Serie A 2025-2026: Udinese-Juventus, the likely lineups
Udinese–Juventus, scheduled for 8:45 p.m., is a match valid for the 29th day of Serie A. The Friulians, currently in 11th place in the standings and now safe, want to score their second consecutive victory in front of their home crowd to get back into the top 10 in the standings. Spalletti’s team, which came back to win against Pisa after four games without victories, is hunting for an away success that has been missing for a month and a half now: three points are crucial to fuel the sprint for fourth place with Como and Roma.
Runjaic fields Zaniolo and Davis as the offensive tandem, on the flanks are Zarraga and Kamara. In midfield Ekkelenkamp, Karlstrom, Piotrowski. In the defensive trio Kabasele, Kristensen and Solet if he recovers, otherwise Ehizibue.
Juventus will line up with a 4-2-3-1: Perin is expected to start again at the expense of Di Gregorio, the full-backs will be Kalulu and Cambiaso, while in the center Bremer will partner Kelly. In midfield Locatelli and Thuram, while in attack Yildiz could play as a false nine with Conceiçao, McKennie, Boga behind him. No dice for Dusan Vlahovic, who has not yet fully recovered from his injury and has not been summoned by Luciano Spalletti.
A Bianconeri victory would be crucial in the Champions League key: the three points would be worth the momentary overtaking of Como and Roma, who will face each other on Sunday at 6 p.m. at the Sinigaglia. The stakes are therefore very high for Spalletti, who also listened to the words of Francisco Conceiçao in the press conference: “They are strong, especially at home, and they are very physical. They have strong strikers and the whole team does a good job, they are tough. We go there with the conviction to win the game and continue on our way”.
Udinese-Juventus, the probable lineups
UDINESE (3-5-2): Okoye; Ehizibue, Kabasele, Kristensen; Zarraga, Ekkelenkamp, Karlstrom, Piotrowski, Kamara; Zaniolo, Davis. All. Runjaic.
JUVENTUS (4-2-3-1): Perin; Kalulu, Bremer, Kelly, Cambiaso; Locatelli, Thuram; Conceiçao, McKennie, Boga; Yildiz.
All. Spalletti.
