Three wins in the last five matches will be seen as a morale boosting run for a Livorno side looking to move out of the drop zone at the first opportunity. Serse Cosmi has done well at the Amaranto helm, and will now face the test of travelling to face Udinese.

The Bianconeri have run into a rough patch of form, losing five of their past seven games. To add to the crisis, Pasquale Marino has all sorts of problems, as he will be without a fair number of players for this fixture.

Alexis Sanchez, Simone Pepe , Giovanni Pasquale, Damiano Ferronetti and Christian Obodo have just been joined by Niki Zimling, and the tifosi will desperately hope that a depleted squad will be able to overcome their opponents on home soil.

Football Italiano