Key statistics for the Coppa Italia fixture between Udinese and Crotone

It's no vacation for neither Udinese nor Crotone as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Crotone have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1200 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

Udinese form and stats

Udinese have reached this Coppa Italia stage through battling and winning against Ascoli. Udinese participated in Coppa Italia the last season, where they reached the 4th round.

2-5-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Udinese so far this season. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

The spoils were shared in Udinese's previous game, also at home. Visiting Milan travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline. Walace (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.43/10. Walace hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

Heartbreak before that as Udinese lost 1-3 at Empoli's place.

Udinese are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found two matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won two, drew zero and lost zero.

There will be little rest for Udinese after this match as they are travelling to Cagliari for a Serie A game in only four days.

Udinese has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Udinese's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 12 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

Crotone form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Brescia in order to reach 2nd round of Coppa Italia. Crotone's mission in Coppa Italia last season failed in the 3rd round.

There's been little loot from Crotone's travels as they have only collected 1 point from 8 away games in the Serie B. Crotone only have 0 wins to counter their 7 defeats and 1 draw. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Crotone have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone ten consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Parma game.

Crotone are travelling again after losing away to Cremonese in their previous match (2-3). Midfield player Salvatore Molina was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.45/10. Molina hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus SPAL.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Crotone played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.

After this away game Crotone return home for a Serie B game against Pordenone. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Crotone as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. For Crotone, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last six matches): Udinese three wins, one draw and Crotone two victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal 7 goals

S. Mulattieri 6 goals

G. Deulofeu Lázaro 4 goals

Udinese missing players

Crotone missing players