Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Udinese & Ascoli face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Coppa Italia. All the pre-match information is available here!
Udinese form and stats
Udinese participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the 4th round.The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Serie A this season. Udinese have only managed 5 wins, 4 draws and 10 losses from their games here at Dacia Arena. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Udinese to get some points in this home game.
The fans are hoping that Udinese will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 1-5 away loss in the Serie A game against Inter. Roberto Pereyra, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that game, scoring a rating of 7.41 (out of 10). Pereyra scored one goal, hit four key passes and had 43 successful passes (of 46 total). Udinese were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one.
A Serie A defeat was the result before that one, 1-5 away at Inter.The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Udinese here at Dacia Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (14 from 19 games). On the other hand, Udinese have conceded 19 goals.
Ascoli form and stats
They also participated in Coppa Italia last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Ascoli so far with only 15 points returning home. The records show 3-6-10 (win-draw-lose).
It might be tough going out on the road again for Ascoli, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-3 versus Chievo. Andrea Danzi got a match rating of 7.42 in that game, top player of the team. Danzi hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 43 successful passes (of 46 total).
A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Cittadella.Ascoli are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 19 games (in the league). Ascoli have conceded 29 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Udinese zero wins, four draws and Ascoli zero victories. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Udinese missing players
Ascoli missing players
| Udinese | Ascoli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 6 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 31 | 15 | Scored | S | 13 | 28 | ||
| 39 | 12 | Conceded | C | 17 | 26 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 68% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 44% | 21% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 14% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 17% | 8% | ||
| 28% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 4% | ||
| 56% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 36% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 32% | ||
| 3.4 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5 | ||
| 5.9 | 6.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 5 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9.3 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.8 | 13 | ||
| 2.9 | 2.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.5 | ||
| 39% | 29% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 25% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Inter | 38 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 89 | 35 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 53 | 18 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 54 | 91 |
| 2 | Milan | 38 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 74 | 41 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 24 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 43 | 17 | 33 | 79 |
| 3 | Atalanta | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 90 | 47 | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 49 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 43 | 78 |
| 4 | Juventus | 38 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 77 | 38 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 40 | 18 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 37 | 20 | 39 | 78 |
| 5 | Napoli | 38 | 24 | 5 | 9 | 86 | 41 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 50 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 36 | 21 | 45 | 77 |
| 6 | Lazio | 38 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 61 | 55 | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 23 | 19 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 32 | 6 | 68 |
| 7 | Roma | 38 | 18 | 8 | 12 | 68 | 58 | 19 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 26 | 40 | 10 | 62 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 38 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 64 | 56 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 31 | 27 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 33 | 29 | 8 | 62 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 38 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 52 | 54 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 32 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -2 | 52 |
| 10 | Hellas Verona | 38 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 48 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 | 25 | -2 | 45 |
| 11 | Genoa | 38 | 10 | 12 | 16 | 47 | 58 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 28 | -11 | 42 |
| 12 | Bologna | 38 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 51 | 65 | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 33 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 32 | -14 | 41 |
| 13 | Fiorentina | 38 | 9 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 59 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | -12 | 40 |
| 14 | Udinese | 38 | 10 | 10 | 18 | 42 | 58 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 39 | -16 | 40 |
| 15 | Spezia | 38 | 9 | 12 | 17 | 52 | 72 | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 28 | 33 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 39 | -20 | 39 |
| 16 | Cagliari | 38 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 43 | 59 | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 27 | -16 | 37 |
| 17 | Torino | 38 | 7 | 16 | 15 | 50 | 69 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 25 | 36 | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -19 | 37 |
| 18 | Benevento | 38 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 40 | 75 | 19 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -35 | 33 |
| 19 | Crotone | 38 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 45 | 92 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 23 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 57 | -47 | 23 |
| 20 | Parma | 38 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 39 | 83 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 16 | 39 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 23 | 44 | -44 | 20 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Empoli | 38 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 68 | 35 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 33 | 73 |
| 2 | Salernitana | 38 | 19 | 12 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 19 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 69 |
| 3 | Monza | 38 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 51 | 33 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 18 | 64 |
| 4 | Lecce | 38 | 16 | 14 | 8 | 68 | 47 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 36 | 28 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 19 | 21 | 62 |
| 5 | Venezia | 38 | 15 | 14 | 9 | 53 | 39 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 25 | 20 | 14 | 59 |
| 6 | Cittadella | 38 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 48 | 35 | 19 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 57 |
| 7 | Chievo | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 50 | 37 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 56 |
| 8 | Brescia | 38 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 61 | 53 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 36 | 27 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 26 | 8 | 56 |
| 9 | SPAL | 38 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 44 | 42 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 23 | 2 | 56 |
| 10 | Reggina | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 42 | 45 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 23 | -3 | 50 |
| 11 | Frosinone | 38 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 38 | 42 | 19 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 21 | -4 | 50 |
| 12 | Cremonese | 38 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 46 | 44 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 22 | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 22 | 2 | 48 |
| 13 | Pisa | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 54 | 59 | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 28 | 40 | -5 | 48 |
| 14 | Vicenza | 38 | 11 | 15 | 12 | 48 | 53 | 19 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 29 | -5 | 48 |
| 15 | Pordenone | 38 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 39 | 19 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 45 |
| 16 | Ascoli | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 37 | 48 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 29 | -11 | 44 |
| 17 | Cosenza | 38 | 6 | 17 | 15 | 29 | 47 | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 27 | -18 | 35 |
| 18 | Reggiana | 38 | 9 | 7 | 22 | 31 | 57 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 34 | -26 | 34 |
| 19 | Pescara | 38 | 7 | 11 | 20 | 29 | 60 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 18 | 29 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 31 | -31 | 32 |
| 20 | Virtus Entella | 38 | 4 | 11 | 23 | 30 | 64 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 35 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 29 | -34 | 23 |