Udinese and Atalanta are both high-flying in the Serie A with their 3rd and 2nd spots respectively. This could be a top game!
- Udinese have the most points from losing position (12) in Serie A
- Atalanta have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie A
Both sides have had time to rest since their last effort on the pitch. Let's agree to expect an enthusiastic fixture!
Udinese form and stats
The story so far in the Serie A for Udinese at their home stadium (Dacia Arena) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Udinese has won six games in a row. The Salernitana match was the last time out without a victory.
A strong away win for Udinese against Hellas Verona the last match, as Beto and Bijol were on target. Some amazing scenes last match, when Bijol scored the winning goal two minutes into stoppage time. Bijol was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.41 out of 10. The defender Bijol scored one goal and won 5 of 6 duels.
Ahead of that match, Udinese won a home game hosting Inter (3-1).This is expected to be a close game, with Udinese perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Udinese as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Udinese has won 2 of these, drawn 3 and lost 4.
Udinese have showed great defending skills in these home games, allowing the opposition to score only 1 goal.
Atalanta form and stats
The story so far for the visiting team on their Serie A travels is 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats. A great winning streak in away games for Atalanta as they have managed to win four matches in a row as the visitors. Not since the Sampdoria have they travelled home without three points.
192 minutes! That's how long the Atalanta goalkeeper Marco Sportiello and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Impressive finishing from Lookman secured the home win 1-0 against Fiorentina in their previous game. Sportiello (goalkeeper) was the best performer with a rating of 7.9. Sportiello topped it up with a clean sheet.
Prior to that result Atalanta won their away game at Roma. The scoreline was 1-0.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Atalanta playing away and similar expectations, we found 6 relevant matches. Results were 1 Atalanta win, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
Atalanta has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 6 goals from 4 games.
Head 2 Head
Atalanta have avoided a loss in the last 9 games (7-2-0) facing Udinese.Muriel loves to meet Udinese and have scored 10 goals in these encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  Beto 5 goals |   T. Koopmeiners 4 goals |  L. Samardžić 2 goals |
Udinese missing players
Atalanta missing players
| Udinese | Atalanta | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 6 | 3 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 8 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 88% | 75% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 62% |
| 75% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 50% | 50% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 62% | 25% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 38% | 75% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 100% | 62% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 5 | 4.8 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| 5.1 | 6 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.8 | 4.4 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 7 | 4.2 | 3.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 15.1 | 14.5 | 11 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4 | 10.5 | 11.4 |
| 4.9 | 4.5 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1 | 4.2 | 4.6 |
| 44% | 44% | 80% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 35% | 32% |
| 11.2 | 14 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 14.2 | 13.6 |
| 3.5 | 3.2 | 2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 2.5 | 3.8 |
- Atalanta have not yet conceded a single goal in all their away games.
- Atalanta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Atalanta have scored in all their matches so far.
- Atalanta have the fewest conceded goals (0) away in Serie A
- Atalanta have the fewest conceded goals (3) in Serie A
- Atalanta have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (0) in Serie A
- Atalanta have the fewest matches over the total-line (1) in Serie A
- Atalanta have the most clean sheets (4) away in Serie A
- Atalanta have the most matches under the total-line (7) in Serie A
- Atalanta have the most points (12) away in Serie A
- Atalanta have the the best goal difference (+6) away in Serie A
- Atalanta have won all their away games so far.
- Atalanta haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Udinese have not yet lost a game at home.
- Udinese have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Udinese have the most points from losing position (12) in Serie A
- Udinese is in the best form (6-0-0) 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 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 12 | 20 |
| 2 | Atalanta | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 20 |
| 3 | Udinese | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 19 |
| 4 | Lazio | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 17 |
| 5 | Milan | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 |
| 6 | Roma | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 7 | Juventus | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 |
| 8 | Sassuolo | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 9 | Inter | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 12 |
| 10 | Torino | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -3 | 10 |
| 11 | Fiorentina | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Spezia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | -8 | 8 |
| 13 | Lecce | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 7 |
| 14 | Salernitana | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | -3 | 7 |
| 15 | Empoli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | -3 | 7 |
| 16 | Monza | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -7 | 7 |
| 17 | Bologna | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | -6 | 6 |
| 18 | Hellas Verona | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | -8 | 5 |
| 19 | Cremonese | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 9 | -9 | 3 |
| 20 | Sampdoria | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -12 | 2 |
