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Como enter into the season as one of Serie A's big names. Finishing fourth last season and preparing for their first-ever Champions League campaign. Udinese, meanwhile, finished 10th and have had a more conservative summer, but they have already played a competitive match, beating Padova 1–0 in the Coppa Italia winning 1–0 with goal from Keinan Davis. Udinese had a fairly extensive pre-season, including matches against Swansea and Mainz and the Friuli Venezia Giulia Cup. Como against several strong opponents and had some encouraging attacking performances, including against Arsenal, but their final test was a 0-2 defeat to Liverpool at Anfield. Liverpool's intensity caused Como considerable problems early in that game. Udinese have lost some important players as Arthur Atta and Thomas Kristensen, while Jordan Zemura and Martin Payero have also left. In ther place they brought Mergim Vojvoda and Giorgi Chakvetadze. In attack if Nicolo Zaniolo can combine properly with Keinan Davis, Udinese have enough individual quality to hurt Como. For the guests more important is that Nico Paz will stay at Como for this season.