Key Takeaways
- Both head coaches change two players in their starting teams for this Saturday match.
- Torino have not lost in four games, while Udinese want to win again after two poor results.
- The clubs are only three points apart in the Serie A table with four games left.
Kosta Runjaic and Roberto D’Aversa have both adjusted their starting line-ups for this Serie A clash at the Bluenergy Stadium. The managers hope their new selections will bring success as the season nears its end.
The two teams sit close together in the league standings. Udinese are in eleventh place with 44 points. Torino are in thirteenth place with 41 points. Only three points separate them with four matches remaining.
The home side need a positive result. They did not win their last two fixtures, drawing one and losing the other. Runjaic brings Lennon Miller and Adam Buksa into the team. They replace Jakub Piotrowski and Idrissa Gueye.
Torino arrive in strong form. They are unbeaten in their last four league matches. Last weekend, they earned a 2-2 draw against league leaders FC Internazionale Milano. Only Inter and Juventus FC have collected more points than Torino during this recent run.
D’Aversa also makes two changes to his side. Luca Marianucci, who is on loan from Napoli, starts in central defence instead of Ardian Ismajli. Cesare Casadei returns to the midfield, but Che Adams is not in the starting eleven.
Udinese (3-5-2): Okoye; Kristensen, Kabasele, Solet; Ehizibue, Atta, Miller, Ekkelenkamp, Kamara; Zaniolo, Buksa.
Substitutes: Nunziante, Sava, Padelli, Zarraga, Gueye, Bayo, Arizala, Mlacic, Piotrowski, Camara, Vinciati.
Torino (3-5-2): Paleari; Coco, Marianucci, Ebosse; Lazaro, Casadei, Ilkhan, Gineitis, Obrador; Vlasic, Simeone.
Substitutes: Israel, Siviero, Prati, Ilic, Maripan, Kulenovic, Nkounkou, Biraghi, Tameze, Savvam Nije.