Can Udinese outdo Lazio in Dacia Arena clash?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 20.February
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

Scrambling Udinese pray to pull off a small shock when they host top side Lazio in the upcoming league round. It’s 15th vs 6th and the home fans will have low expectations.

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

The visiting Lazio played their last game only three days ago, a Europa League match. That game, against Porto, was also an away game. It's a tiring schedule for Lazio.

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Udinese form and stats

Udinese have played 11 Serie A games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-5-3 (wins-draws-losses).

Udinese are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-4 away versus Hellas Verona. Molina (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.61/10. Molina hit the woodwork once and hit two key passes.

Ahead of that match, Udinese won a home game hosting Torino (2-0).

Udinese has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 11 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Udinese defense is not exactly impregnable. 18 goals conceded from 11 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above. When Udinese hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like Genoa, Cagliari, Sampdoria, Venezia, Spezia and Salernitana), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 3 of 4 times.

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Lazio form and stats

5-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Lazio in their Serie A matches away. Momentum is building for Lazio in their away games, having won their two previous outings.

Lazio have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Thomas Strakosha. It's been 383 minutes since they last conceded in Serie A.

The attacker Zaccagni got a match rating of 7.63 in that game. Zaccagni scored one goal, dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times and had 28 successful passes (of 35 total).

A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Bologna.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Porto in just four days.

Lazio are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 21 times in 13 away games so far. Lazio's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 23 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.

Head 2 Head

This happened when the participants played each other earlier this campaign; Lazio - Udinese 4-4. Previous ten meetings with these sides: Udinese won one, Lazio triumphed in seven and we saw two draws. six games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

LazioC. Immobile
C. Immobile
19 goals
UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
8 goals
LazioS. Milinković-Savić
S. Milinković-Savić
8 goals

Udinese missing players

Lazio missing players

Udinese Lazio
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 3 13 25
5 3 0 Won W 3 5 12
9 5 2 Drew D 0 2 6
9 3 2 Lost L 0 6 7
30 15 5 Scored S 9 21 52
40 18 13 Conceded C 2 23 39
91% 91% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
78% 82% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 92%
48% 45% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 85% 80%
39% 36% 75% Over 3.5 O 3.5 67% 46% 52%
17% 18% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 20%
48% 55% 75% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 60%
26% 27% 0% Clean Sheets C S 33% 15% 24%
35% 27% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 23% 20%
 
4.7 4.3 2.5 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 2.9 4
4.8 3.8 4.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 4.4 3.7
2.4 2.2 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 3.2 2.6
5 3 1 Red cards R C 1 2 4
 
12.8 12.9 9.8 Shots (avg) S ( 8 7.8 10.9
4.7 4.7 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.3 4.2 4.9
28% 29% 29% Goal Efficiency G E 56% 38% 42%
 
12.8 12.4 15.2 Shots against (avg) S A 5.3 13.4 11.5
4.1 4.3 5.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 1.3 3.5 3.3
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • All of Lazio's away-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Lazio have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Lazio have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Lazio haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 17 4 4 50 26 13 8 2 3 21 11 12 9 2 1 29 15 24 55
2 Inter 24 16 6 2 55 20 12 9 2 1 30 10 12 7 4 1 25 10 35 54
3 Napoli 25 16 5 4 46 17 13 8 2 3 23 9 12 8 3 1 23 8 29 53
4 Juventus 25 13 7 5 37 22 12 7 2 3 16 8 13 6 5 2 21 14 15 46
5 Atalanta 24 12 8 4 46 29 12 3 5 4 20 18 12 9 3 0 26 11 17 44
6 Lazio 25 12 6 7 52 39 12 7 4 1 31 16 13 5 2 6 21 23 13 42
7 Roma 25 12 4 9 42 32 13 7 3 3 17 12 12 5 1 6 25 20 10 40
8 Fiorentina 24 12 3 9 43 34 11 7 1 3 29 15 13 5 2 6 14 19 9 39
9 Hellas Verona 25 10 6 9 47 40 13 7 2 4 27 17 12 3 4 5 20 23 7 36
10 Torino 24 9 5 10 31 25 13 7 3 3 25 13 11 2 2 7 6 12 6 32
11 Empoli 25 8 7 10 38 48 13 3 2 8 20 34 12 5 5 2 18 14 -10 31
12 Sassuolo 25 7 9 9 41 44 13 3 5 5 17 21 12 4 4 4 24 23 -3 30
13 Bologna 24 8 4 12 29 40 12 5 2 5 16 16 12 3 2 7 13 24 -11 28
14 Spezia 25 7 5 13 27 46 12 3 3 6 13 16 13 4 2 7 14 30 -19 26
15 Udinese 23 5 9 9 30 40 11 3 5 3 15 18 12 2 4 6 15 22 -10 24
16 Sampdoria 25 6 5 14 33 42 13 3 3 7 20 25 12 3 2 7 13 17 -9 23
17 Cagliari 25 4 9 12 25 46 12 2 5 5 15 21 13 2 4 7 10 25 -21 21
18 Venezia 24 5 6 13 22 43 12 2 3 7 13 23 12 3 3 6 9 20 -21 21
19 Genoa 25 1 12 12 21 46 12 0 6 6 9 19 13 1 6 6 12 27 -25 15
20 Salernitana 23 3 4 16 17 53 11 1 2 8 7 26 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 13

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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.