Palermo vs Udinese preview

October 26, 2016
By: Nemanja Lazarevic

Udinese vs PalermoSerie A strugglers Palermo and Udinese square off in the final match of Gameweek 10, and both will be keen to edge closer to leaving the danger zone.

The Rosanero have somehow managed to escape the drop over the last few years, but they again find themselves in all sorts of problems.

Having won just one of their first nine fixtures in the new league campaign, Palermo sit in the relegation zone, one point adrift of safety.

But, their current form offers little reason for optimism, with the team taking one point from last four matches and suffering 4-1 defeats to both Torino and Roma.

Having also lost each of four home games this season, scoring mere one goal in the process, Palermo will clearly need to show massive improvement if they want to arrest the dismal run.

The Rosanero boss Roberto De Zerbi again faces serious selection problems, with Rajkovic, Andjelkovic, Trajkovski, Gonzalez, Balogh and Bentivegna all sidelined.

Roberto Vitiello should come in for Sinisa Andjelkovic, whereas Ivaylo Chochev will lose his place in the side to Robin Quaison.

Probable starting line-up (3-4-2-1): Posavec – Cionek, Goldaniga, Vitiello – Rispoli, Henrique, Gazzi, Aleesami – Quaison, Diamanti – Nestorovski.

Udinese, too, have been on a downtrend of late, as the Zebrette have now become a bottom table side and are likely to be involved in another relegation tussle.

The team started the season well, winning two of their first three league fixtures, but have since suffered a serious dip in form, slipping into the danger zone.

Udinese went on to lose four of next five games, sharing spoils only with Fiorentina, but they finally managed to return to winning ways at the weekend.

The Zebrette recorded an important triumph over relegation rivals Pescara, and they now head to Stadio Renzo Barbera in very good spirits.

Luigi Delneri is widely expected to ring changes to his starting line-up, meaning that Emil Hallfredsson, Gabriele Angella and Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu could start.

However, the likes of Panagiotis Kone, Pablo Armero, Adalberto Penaranda and Ewandro Felipe da Lima remain on the sidelines.

Probable starting line-up (4-4-2): Karnezis – Widmer, Danilo, Angella, Felipe – Fofana, Badu, Kums, Hallfresson – Zapata, Thereau.

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