Lazio midfielder Senad Lulic. (Photo : Getty Images)
Middling side Udinese Calcio (2-3-1, 7 points) is set to face capital city squad SS Lazio (3-2-1, 10 points) at the Dacia Arena on Oct. 1, Saturday as round 7 matches of the 2016-2017 Serie A season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:45 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Udinese has been struggling to find wins early in the season as they only have two so far after six rounds of competitions.
The team is currently on a three-game winless slide, settling them at the 14th spot of the Italian top flight table, with their last game ending in a 0-1 loss to Sassuolo on the road at the Mapei Stadium - Città del Tricolore last Sunday, as per Italian Football Daily.
French forward Gregoire Defrel scored the lone goal of the contest for the hosts as they handed the head coach Giuseppe Iachini's side their second defeat in three games.
Meanwhile, Lazio blanked bottom three team Empoli, 2-0, at the Stadio Olimpico in Rome also last Sunday to earn their second win in three matches, ESPN reported.
Senegalese striker Keita Balde Diao broke the deadlock at the 19th minute of the match with a right-footed shot from center box to the bottom right corner of Empoli goalkeeper Lucasz Skorupski.
I Biancocelesti then doubled their lead in the second half with a close-range header from Bosnian midfielder Senad Lulic right at the stroke of full time to help head coach Simone Inzaghi's boys snag their third win this season.
The win put Lazio in the top five of the overall standings as they are tied on points with four other teams, namely AS Roma, AC Milan, AC Chievo, and Bologna FC.
Lazio and Udinese are expected to have a hard-fought match as both teams will try to improve their respective positions in the current league table. However, Inzaghi's squad are slightly favored to prevail in this match even if they are playing on the road.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-1 victory for Lazio.
Udinese starting lineup (4-3-1-2 formation): Karnezis; Heurtaux, Danilo, Felipe, Adnan; Jankto, Kums, Koné; De Paul; Thereau, Penaranda
Lazio starting lineup (3-5-2 formation): Strakosha; Santos, de Vrij, Radu; Anderson, Parolo, Biglia, Milinkovic-Savic, Lulic; Immobile, Keita
