PREDICTED LINE-UPS | Udinese v Napoli | OneFootball

Serie A outfits Napoli will hope to stay in contention for a European spot next season when they face relegation-threatened Udinese at the Bluenergy Stadium tonight.

Having posted 50 points from 34 matches throughout the season, Napoli are struggling to qualify for Europe next season despite the Serie A getting an additional berth for Champions League football. Francesco Calzona’s men have relatively comfortable season-end fixtures but they still need to manage to win all of their last four games, especially the one against Fiorentina for Europa League or Conference League football.

The Partenopei have conceded the most goals (43) amongst the top ten in the first division this campaign and club president Aurelio De Laurentiis is set to undertake a massive rebuilding job ahead of the new season to put things in the right order.

Meanwhile, Udinese come into this match on the back of a 1-1 draw with high-flying Bologna. Martin Bayero gave the visitors the lead on the brink of half-time but they could not hold onto it as Alexis Saelemaekers’s 78th-minute helped the 10-men Rossoblu derive a point.

New manager Fabio Cannavaro has been given the task of saving the club from dropping down to Serie B this season and he is yet to get a win since his appointment before the Roma match. The Friulani have six-pointer survival clashes after tonight and three points against Napoli would be significant in the race.

Here are the predicted line-ups for the match according to La Reppublica:

Udinese (3-4-2-1): Okoye; Kristensen, Bijol, Kabasele; Ehizibue, Walace, Zarraga, Kamara; Samardzic, Pereyra; Lucca.

Napoli (4-3-3): Meret; Di Lorenzo, Rrahmani, Ostigard, Olivera; Anguissa, Lobotka, Cajuste; Politano, Osimhen, Lindstrom.

Trambak Bhattacherjee | GIFN