Antonio Di Natale returns to his old hunting ground as Udinese take on impressive Empoli.

It kicks off at 18.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Di Natale started his Serie A career at the Stadio Castellani and it’s always an emotional moment for him to come back here, even if he’s worn the Udinese jersey for a decade now.

Antonio Di Natale returns to his old hunting ground as Udinese take on impressive Empoli.

It kicks off at 18.00 GMT, click here for a match preview.

Di Natale started his Serie A career at the Stadio Castellani and it’s always an emotional moment for him to come back here, even if he’s worn the Udinese jersey for a decade now.

The Friulani are dealing with an injury crisis, missing Alexandre Geijo, Maurizio Domizzi and internationals Emmanuel Badu, Molla Wague and Lucas Evangelista.

On Thursday Udinese pushed Coppa Italia holders Napoli all the way to penalties at the Stadio San Paolo, drawing 2-2 with a stunning Panagiotis Kone volley.

Empoli have earned so many compliments from fans all over the country for their performances this season, although they haven’t translated to points.

Last week they held Inter to a 0-0 draw and were denied victory only by Samir Handanovic in goal, then pushed Roma to extra time in the Coppa Italia and were knocked out by an extremely dubious penalty.

The arrival of Riccardo Saponara on loan from Milan gives them further options going forward.

Empoli: Sepe; Hysaj, Rugani, Tonelli, Mario Rui; Vecino, Valdifiori, Croce; Saponara; Mchedlidze, Pucciarelli

Empoli bench: Bassi; Laurini, Perticone, Bianchetti, Barba, Brillante, Signorelli, Zieliński, Laxalt, Verdi, Tavano, Rovini, Maccarone

Udinese: Karnezīs; Piris, Danilo, Heurtaux; Widmer, Allan, Guilherme, Kone, Pasquale; Thereau; Di Natale

Udinese bench: Scuffet, Meret, Bubnjić, Faraoni, Gabriel Silva, Hallberg, Jadson, Jaadi, Bruno Fernandes, Aguirre, Pinzi

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