Home advantage could prove decisive in Udinese - Benevento battle

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 23.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

There's been ups and downs for these two teams so far this season, occupying positions near the middle of the Serie A table so far. Here's the Udinese - Benevento latest:

Insights:
  • Benevento have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

It's quite the trip for Benevento when visiting Udinese as the cities are 800 kilometers apart.

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Udinese form and stats

Udinese have played 6 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Udinese drew their last game, 1-1 away at Cagliari (placed 13th). Preceding that game was the home draw versus Crotone that ended 0-0.

Kevin Lasagna was able to secure the draw 1-1 in the game against Cagliari after coming on as a substitute and scoring the final goal. In the starting lineup today?

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Udinese handle that role? We have found nine games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are five wins, two draws and two defeats.

Udinese have scored 5 league goals here from 6 matches, not a lot. On the other hand, Udinese have conceded 7 goals.

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Benevento form and stats

2-1-3 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Benevento in their Serie A matches away.

Marco Sau and Roberto Insigne scored in Benevento's previous match, the home game against Genoa that ended 2-0. A draw for Benevento before that, at their own venue hosting Lazio (1-1).

Benevento are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is zero wins, one draw and one defeat. From a total of two matches.

Benevento find the net regularly in their away games. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. In the opposite end, Benevento have conceded 11 goals in their away games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Udinese one win, one draw and Benevento one victory. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

UdineseR. de Paul
R. de Paul
3 goals
UdineseI. Pussetto
I. Pussetto
3 goals
BeneventoG. Lapadula
G. Lapadula
3 goals

Udinese missing players

Benevento missing players

Udinese Benevento
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
12 6 0 Played P 2 6 13
4 2 0 Won W 1 2 4
3 1 0 Drew D 0 1 3
5 3 0 Lost L 1 3 6
14 5 0 Scored S 4 7 15
15 7 0 Conceded C 5 11 23
83% 83% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 83% 92%
58% 50% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 50% 69%
42% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 50% 46%
33% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 100% 50% 31%
25% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 50% 33% 23%
50% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 100% 50% 54%
25% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 33% 31%
42% 50% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 23%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.8 1.5 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 3 2.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
12.1 12.2 0 Shots (avg) S ( 15 15.8 12.5
3.8 4.3 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4 3.7
31% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 40% 29% 31%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Benevento 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 Milan 13 9 4 0 29 14 6 3 3 0 14 7 7 6 1 0 15 7 15 31
2 Inter 13 9 3 1 32 16 7 5 1 1 17 11 6 4 2 0 15 5 16 30
3 Juventus 13 7 6 0 28 10 6 4 2 0 12 3 7 3 4 0 16 7 18 27
4 Roma 13 7 3 3 28 21 6 4 2 0 15 5 7 3 1 3 13 16 7 24
5 Napoli 13 8 0 5 26 14 6 4 0 2 17 7 7 4 0 3 9 7 12 23
6 Sassuolo 13 6 5 2 23 15 7 2 3 2 10 10 6 4 2 0 13 5 8 23
7 Atalanta 12 6 3 3 26 18 6 3 1 2 14 9 6 3 2 1 12 9 8 21
8 Lazio 13 6 3 4 20 20 7 2 2 3 9 12 6 4 1 1 11 8 0 21
9 Hellas Verona 13 5 5 3 17 12 7 3 2 2 9 6 6 2 3 1 8 6 5 20
10 Sampdoria 13 5 2 6 21 21 6 2 1 3 11 9 7 3 1 3 10 12 0 17
11 Udinese 12 4 3 5 14 15 6 2 1 3 5 7 6 2 2 2 9 8 -1 15
12 Benevento 13 4 3 6 15 23 7 2 2 3 8 12 6 2 1 3 7 11 -8 15
13 Cagliari 13 3 5 5 19 24 6 2 2 2 10 10 7 1 3 3 9 14 -5 14
14 Bologna 13 4 2 7 19 25 6 3 0 3 12 13 7 1 2 4 7 12 -6 14
15 Parma 13 2 6 5 12 23 7 1 4 2 3 8 6 1 2 3 9 15 -11 12
16 Fiorentina 13 2 5 6 13 21 7 2 3 2 8 8 6 0 2 4 5 13 -8 11
17 Spezia 13 2 5 6 18 27 6 0 3 3 7 14 7 2 2 3 11 13 -9 11
18 Torino 13 1 4 8 21 31 7 0 3 4 12 17 6 1 1 4 9 14 -10 7
19 Genoa 13 1 4 8 12 26 7 1 1 5 10 15 6 0 3 3 2 11 -14 7
20 Crotone 13 1 3 9 11 28 6 1 1 4 6 12 7 0 2 5 5 16 -17 6

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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.