Serie A preview: Can Udinese edge out victory against Salernitana?

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 20.August
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

League round two of the Serie A season and the squads have done their adjustments after the first game. Here's the best Udinese - Salernitana pre-match guide:

These teams have little in common geographically as Salernitana have to travel 800 kilometers to reach their opponents. The trip home will be especially long if the match ends in defeat.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Udinese form and stats

Last season, Udinese's league stats were 11 wins, 14 draws and 13 losses, producing 12th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 61 goals and let in 58. Playing as the home side in the last season Udinese delivered 6-7-6 (win-draw-lost) with 31 goals and 29 conceded.

Udinese are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 2-4 away versus Milan. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today? Becão was "man of the match" with a rating of 7.33 out of 10. The defender Becão scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 5 of 7 duels.

The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Udinese matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 2 draws and 4 defeats (from 8 games).

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Salernitana form and stats

Let's have a look at how Salernitana performed last season in the Serie A: They landed a 17th position in the league table after playing out 7 victories, 10 draws and 21 defeats. In total they scored 33 and conceded 78 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 4 - drew 4 and lost 11 with 16/39 goals scored/conceded.

The attacking players of Salernitana have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 194 minutes.

Salernitana failed to get anything from their last game, a home match vs Roma (placed 7th) that ended with defeat 0-1. Bronn was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.84. The defender Bronn hit one key pass and won 3 of 8 duels.

aweayteam Hara magic won. As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Salernitana playing away, we found 5 games. Results were 1 away win, 1 draw and 3 home wins.

Head 2 Head

Head to head numbers (for the previous two meetings): Udinese won one game, zero matches ended with a draw and Salernitana have one win. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one

Top Goalscorers

UdineseR. Nascimiento Franca
R. Nascimiento Franca
1 goals
UdineseA. Masina
A. Masina
1 goals

Udinese missing players

Salernitana missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Udinese Salernitana
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
1 0 0 Played P 0 0 1
0 0 0 Won W 0 0 0
0 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
1 0 0 Lost L 0 0 1
2 0 0 Scored S 0 0 0
4 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 1
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
100% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 100%
 
1 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 4
5 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 2
4 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 3
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
9 0 0 Shots (avg) S ( 0 0 14
4 0 0 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 0 2
50% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 0%
 
15 0 0 Shots against (avg) S A 0 0 21
5 0 0 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 0 5
Udinese Last season Salernitana
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   19 38
11 6   Won W   4 7
14 7   Drew D   4 10
13 6   Lost L   11 21
61 31   Scored S   16 33
58 29   Conceded C   39 78
95% 95%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
84% 84%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   89% 84%
55% 53%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   58% 58%
39% 37%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   26% 34%
18% 26%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   16% 13%
61% 68%   BTTS BTTS   58% 53%
21% 16%   Clean Sheets C S   5% 5%
24% 21%   Failed to Score F T   37% 42%
 
4.9 4.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4 4.9
5.3 4.6   Corners against (avg) C A   7.4 6.1
2.5 2.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.9 2.5
6 3   Red cards R C   2 5
 
13.3 13.2   Shots (avg) S (   10.6 11.2
4.9 4.7   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.5 3.5
32% 35%   Goal Efficiency G E   24% 25%
 
12.8 11.2   Shots against (avg) S A   17 15.8
4.4 4.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.3 6

  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 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
Last season 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 38 26 8 4 69 31 19 12 4 3 28 12 19 14 4 1 41 19 38 86
2 Inter 38 25 9 4 84 32 19 14 3 2 48 16 19 11 6 2 36 16 52 84
3 Napoli 38 24 7 7 74 31 19 11 3 5 37 16 19 13 4 2 37 15 43 79
4 Juventus 38 20 10 8 57 37 19 10 5 4 25 14 19 10 5 4 32 23 20 70
5 Lazio 38 18 10 10 77 58 19 10 6 3 42 25 19 8 4 7 35 33 19 64
6 Roma 38 18 9 11 59 43 19 10 6 3 26 16 19 8 3 8 33 27 16 63
7 Fiorentina 38 19 5 14 59 51 19 13 2 4 38 20 19 6 3 10 21 31 8 62
8 Atalanta 38 16 11 11 65 48 19 4 8 7 31 29 19 12 3 4 34 19 17 59
9 Hellas Verona 38 14 11 13 65 59 19 9 3 7 34 25 19 5 8 6 31 34 6 53
10 Torino 38 13 11 14 46 41 19 8 5 6 29 21 19 5 6 8 17 20 5 50
11 Sassuolo 38 13 11 14 64 66 19 6 6 7 27 30 19 7 5 7 37 36 -2 50
12 Udinese 38 11 14 13 61 58 19 6 7 6 31 29 19 5 7 7 30 29 3 47
13 Bologna 38 12 10 16 44 55 19 8 4 7 25 24 19 4 6 9 19 31 -11 46
14 Empoli 38 10 11 17 50 70 19 4 5 10 28 44 19 6 6 7 22 26 -20 41
15 Sampdoria 38 10 6 22 46 63 19 6 3 10 29 32 19 4 3 12 17 31 -17 36
16 Spezia 38 10 6 22 41 71 19 5 3 11 21 30 19 5 3 11 20 41 -30 36
17 Salernitana 38 7 10 21 33 78 19 3 6 10 17 39 19 4 4 11 16 39 -45 31
18 Cagliari 38 6 12 20 34 68 19 3 6 10 20 33 19 3 6 10 14 35 -34 30
19 Genoa 38 4 16 18 27 60 19 3 8 8 14 25 19 1 8 10 13 35 -33 28
20 Venezia 38 6 9 23 34 69 19 3 5 11 21 38 19 3 4 12 13 31 -35 27

Udinese:
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 Milan 1 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3
2 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
3 Fiorentina 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
4 Inter 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
5 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
6 Torino 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 3
7 Roma 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3
8 Spezia 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Hellas Verona 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Juventus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Napoli 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Sassuolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Cremonese 1 0 0 1 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 3 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
15 Lecce 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
16 Monza 1 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
17 Empoli 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
18 Salernitana 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0
19 Udinese 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
20 Sampdoria 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0

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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.