Kosta Runjaic and Davide Nicola have both made a handful of changes as Udinese prepare to host Udinese in the first game of this weekend’s round of Serie A fixtures.
The hosts, currently in eighth in the Serie A table with 13 points, will temporarily jump back up into fourth place in the league standings with a victory on Friday evening.
Cagliari will jump up into the top half of the table into ninth place, one point and one position behind Udinese if they pick up three points this evening.
Keinan Davis starts up front for Udinese alongside the Juventus-linked Lorenzo Lucca. There are also starts for Hassane Kamara and Martin Payero, who replace Jordan Zemura and Oier Zarraga following last week’s 1-0 loss away to Milan.
Cagliari have also named an unchanged back three, but look like they will switch to a bank of five across the middle, rather than four.Paulo Azzi and Razvan Marin come back into the side, as does Gianluca Gaetano.
Kick-off is due at 17.30 BST.
Serie A: Udinese vs Cagliari – confirmed line-ups
Udinese (3-5-2): Okoye; Kabasele, Bijol, Touré; Ehizibue, Lovric, Karlstrom, Payero, Kamara; Davis, Lucca.
Cagliari (3-5-1-1): Scuffet; Zappa, Mina, Luperto; Azzi, Marin, Makounbou, Adopo; Augello; Gaetano; Piccoli.
Player statistic
| 5' |  |
Antoine Makoumbou | ||
| 30' |  |
Antoine Makoumbou | ||
| Lorenzo Lucca (Assist: Hassane Kamara) |
 |
38' |
| Lorenzo Lucca | |
64' | ||
| Keinan Davis (Assist: Jesper Karlström) |
|
78' | ||
| 80' | |
Paulo Azzi |
