Evenly matched teams: Bologna vs Udinese match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 02.April
Match begins: 10:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Renato Dall'Ara (36532 seats)

Bologna and Udinese have delivered a "par" performance up to now, to use a golfing expression. Both teams reside in mid-table positions in the Serie A.

Insights:
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (18) in Serie A

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Bologna form and stats

Bologna have played 14 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Bologna drew their last game, 2-2 away at Salernitana (placed 16th). The hometeam coach Motta made a successful contribution in the game against Salernitana, bringing on Lykogiannis who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Kyriakopoulos got a match rating of 7.23 in that game, the max score being 10. Kyriakopoulos signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.

In the match before that, Bologna hosted Lazio and drew the game 0-0.

The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Bologna have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 6, drawn 2 and lost 4.

Bologna has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. From these home matches, Bologna have conceded only 10 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Udinese form and stats

5 wins, 4 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Udinese playing as the away team in the Serie A this season.

Udinese had fun at their own home (Stadio Renato Dall'Ara) last time out, beating Milan 3-1. Ehizibue, Beto and Pereyra scored. Success, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Success served one assist, hit three key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.

Preceding that game was the away victory against Empoli with the score of 1-0.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Udinese playing away and similar expectations, we found 5 relevant matches. Results were 0 Udinese wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats.

Udinese are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 15 away goals from 14 games (in the league). Udinese have conceded 16 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Bologna have managed a sequence of 6 consecutive matches without defeat (1-5-0) when playing Udinese.

These competitors have played before this season: Udinese - Bologna 1-2.

Top Goalscorers

UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
9 goals
BolognaM. Arnautović
M. Arnautović
8 goals
BolognaR. Orsolini
R. Orsolini
7 goals

Bologna missing players

Udinese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Bologna Udinese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 14 27
10 6 3 Won W 2 5 9
7 5 0 Drew D 0 4 11
10 3 1 Lost L 2 5 7
33 17 7 Scored S 5 15 37
36 10 3 Conceded C 4 16 31
96% 93% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 85%
78% 71% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 67%
52% 29% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 43% 52%
15% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 29% 37%
7% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 14% 7%
59% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 50% 50% 63%
19% 36% 25% Clean Sheets C S 0% 36% 30%
26% 21% 25% Failed to Score F T 50% 36% 22%
 
4 4.4 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 4.4 5.3
4.4 4.6 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.4 5.5
2.4 2.1 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.3
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 13 9.2 Shots (avg) S ( 14 12.5 14.7
3.8 4.5 3.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.6 4.2
32% 27% 47% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 30% 33%
 
12.8 10.1 8.5 Shots against (avg) S A 11 13.1 12.1
4.4 2.9 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4 3.9 3.5
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (18) in Serie A
  • Udinese have won significantly less corners away then at 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 Napoli 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 27 23 2 2 64 16 13 11 1 1 33 9 14 12 1 1 31 7 48 71
2 Lazio 27 15 7 5 42 19 14 8 3 3 23 12 13 7 4 2 19 7 23 52
3 Inter 27 16 2 9 47 31 14 11 0 3 27 7 13 5 2 6 20 24 16 50
4 Milan 27 14 6 7 44 36 13 9 2 2 28 17 14 5 4 5 16 19 8 48
5 Roma 27 14 5 8 35 26 13 8 1 4 17 9 14 6 4 4 18 17 9 47
6 Atalanta 27 13 6 8 44 31 13 6 3 4 24 16 14 7 3 4 20 15 13 45
7 Juventus 27 17 5 5 45 22 14 10 3 1 33 12 13 7 2 4 12 10 23 41
8 Udinese 27 9 11 7 37 31 13 4 7 2 22 15 14 5 4 5 15 16 6 38
9 Fiorentina 27 10 7 10 32 31 14 6 4 4 19 19 13 4 3 6 13 12 1 37
10 Bologna 27 10 7 10 33 36 14 6 5 3 17 10 13 4 2 7 16 26 -3 37
11 Torino 27 10 7 10 29 33 13 5 4 4 11 12 14 5 3 6 18 21 -4 37
12 Sassuolo 27 10 6 11 35 40 13 6 2 5 17 15 14 4 4 6 18 25 -5 36
13 Monza 27 9 7 11 32 37 14 5 4 5 19 16 13 4 3 6 13 21 -5 34
14 Empoli 27 6 10 11 24 36 13 4 4 5 12 15 14 2 6 6 12 21 -12 28
15 Lecce 27 6 9 12 24 32 13 2 6 5 13 17 14 4 3 7 11 15 -8 27
16 Salernitana 27 6 9 12 31 47 14 4 4 6 19 20 13 2 5 6 12 27 -16 27
17 Spezia 27 5 9 13 23 43 14 3 7 4 15 20 13 2 2 9 8 23 -20 24
18 Hellas Verona 27 4 7 16 22 41 14 4 2 8 15 22 13 0 5 8 7 19 -19 19
19 Sampdoria 27 3 6 18 16 44 14 1 4 9 6 19 13 2 2 9 10 25 -28 15
20 Cremonese 27 1 10 16 22 49 13 1 3 9 7 22 14 0 7 7 15 27 -27 13

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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.