Delightful dogfight as daring Roma duel with determined Udinese

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 16.April
Match begins: 18:45 (UTC)
Venue: Centro Sportivo Lazio (70634 seats)

Roma are flying at 3rd, while Udinese are hanging back 14 points behind in the standings. Will they shorten the gap?

Insights:
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (19) in Serie A

The hosts Roma saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the Europa League. That game was an away game at Feyenoord, so at least Roma are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Roma form and stats

28 points is a decent return from 14 Serie A games here at Centro Sportivo Lazio for Roma. The data says 9 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses.

Roma are confident in defense, having played 205 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

The fans hope that Roma will fight back in this match, putting things right after the 0-1 away loss in the Europa League fixture against Feyenoord. The attacking player Shaarawy won the honour of being "man of the match" for Roma with the rating of 7.82/10. Shaarawy hit three key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 22 successful passes (of 23 total).

A strong away win before that one, visiting Torino and winning 1-0.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Roma have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 4 games) they have won 1 time, drawn 1 and lost 2.

Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Europa League game versus Feyenoord in only four days. This game is also played here at Centro Sportivo Lazio.

Roma has scored 20 league goals at home this season, in 14 matches. From these home matches, Roma have conceded only 9 goals.

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Udinese form and stats

As the visiting team in Serie A matches, Udinese have produced an overall stat of 5-4-6 so far.

Udinese's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Monza that finished 2-2. Beto, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.35. Beto scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.

A 0-3 defeat away at Bologna before that.

19 goals have been conceded by Udinese in these games.

Head 2 Head

The latest H2H meeting ended Udinese - Roma 4-0, earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Roma six wins, one draw and Udinese three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), seven games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

RomaP. Exequiel Dybala
P. Exequiel Dybala
11 goals
UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
10 goals
RomaK. Bakumo-Abraham
K. Bakumo-Abraham
6 goals

Roma missing players

Udinese missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Roma Udinese
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
29 14 6 Played P 5 15 29
16 9 4 Won W 0 5 9
5 1 1 Drew D 2 4 12
8 4 1 Lost L 3 6 8
39 20 11 Scored S 5 15 39
26 9 5 Conceded C 10 19 36
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 60% 80% 86%
62% 50% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 60% 53% 69%
38% 29% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 47% 55%
14% 7% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 27% 38%
3% 7% 17% Over 4.5 O 4.5 40% 13% 7%
41% 21% 33% BTTS BTTS 60% 47% 62%
41% 57% 67% Clean Sheets C S 40% 33% 28%
17% 21% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 40% 24%
 
4.8 5.8 4.8 Corners for (avg) C F 3.6 4.6 5.3
3.9 3.7 4 Corners against (avg) C A 6.4 6.1 5.2
2.1 2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.2 2.4 2.2
3 1 1 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
13.1 14.9 12.7 Shots (avg) S ( 9.2 12.7 14.7
4.6 5.4 4.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2.4 3.7 4.2
29% 27% 39% Goal Efficiency G E 42% 27% 32%
 
10.8 10.2 12.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14.6 12.9 12.1
3.2 3.1 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 3.9 3.6
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Roma have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Roma haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (19) in Serie A

  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 29 24 2 3 66 21 14 11 1 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 74
2 Lazio 29 17 7 5 46 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 14 8 4 2 21 7 26 58
3 Roma 29 16 5 8 39 26 14 9 1 4 20 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 13 53
4 Milan 29 15 7 7 48 36 14 9 3 2 28 17 15 6 4 5 20 19 12 52
5 Inter 29 16 3 10 48 33 15 11 0 4 27 8 14 5 3 6 21 25 15 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 29 18 5 6 47 24 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 7 2 5 13 12 23 44
8 Bologna 29 12 7 10 38 36 15 7 5 3 20 10 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 43
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Udinese 29 9 12 8 39 36 14 4 8 2 24 17 15 5 4 6 15 19 3 39
11 Torino 29 10 8 11 30 35 14 5 4 5 11 13 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 38
12 Sassuolo 29 10 7 12 37 43 14 6 3 5 18 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -6 37
13 Monza 29 9 8 12 34 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 14 4 4 6 15 23 -7 35
14 Empoli 29 7 11 11 25 36 14 5 4 5 13 15 15 2 7 6 12 21 -11 32
15 Salernitana 29 6 11 12 33 49 15 4 5 6 20 21 14 2 6 6 13 28 -16 29
16 Lecce 29 6 9 14 25 35 14 2 6 6 14 19 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 27
17 Spezia 29 5 11 13 25 45 15 3 8 4 16 21 14 2 3 9 9 24 -20 26
18 Hellas Verona 29 5 7 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 14 0 5 9 7 20 -19 22
19 Cremonese 29 2 10 17 26 54 14 1 3 10 8 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -28 16
20 Sampdoria 29 3 6 20 18 50 15 1 4 10 8 22 14 2 2 10 10 28 -32 15

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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 Napoli 29 24 2 3 66 21 14 11 1 2 33 13 15 13 1 1 33 8 45 74
2 Lazio 29 17 7 5 46 20 15 9 3 3 25 13 14 8 4 2 21 7 26 58
3 Roma 29 16 5 8 39 26 14 9 1 4 20 9 15 7 4 4 19 17 13 53
4 Milan 29 15 7 7 48 36 14 9 3 2 28 17 15 6 4 5 20 19 12 52
5 Inter 29 16 3 10 48 33 15 11 0 4 27 8 14 5 3 6 21 25 15 51
6 Atalanta 29 14 6 9 47 34 14 6 3 5 24 18 15 8 3 4 23 16 13 48
7 Juventus 29 18 5 6 47 24 15 11 3 1 34 12 14 7 2 5 13 12 23 44
8 Bologna 29 12 7 10 38 36 15 7 5 3 20 10 14 5 2 7 18 26 2 43
9 Fiorentina 29 11 8 10 34 32 15 6 5 4 20 20 14 5 3 6 14 12 2 41
10 Udinese 29 9 12 8 39 36 14 4 8 2 24 17 15 5 4 6 15 19 3 39
11 Torino 29 10 8 11 30 35 14 5 4 5 11 13 15 5 4 6 19 22 -5 38
12 Sassuolo 29 10 7 12 37 43 14 6 3 5 18 16 15 4 4 7 19 27 -6 37
13 Monza 29 9 8 12 34 41 15 5 4 6 19 18 14 4 4 6 15 23 -7 35
14 Empoli 29 7 11 11 25 36 14 5 4 5 13 15 15 2 7 6 12 21 -11 32
15 Salernitana 29 6 11 12 33 49 15 4 5 6 20 21 14 2 6 6 13 28 -16 29
16 Lecce 29 6 9 14 25 35 14 2 6 6 14 19 15 4 3 8 11 16 -10 27
17 Spezia 29 5 11 13 25 45 15 3 8 4 16 21 14 2 3 9 9 24 -20 26
18 Hellas Verona 29 5 7 17 24 43 15 5 2 8 17 23 14 0 5 9 7 20 -19 22
19 Cremonese 29 2 10 17 26 54 14 1 3 10 8 25 15 1 7 7 18 29 -28 16
20 Sampdoria 29 3 6 20 18 50 15 1 4 10 8 22 14 2 2 10 10 28 -32 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.