Fabio Grosso has named a settled Sassuolo side for Sunday’s early Serie A kick-off against Udinese, who have brought in Nicolo Zaniolo and teenager Matteo Palma for his Serie A debut.
Despite losing to Milan in Serie A last week, Udinese have the better league record of the two sides, with seven points picked up from their opening four matches of the season. Kosta Runjaic’s side also beat Palermo 2-1 in the Coppa Italia earlier this week.
PISA, ITALY – SEPTEMBER 14: Nicolo’ Zaniolo of Udinese Calcio in action during the Serie A match between Pisa SC and Udinese Calcio at Arena Garibaldi on September 14, 2025 in Pisa, Italy. (Photo by Gabriele Maltinti/Getty Images)
Fabio Grosso has made just one change to the side that lost 2-1 to Inter last weekend, bringing in the returning Stephan Walukiewicz in place of Woyo Coulibaly. Domenico Berardi and Armand Lauriente will support Andrea Pinamonti in attack.
Kick-off is due at 11.30 BST.
Sassuolo vs. Udinese: Confirmed line-ups
Sassuolo (4-3-3): Muric; Walukiewicz, Idzes, Muharemovic, Doig; Vranckx, Matic, Koné; Berardi, Pinamonti, Laurienté.
Udinese (3-5-2): Sava; Palma, Kristensen, Solet; Zanoli, Piotrowski, Karlstrom, Atta, Zemura; Zaniolo, Davis.
