Soccer match preview: Home crowd has high hopes when Atalanta welcomes Udinese

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 03.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Gewiss Stadium

Atalanta perform at a high level so far being 3rd in the table. Udinese can look both up and down from their 12th position.

Insights:
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (38) at home in Serie A
  • Atalanta have scored more than double the goals of Udinese.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Atalanta form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Atalanta, who have the most scored goals (38) at home in Serie A, at their home stadium (Gewiss Stadium) is 8 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats. Atalanta are on a three game winning streak in their home games.

A good away victory last time out for Atalanta, who won 2-0 against Hellas Verona (placed 9th). A Champions League defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at Real Madrid.

Atalanta are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (38 goals in 14 games). Atalanta's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Udinese form and stats

The visitors are W3-D6-L5 on the road this term. That's in the Serie A. It's three draws from Udinese's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Home advantage was not enough for Udinese in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Lazio, 0-1. Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Genoa that ended 1-1.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Udinese have scored 18 goals in 14 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Udinese have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Udinese - Atalanta 1-1. Last ten meetings between the teams: Atalanta won five, Udinese won two and three draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

AtalantaL. Muriel Fruto
L. Muriel Fruto
16 goals
AtalantaD. Zapata Banguera
D. Zapata Banguera
10 goals
AtalantaR. Gosens
R. Gosens
8 goals

Atalanta missing players

Udinese missing players

Atalanta Udinese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 3 14 28
16 8 1 Won W 0 3 8
7 3 1 Drew D 1 6 9
5 3 3 Lost L 2 5 11
65 38 7 Scored S 2 18 30
34 20 9 Conceded C 8 23 36
93% 93% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 93% 89%
86% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 79% 68%
64% 79% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 57% 39%
50% 64% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 43% 25%
36% 43% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 21% 14%
64% 71% 60% BTTS BTTS 67% 71% 50%
29% 21% 20% Clean Sheets C S 0% 14% 29%
14% 14% 40% Failed to Score F T 33% 21% 32%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.5 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0.3 1.9 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 1
 
16.5 16.6 17.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.2 11.8
5.9 6 4.6 Shots on Target (avg) S O 1.7 3.2 3.7
39% 45% 30% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 40% 29%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Atalanta have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Atalanta have scored more than double the goals of Udinese.
  • Atalanta have the most scored goals (38) at home in Serie A
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  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 27 20 5 2 65 26 13 11 1 1 36 14 14 9 4 1 29 12 39 65
2 Milan 28 18 5 5 53 33 14 6 4 4 25 20 14 12 1 1 28 13 20 59
3 Atalanta 28 16 7 5 65 34 14 8 3 3 38 20 14 8 4 2 27 14 31 55
4 Juventus 27 16 7 4 54 23 14 10 2 2 29 10 13 6 5 2 25 13 31 55
5 Napoli 27 17 2 8 58 29 13 9 1 3 33 11 14 8 1 5 25 18 29 53
6 Roma 28 15 5 8 51 42 15 10 3 2 33 17 13 5 2 6 18 25 9 50
7 Lazio 27 15 4 8 43 37 13 8 2 3 21 16 14 7 2 5 22 21 6 49
8 Sassuolo 27 10 9 8 45 44 13 4 6 3 21 20 14 6 3 5 24 24 1 39
9 Hellas Verona 28 10 8 10 36 34 14 6 3 5 18 16 14 4 5 5 18 18 2 38
10 Sampdoria 28 10 5 13 38 42 14 6 2 6 22 21 14 4 3 7 16 21 -4 35
11 Bologna 28 9 7 12 39 44 13 6 3 4 24 21 15 3 4 8 15 23 -5 34
12 Udinese 28 8 9 11 30 36 14 5 3 6 12 13 14 3 6 5 18 23 -6 33
13 Genoa 28 7 10 11 30 40 14 4 5 5 20 21 14 3 5 6 10 19 -10 31
14 Fiorentina 28 7 8 13 35 45 15 5 5 5 20 19 13 2 3 8 15 26 -10 29
15 Spezia 28 7 8 13 36 51 14 3 5 6 17 23 14 4 3 7 19 28 -15 29
16 Benevento 28 7 8 13 28 52 14 2 5 7 13 28 14 5 3 6 15 24 -24 29
17 Torino 27 4 11 12 39 50 13 1 7 5 18 23 14 3 4 7 21 27 -11 23
18 Cagliari 28 5 7 16 31 48 14 3 3 8 15 24 14 2 4 8 16 24 -17 22
19 Parma 28 3 10 15 26 54 15 2 5 8 9 24 13 1 5 7 17 30 -28 19
20 Crotone 28 4 3 21 32 70 14 4 1 9 20 29 14 0 2 12 12 41 -38 15

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Serie A is the division at the top of the Italian football league system and regarded as one of the top leagues of the world. 20 teams play each other home and away to create a final league table after 380 fixtures. The winners are titled “Campione d’Italia” (Champion of Italy), often referred to as the scudetto.