Roma-Udinese is a match in the fifth day of Serie A and is played on Sunday at 6 p.m.: odds, prediction, live TV and streaming.
The news of the week was undoubtedly Roma’s decision to exonerate Daniele De Rossi, whose three draws in the first four days of the season, interspersed with the defeat to Empoli at the Stadio Olimpico, were fatal. Zero wins and only 3 points in the standings: that was enough to convince the Giallorossi managers to give the sack to the former midfielder, who took over last winter from Jose Mourinho. A choice that has and probably will continue to cause discussion.
De Rossi’s replacement is Ivan Juric, who has just returned from an all-too-positive three years at Torino: for the coach from Split, this is the first big occasion – he has never led a big team in the past – for Roma, on the other hand, it is a sort of return to the past, since his ideas of play are in some ways more similar to those of Mourinho. The soccer of Juric, a pupil of Gian Piero Gasperini, is mainly physical and relies heavily on aggression and man-to-man pressing but compared to the Atalanta coach is more conservative.
He is asked for an immediate turnaround, starting with the challenge against Udinese, the big surprise of this early season. The Friulians after 4 games have collected more points than anyone (10) finding themselves at the top of the standings, and against Parma on Monday came their third win in a row (2-3 in a comeback, also taking advantage of numerical superiority). The adventure of the semi-unknown Kosta Runjaic on the Bianconeri bench could not have started better, but the question now is: how long will it last?
Roma-Udinese: the latest lineup news
Juric will reintroduce his trademark three-man defense and it will consist of Mancini, Hermoso and N’Dicka. On the outsides Angelino and Celik, while Cristante and Koné will act in midfield. The condition of captain Pellegrini worries: if he does not make it in his place, El Shaarawy is ready, who in pair with Dybala will support the first forward Dovbyk (the Ukrainian got unblocked last Sunday in Marassi against Genoa).
In Udinese Kabasele could take the place of Giannetti, who is not at his best, while in attack Runjaic plans to deploy the Lucca-Thauvin pair in a pure 3-5-2, with Brenner starting from the bench this time.
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The prediction
Roma has gotten the better of Udinese 18 times in the last 18 previous fixtures, and since the 2012-13 season the Friulani are the ones against whom the Giallorossi have recorded the most clean sheets, an impressive 11. It remains to be seen how the team reacted to De Rossi’s exoneration, but if the goal is to immediately regain confidence and get closer to the Europa zone this is a match not to be missed: in our opinion the trend will not change and it is likely that Juric will manage to wet his debut on the Capitoline bench with a victory.
The probable lineups of Roma v Udinese
ROMA (3-4-2-1): Svilar; Mancini, Hermoso, N’Dicka; Celik, Konè, Cristante, Angelino; Pellegrini, Dybala; Dovbyk.
UDINESE (3-5-2): Okoye; Kristensen, Bijol, Kabasele; Ehizibue, Karlstrom, Payero, Lovric, Kamara; Thauvin, Lucca.
POSSIBLE RESULT: 2-1
