Middling club Udinese Calcio (7-7-4, 25 points) is scheduled to meet streaking squad Inter Milan (9-6-3, 30 points) at their home field of Dacia Arena on Sunday, Jan. 8 as the 2016-2017 Serie A season continues.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 6:30 a.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Udinese is currently on a four-game unbeaten run after having losses in the previous two rounds to settle in the 10th spot of the Italian top flight table. They are eight points behind AC Milan, who presently holds the second and last Europa League qualifying berth next season.
In their most recent fixture on Dec. 22, Bianconeri Friuliani was held to a goalless draw by reeling team Sampdoria on the road at the Luigi Ferraris Stadium, as per SkySports.
The draw snapped the three-game winning streak of head coach Luigi Delneri's side, although it extended their unbeaten status to one more game.
Meanwhile, Inter Milan is slowly climbing the Serie A table with a three-game winning run. The team has won four of their last five games and has been unbeaten in six of their last seven outings as they are now in the seventh place in the overall standings, only three points below fifth-place Milan and five points behind third-running team Napoli for the final Champions League qualifying berth for next season.
Inter routed fourth-place squad Lazio, 3-0, during their last game on Dec. 21 at their home ground of Giuseppe Meazza Stadium in San Siro, Daily Mail Online reported.
After a scoreless first half of play, I Nerazzurri broke the deadlock with a 54th-minute right-footer by Argentine midfielder Ever Banega from outside of the box.
Inter captain Mauro Icardi doubled the lead two minutes later to score his first goal of the game before pulling off a brace in the 65th to complete the three-goal haul of head coach Stefano Pioli's squad.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-0 win by Inter Milan.
Udinese starting lineup (4-3-3 formation): Karnezis; Samir, Felipe, Danilo, Faraoni; Fofana, Agyemang-Badu, Hallfredsson; Thereau, De Paul, Zapata
Inter Milan starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Handanovic; Ansaldi, Miranda, D'Ambrosio, Murillo; Perisic, Banega; Brozovic, Candreva, Kondogbia; Icardi