Season ticket holders at Dacia Arena haven’t seen too many victories this season, with Udinese languishing in the 16th position so far. The guesting Genoa will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Udinese and Genoa should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Udinese form and stats
5-3-6 (win-draw-lost) are the numbers at home for Udinese so far this season. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Udinese after consecutive victories at their own ground.In their previous game, the manager I. Tudor led his Udinese to a defeat in the Serie A match away at Napoli. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Dacia Arena. Heartbreak before that as Udinese lost 1-4 at Juventus's place.
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 two games. Udinese has won 2 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0. The Serie A match against Milan is next on the list for Udinese, coming up only three days after this. It is played on a neutral arena.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Udinese here at Dacia Arena, with less than one goal per game on average (13 from 14 games). On the other hand, Udinese have conceded 17 goals.
Genoa form and stats
The hunting on away grounds hasn’t been very fruitful for Genoa so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-8 (win-draw-lose).Genoa are travelling after their nice 2-0 home win in the Serie A against Juventus (placed 1st). Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Parma's place.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 18 similar matches played by Genoa in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Genoa, 4 draws and 12 defeats.
Genoa have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 13 away games. For Genoa, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Genoa - Udinese 2-2. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 5 - 2 (Udinese wins - draws - Genoa wins).Top Goalscorers
  R. de Paul 7 goals / 4 assists |  K. Lasagna 5 goals / 1 assists |  I. Pussetto 4 goals / 3 assists |
Udinese missing players
Genoa missing players
| Udinese | Genoa | |||
| Total | Home | Statistic | Away | Total |
| 27 | 14 | Played | 15 | 28 |
| 93% | 100% | Over 0.5 | 87% | 89% |
| 67% | 71% | Over 1.5 | 80% | 79% |
| 44% | 36% | Over 2.5 | 40% | 50% |
| 22% | 7% | Over 3.5 | 20% | 29% |
| 7% | 0% | Over 4.5 | 0% | 14% |
| 48% | 50% | Both teams to score | 60% | 64% |
| 26% | 29% | Clean Sheet | 33% | 21% |
| 33% | 21% | Failed To Score | 20% | 25% |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | D | P |
| 1 | Juventus | 28 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 59 | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 27 | 10 | 40 | 75 |
| 2 | Napoli | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 52 | 23 | 15 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 33 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 29 | 60 |
| 3 | Inter | 28 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 18 | 19 | 53 |
| 4 | Milan | 28 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 43 | 26 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 11 | 17 | 51 |
| 5 | Roma | 28 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 39 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 20 | 13 | 47 |
| 6 | Atalanta | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 57 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 32 | 23 | 18 | 45 |
| 7 | Lazio | 27 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 41 | 29 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 45 |
| 8 | Torino | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 37 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 44 |
| 9 | Sampdoria | 28 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 42 |
| 10 | Fiorentina | 28 | 8 | 13 | 7 | 43 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 15 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 37 |
| 11 | Genoa | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 34 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 27 | -8 | 33 |
| 12 | Parma | 28 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 26 | -14 | 33 |
| 13 | Sassuolo | 28 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 27 | 31 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 16 | -8 | 32 |
| 14 | Cagliari | 28 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 25 | 40 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 | -15 | 30 |
| 15 | SPAL | 28 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 23 | -17 | 26 |
| 16 | Udinese | 27 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 24 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 23 | -16 | 25 |
| 17 | Empoli | 28 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 36 | 54 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 30 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Bologna | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 25 | 42 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 25 | -17 | 24 |
| 19 | Frosinone | 28 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 53 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | -32 | 17 |
| 20 | Chievo | 28 | 1 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 54 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 28 | -33 | 14 |
