Udinese favourites for feisty fight facing Sampdoria

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sat 05.March
Match begins: 14:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

This game involves two squads dwelling in the basement of the Serie A, Udinese having 14th spot and Sampdoria in 15th. A good opportunity for one of the squads to improve their situation.

This could be an engrossing fixture with lots of spark and energy as both contenders are well rested since they last played a game. Let's start!

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Udinese form and stats

The story so far in the Serie A for Udinese at their home stadium (Dacia Arena) is 3 wins, 6 draws and 3 defeats. When Udinese hosts teams that live in the bottom of the table (like Genoa, Cagliari, Venezia, Spezia, Udinese and Salernitana), they have won 1 of 2 matches!

Udinese travelled for their previous game, a trip to Milan that ended 1-1. Defender Becão got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.1/10. Becão won 5 of 7 duels.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Lazio that ended 1-1.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Udinese have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won three times, drawn one and lost zero.

The Udinese fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 16 in 12 matches. Udinese have conceded 19 from these games.

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Sampdoria form and stats

There's been little loot from Sampdoria's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 13 away games in the Serie A. Sampdoria only have 3 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 2 draws. Bitter travels for Sampdoria as they have lost four games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Roma match.

Sampdoria lost away at Atalanta (0-4) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Rincón got a match rating of 7.04 in that game, top player of the team. Rincón dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 28 successful passes (of 30 total).

That result followed a home victory 2-0 versus Empoli.

Sampdoria are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and two defeats. From a total of four matches.

Sampdoria struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 21 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

Sampdoria - Udinese 3-3 was the outcome when these two teams previously did battle, some time ago this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Udinese wins - draws - Sampdoria wins). As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less. The games between these clubs have had a tendency to be hostile, having seen 5 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.

Top Goalscorers

UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
8 goals
UdineseG. Deulofeu Lázaro
G. Deulofeu Lázaro
7 goals
SampdoriaA. Candreva
A. Candreva
7 goals

Udinese missing players

Sampdoria missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Udinese Sampdoria
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 4 13 27
5 3 1 Won W 2 3 7
11 6 1 Drew D 0 2 5
9 3 0 Lost L 2 8 15
32 16 3 Scored S 6 13 35
42 19 0 Conceded C 5 21 46
92% 92% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 96%
80% 83% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 69% 81%
44% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 54% 67%
36% 33% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 38% 44%
16% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 8% 7%
52% 58% 0% BTTS BTTS 50% 38% 56%
24% 25% 100% Clean Sheets C S 25% 23% 19%
32% 25% 50% Failed to Score F T 25% 46% 30%
 
4.6 4.1 7.5 Corners for (avg) C F 4.8 3.8 3.9
5.1 4.5 1.5 Corners against (avg) C A 7 6.9 6.1
2.5 2.2 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.5 2.7
5 3 0 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
12.7 12.8 19 Shots (avg) S ( 12.2 10.3 10.8
4.7 4.5 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.1 3.6
27% 30% 21% Goal Efficiency G E 43% 32% 36%
 
12.6 12.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 12.2 15.7 15.1
4 4.1 2.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 5.2 5.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Napoli 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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  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 27 17 6 4 49 19 13 8 2 3 23 9 14 9 4 1 26 10 30 57
2 Milan 27 17 6 4 53 29 14 8 3 3 22 12 13 9 3 1 31 17 24 57
3 Inter 26 16 7 3 55 22 13 9 2 2 30 12 13 7 5 1 25 10 33 55
4 Juventus 27 14 8 5 41 25 13 7 3 3 17 9 14 7 5 2 24 16 16 50
5 Atalanta 26 13 8 5 50 30 13 4 5 4 24 18 13 9 3 1 26 12 20 47
6 Roma 27 13 5 9 45 34 14 7 4 3 19 14 13 6 1 6 26 20 11 44
7 Lazio 27 12 7 8 54 42 13 7 4 2 32 18 14 5 3 6 22 24 12 43
8 Fiorentina 26 13 3 10 45 36 12 8 1 3 30 15 14 5 2 7 15 21 9 42
9 Hellas Verona 27 11 7 9 52 43 14 8 2 4 30 18 13 3 5 5 22 25 9 40
10 Sassuolo 27 9 9 9 45 45 14 4 5 5 19 22 13 5 4 4 26 23 0 36
11 Torino 26 9 6 11 33 28 14 7 3 4 26 15 12 2 3 7 7 13 5 33
12 Bologna 26 9 5 12 32 42 13 6 2 5 18 17 13 3 3 7 14 25 -10 32
13 Empoli 27 8 7 12 40 53 14 3 2 9 22 37 13 5 5 3 18 16 -13 31
14 Udinese 25 5 11 9 32 42 12 3 6 3 16 19 13 2 5 6 16 23 -10 26
15 Sampdoria 27 7 5 15 35 46 14 4 3 7 22 25 13 3 2 8 13 21 -11 26
16 Spezia 27 7 5 15 28 49 13 3 3 7 13 17 14 4 2 8 15 32 -21 26
17 Cagliari 27 5 10 12 28 48 13 2 6 5 16 22 14 3 4 7 12 26 -20 25
18 Venezia 26 5 7 14 24 47 13 2 4 7 14 24 13 3 3 7 10 23 -23 22
19 Genoa 27 1 14 12 22 47 13 0 7 6 9 19 14 1 7 6 13 28 -25 17
20 Salernitana 25 3 6 16 20 56 13 1 4 8 10 29 12 2 2 8 10 27 -36 15

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