Lazio change system with Ciro Immobile and Keita Balde Diao amid an injury crisis as they visit Duvan Zapata’s hard to beat Udinese.

It kicks off at the Dacia Arena at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

The Biancocelesti are on impressive form under Coach Simone Inzaghi, despite missing several key players.

Lazio change system with Ciro Immobile and Keita Balde Diao amid an injury crisis as they visit Duvan Zapata’s hard to beat Udinese.

It kicks off at the Dacia Arena at 19.45 UK time (18.45 GMT), follow the build-up and action on our LIVEBLOG.

The Biancocelesti are on impressive form under Coach Simone Inzaghi, despite missing several key players.

Lucas Biglia will be out for a while and is on the treatment table along with Stefan Radu (shoulder injury), Federico Marchetti, Dusan Basta and summer signing Bastos.

It means 21-year-old Albanian Thomas Strakosha is again in goal, while youngster Patric is in defence.

Simone Inzaghi changes system to a 4-2-3-1 with Immobile leading the attack with support from Felipe Anderson, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic and Keita Balde Diao.

Udinese have their own injury problems, missing Silvan Widmer, Emil Hallfredsson, Ewandro, Samir and Marco Davide Faraoni.

Napoli-owned Duvan Zapata is the focal point in attack with former Chelsea striker Stipe Perica and support from Rodrigo De Paul.

Udinese managed just one point from the last three editions of this fixture, as Lazio are unbeaten here since April 2013.

This meeting has been balanced in the last 10 seasons with both teams winning three games each and scoring 15 goals apiece.

Udinese: Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Felipe, Ali Adnan; Badu, Kums, Kone; De Paul; Duvan Zapata, Perica

Udinese bench: Scuffet, Perisan, Wague, Angella, Fofana, Armero, Balic, Lodi, Jankto, Evangelista, Matos, Peñaranda

Lazio: Strakosha; Patric, De Vrij, Hoedt, Lukaku; Parolo, Lulic; Felipe Anderson, Milinkovic-Savic, Keita; Immobile

Lazio bench: Vargic, Borrelli, Wallace, Prce, Cataldi, Leitner, Murgia, Kishna, Djordjevic, Lombardi

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