 team, but he has yet to make his debut for the senior side.
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.
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