Our prediction for this Serie A match:
Buoyed by a 5-0 win over Frosinone, Atalanta will look to climb to the Champions League berth when they take on Udinese in yet another home game. The Orobici are eyeing their fifth consecutive win at home ground and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. Ademola Lookman is on international duty with Nigeria, while both Rafael Toloi and Jose Luis Palomino are major doubts. Fellow defender Hans Hateboer remains on the sidelines with a muscle injury.
The Zebrette, on the other hand, failed to impress in a 3-2 loss to AC Milan, which is yet another reason why we are going to bet on the in-form hosts. Florian Thauvin definitely deserves a place in the starting XI after finding the net in two consecutive games, while all Semedo, Brenner, Ebosse, Pafundi, Zemura, Bijol, and Delofeu remain in the treatment room.
Highlighted Player (Marten de Roon):
After spending his youth career in ASWH, Feyenoord and Sparta Rotterdam, Marten de Roon made his senior debut on 27 March 2010. The midfielder played for Sparta against Twente back then, but he made no more than three appearances for de Kasteelheren in the 2009/2010 season.
Marten de Roon joined Heerenveen in 2012 and in 2015 he moved to Serie A side Atalanta. He made 36 appearances for Atalanta in the 2015/2016 Serie A campaign, but on 4 July, 2016, he signed a contract with Middlesbrough for a reported fee of £12m. The Dutch footballer scored one goal in three appearances for Netherlands U19 team.
Marten de Roon was born in Zwinjndrecht, Netherlands on 29 March, 1991. His main position is central midfield, but he is capable of playing as a defensive and attacking midfielder as well. Martin de Roon is a right-footed footballer and he is 185 cm tall.
Highlighted Team (Udinese):
Udinese Calcio was founded in 1986 as a part of the Societa Udinesedi Ginnastica. Until the season 1929 the club from Udine was playing in the regional divisions of Italy. In the year 1929 the club was allowed to participate in the Serie B (second highest Italian football division). In 1950 Udinese managed to reach the Serie A. After 5 years the club got downgraded back to the Serie A. After a hectic period Udinese managed to stay in the Serie A since 1995. The best performance of Udinese was in the season 1954/1955 where the club from Udine managed to end second on the table.
The only prizes that Udinese won are the Serie B title, Serie C title and the UEFA Intertoto Cup. Currently Udinese is playing their games in the Stadio Friuli. The most known nicknames for the club are Bianconeri and Zebrette.
Some very known players have ever played for Udinese such as: Bierhoff, Amoroso, Di Natale, Alexis SAnhez and Dino Zoff.