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

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Tue 11.May
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Diego Armando Maradona

It's advantage Napoli so far with their 2nd position in the Serie A table, welcoming Udinese who are placed 11th.

Insights:
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

It's no vacation for neither Napoli nor Udinese 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.

These teams have little in common geographically as Udinese have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

Udinese are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Napoli form and stats

Napoli have performed here at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona this season with 11 wins from 17 Serie A matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 3 games and lost 3.

A strong away win for Napoli against Spezia the last match, as Piotr Zieliński, Hirving Lozano and Victor Osimhen (2) were on target. Before that, Napoli drew at home versus Cagliari.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Napoli home games with this odds we find twelve games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in six wins, two draws and four defeats. Looking at the victories, five matches were won by at least two goals.

Napoli are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (44 goals in 17 games). On the other hand, Napoli have conceded 18 goals.

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Udinese form and stats

5 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Udinese playing as the away team in the Serie A this season. Momentum is building for Udinese in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Udinese's last game was the home draw against Bologna (1-1). A loss against Juventus was the result prior to that, in a home game.

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

Udinese are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 17 away games so far. Udinese's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 29 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the Udinese - Napoli 1-2 earlier this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Napoli won nine, Udinese won zero and one draw. seven games with over 2,5 goals, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

NapoliL. Insigne
L. Insigne
17 goals
NapoliH. Lozano Bahena
H. Lozano Bahena
10 goals
NapoliV. Osimhen
V. Osimhen
10 goals

Napoli missing players

Udinese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Napoli Udinese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 4 17 35
22 11 4 Won W 1 5 10
4 3 0 Drew D 1 6 10
9 3 1 Lost L 2 6 15
78 44 15 Scored S 7 26 40
39 18 4 Conceded C 9 29 47
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 91%
89% 94% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 82% 69%
57% 59% 80% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 65% 43%
40% 47% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 75% 47% 26%
26% 29% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 29% 17%
54% 59% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 76% 54%
37% 35% 40% Clean Sheets C S 0% 12% 23%
9% 6% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 18% 31%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2 2.1 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 1.9 1.7
3 2 0 Red cards R C 0 2 2
 
16.6 16.4 16 Shots (avg) S ( 8.5 11.1 11.6
5.9 6.4 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.8 3.5 3.7
38% 40% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 44% 31%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Napoli have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Napoli have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Napoli haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • 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 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
3 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
4 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
5 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 34 16 7 11 58 53 17 11 4 2 35 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 5 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
15 Torino 33 7 13 13 47 56 17 3 8 6 24 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -9 34
16 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
17 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 34 3 11 20 36 71 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 1 6 10 23 40 -35 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

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Table
  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 35 26 7 2 79 30 17 15 1 1 45 16 18 11 6 1 34 14 49 85
2 Napoli 35 22 4 9 78 39 17 11 3 3 44 18 18 11 1 6 34 21 39 70
3 Atalanta 34 20 9 5 79 40 17 11 3 3 47 22 17 9 6 2 32 18 39 69
4 Juventus 34 20 9 5 67 31 17 13 2 2 37 13 17 7 7 3 30 18 36 69
5 Milan 34 21 6 7 62 41 18 8 5 5 31 24 16 13 1 2 31 17 21 69
6 Lazio 34 20 4 10 60 51 17 12 2 3 35 23 17 8 2 7 25 28 9 64
7 Roma 34 16 7 11 58 53 17 11 4 2 35 18 17 5 3 9 23 35 5 55
8 Sassuolo 34 14 11 9 56 51 17 6 8 3 28 24 17 8 3 6 28 27 5 53
9 Sampdoria 35 13 6 16 46 52 17 8 2 7 27 24 18 5 4 9 19 28 -6 45
10 Hellas Verona 34 11 9 14 41 42 17 6 4 7 20 20 17 5 5 7 21 22 -1 42
11 Udinese 35 10 10 15 40 47 18 5 4 9 14 18 17 5 6 6 26 29 -7 40
12 Bologna 35 10 10 15 48 57 17 7 5 5 32 27 18 3 5 10 16 30 -9 40
13 Fiorentina 35 9 11 15 47 57 18 6 6 6 25 23 17 3 5 9 22 34 -10 38
14 Genoa 34 8 12 14 40 52 17 5 7 5 25 24 17 3 5 9 15 28 -12 36
15 Torino 33 7 13 13 47 56 17 3 8 6 24 28 16 4 5 7 23 28 -9 34
16 Spezia 35 8 10 17 44 67 17 4 6 7 22 30 18 4 4 10 22 37 -23 34
17 Cagliari 34 8 8 18 40 57 17 5 3 9 22 31 17 3 5 9 18 26 -17 32
18 Benevento 34 7 10 17 37 68 17 2 6 9 17 35 17 5 4 8 20 33 -31 31
19 Parma 34 3 11 20 36 71 17 2 5 10 13 31 17 1 6 10 23 40 -35 20
20 Crotone 34 5 3 26 42 85 17 4 1 12 21 34 17 1 2 14 21 51 -43 18

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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.