Udinese vs Chievo preview - Maran aims to build on victory - 7M sport

Udinese vs Chievo preview - Maran aims to build on victory



Posted Saturday, November 22, 2014 by PA

Chievo coach Rolando Maran hopes his players can build on their victory over Cesena last time out by recording their second away win at Udinese on Sunday.

The men from Verona beat Cesena 2-1 before the international break to end an eight-match winless run.

The outcome was Chievo's second triumph of the season and their first since Maran replaced Eugenio Corini at the helm last month.

"We wanted and needed that win," Maran said to the Italian media. "We took a good step forward against Cesena.

"But we have to continue to work hard.

"I want to see a further improvement from my team with respect to the game against Cesena."

Maran, whose side are 18th in the standings, two points adrift of safety, knows his team needs to start getting more points on the road if it is to defend its Serie A status.

Chievo have mustered just three points of a possible 15 away from home so far.

"We have to invert our negative trend away from home and we must do it on Sunday," Maran said. "We expect a difficult game in Udine and we will need to show our true value against them."

Udinese head into the encounter at the Friuli stadium having clinched just one point in their last three games.

Their 1-1 draw at Palermo last time out dropped the Friuli outfit to eighth in the standings.

Andrea Stramaccioni's men will nevertheless be confident of taking a positive result this weekend as they have won four and lost one of their six games at home.

With Chievo forward Riccardo Meggiorini serving a one-match ban on Sunday, veteran striker Sergio Pellissier is expected to lead the visitors' attack.

Pellissier scored his first Serie A goal since September 2013 against Cesena.

Udinese will be without suspended midfielder Panagiotis Kone.b



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