Evenly matched teams: Udinese vs Sassuolo match preview

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sat 20.April
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25952 seats)

Udinese hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 32 points and a 16th position in the Serie A table. Visiting Sassuolo holds 11th place with 37 pts.

There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a Serie A match only three days ago.

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Udinese form and stats

The story so far for Udinese at their home stadium (Dacia Arena) is 7 wins, 3 draws and 6 defeats. Ever since the Fiorentina game Udinese has been unbeatable here at Dacia Arena producing four straight wins.

Udinese lost their last game at Lazio after a 0-2 scoreline. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Roma (0-1).

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 five games. Udinese has won 5 of these, drawn 0 and lost 0.

Udinese has scored 18 goals at home this season, in 16 matches. On the other hand, Udinese have conceded 19 goals.

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Sassuolo form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sassuolo so far with only 14 points returning home. The records show 3-5-7 (win-draw-lose).

There were no winners in Sassuolo's previous match, a Serie A home game that ended 0-0 vs Parma. Preceding that game, the 2-2 draw paying a visit to Lazio.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Sassuolo in our archives, and the results are: 0 wins for Sassuolo, 1 draw and 3 defeats.

Sassuolo have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, 15 away games. Sassuolo have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The two sides played each other earlier this season: Sassuolo - Udinese 0-0. Last ten meetings between the teams: Udinese won 2, Sassuolo won 4 and 4 draws.

Top Goalscorers

R. de Paul
9 goals / 5 assists
K. Babacar
7 goals / 2 assists
K. Lasagna
6 goals

Udinese missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Udinese Sassuolo
Total Home Statistic Away Total
32 16 Played 15 32
30 18 Scored 15 46
46 19 Conceded 20 51
94% 100% Over 0.5 87% 88%
69% 75% Over 1.5 80% 81%
41% 38% Over 2.5 47% 53%
22% 12% Over 3.5 20% 34%
9% 6% Over 4.5 0% 16%
47% 50% Both teams to score 47% 56%
25% 31% Clean Sheet 33% 31%
34% 19% Failed To Score 33% 25%
 
4.1 4.2 Corners For (avg) 3.7 4.8
6.3 6.3 Corners Against (avg) 6.3 5.9
2.4 2.7 Yellow Cards (avg) 2.3 2.3
4 3 Red Cards (total) 3 5
Key stats this season:
  • Udinese hasn't played a single 0-0 game at home.

  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 32 27 3 2 65 22 16 14 2 0 35 10 16 13 1 2 30 12 43 84
2 Napoli 32 20 7 5 61 28 16 11 4 1 34 12 16 9 3 4 27 16 33 67
3 Inter 32 18 6 8 50 26 15 9 3 3 21 7 17 9 3 5 29 19 24 60
4 Milan 32 15 10 7 46 30 17 10 4 3 27 16 15 5 6 4 19 14 16 55
5 Roma 32 15 9 8 57 45 16 9 5 2 36 25 16 6 4 6 21 20 12 54
6 Atalanta 32 15 8 9 64 41 16 7 5 4 29 17 16 8 3 5 35 24 23 53
7 Lazio 32 15 7 10 46 33 16 9 4 3 31 17 16 6 3 7 15 16 13 52
8 Torino 32 12 14 6 41 29 16 9 2 5 24 16 16 3 12 1 17 13 12 50
9 Sampdoria 32 14 6 12 53 41 16 9 2 5 24 12 16 5 4 7 29 29 12 48
10 Fiorentina 32 8 16 8 46 39 16 5 8 3 25 17 16 3 8 5 21 22 7 40
11 Sassuolo 32 8 13 11 46 51 17 5 8 4 31 31 15 3 5 7 15 20 -5 37
12 Cagliari 32 9 10 13 31 44 16 7 6 3 20 16 16 2 4 10 11 28 -13 37
13 SPAL 32 9 8 15 30 45 16 5 6 5 16 20 16 4 2 10 14 25 -15 35
14 Parma 32 9 8 15 33 50 16 4 5 7 13 21 16 5 3 8 20 29 -17 35
15 Genoa 32 8 10 14 35 51 16 6 6 4 19 19 16 2 4 10 16 32 -16 34
16 Udinese 32 8 8 16 30 46 16 7 3 6 18 19 16 1 5 10 12 27 -16 32
17 Bologna 32 7 10 15 31 47 15 5 4 6 15 18 17 2 6 9 16 29 -16 31
18 Empoli 32 7 8 17 40 59 16 7 3 6 26 25 16 0 5 11 14 34 -19 29
19 Frosinone 32 5 8 19 26 59 16 1 5 10 13 33 16 4 3 9 13 26 -33 23
20 Chievo 32 1 11 20 22 67 16 1 5 10 13 32 16 0 6 10 9 35 -45 11

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