Serie A match prediction: Little separates Udinese and Sassuolo in quality

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Date: Sun 12.January
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

Season ticket holders at Dacia Arena haven't seen too many victories this season, with Udinese languishing in the 14th position so far. The guesting Sassuolo will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.

Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!

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Udinese form and stats

4 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Udinese have to build on here at Dacia Arena in the Serie A.

A good away victory last time out for Udinese, who won 1-0 against Lecce (placed 17th). Before that game, the 2-1 home victory against Cagliari.

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 six games. Udinese has won 5 of these, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Udinese are traveling soon after this match as the Coppa Italia match at Juventus awaits in three days.

Udinese aren't scoring a lot here at Dacia Arena in the league, with only 7 goals from 9 games. 10 goals have been conceded.

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Sassuolo form and stats

There's been little loot from Sassuolo's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 9 away games in the Serie A. Sassuolo only have 2 wins to counter their 4 defeats and 3 draws.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Sassuolo, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Genoa (placed 19th). A 1-2 loss hosting Napoli before that.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found six similar matches played by Sassuolo in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Sassuolo, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Sassuolo are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 11 away goals from 9 games (in the league). 13 goals have been conceded by Sassuolo in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Udinese won 1 game, 5 matches ended with a draw and Sassuolo has 4 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 2 / 8

Top Goalscorers

SassuoloD. Berardi
D. Berardi
8 goals
SassuoloF. Caputo
F. Caputo
8 goals
SassuoloJ. Boga
J. Boga
4 goals

Udinese missing players

Sassuolo missing players

Udinese Sassuolo
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 4 9 18
6 4 0 Won W 1 2 5
3 2 1 Drew D 1 3 4
9 3 1 Lost L 2 4 9
14 7 0 Scored S 2 11 30
28 10 1 Conceded C 3 13 31
89% 89% 50% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 89% 94%
50% 44% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 25% 67% 83%
44% 33% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 25% 56% 78%
28% 22% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 44%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 22%
39% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 25% 56% 72%
33% 44% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 33% 22%
39% 33% 100% Failed to Score F T 50% 22% 11%
 
4.6 4.8 3 Corners For (avg) C F 4.8 4.3 4.9
6.1 4.9 8 Corners Against (avg) C A 7 6.2 6.3
2.4 2.9 3.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 3.2 3.4 2.9
3 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 1 1
 
216 126 26 Total Shots T S 61 116 250
65 36 4 Shots on Target S O 23 40 88
22% 19% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 9% 28% 34%
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Sassuolo has the most conceded goals in the first half (17)
  • Sassuolo have scored more than double the goals of Udinese.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Inter 18 14 3 1 39 15 9 6 2 1 17 6 9 8 1 0 22 9 24 45
2 Juventus 18 14 3 1 35 17 9 8 1 0 22 9 9 6 2 1 13 8 18 45
3 Lazio 17 12 3 2 40 17 8 6 2 0 24 7 9 6 1 2 16 10 23 39
4 Roma 18 10 5 3 33 19 9 5 2 2 18 13 9 5 3 1 15 6 14 35
5 Atalanta 18 10 4 4 48 25 9 5 1 3 28 14 9 5 3 1 20 11 23 34
6 Cagliari 18 8 5 5 33 27 9 5 1 3 20 14 9 3 4 2 13 13 6 29
7 Parma 18 7 4 7 24 25 9 4 1 4 13 10 9 3 3 3 11 15 -1 25
8 Napoli 18 6 6 6 28 25 9 3 2 4 11 11 9 3 4 2 17 14 3 24
9 Torino 18 7 3 8 24 26 9 3 2 4 9 12 9 4 1 4 15 14 -2 24
10 Bologna 18 6 5 7 28 30 9 3 3 3 14 14 9 3 2 4 14 16 -2 23
11 Hellas Verona 17 6 4 7 19 20 9 3 3 3 10 10 8 3 1 4 9 10 -1 22
12 Milan 18 6 4 8 16 24 9 2 4 3 7 10 9 4 0 5 9 14 -8 22
13 Udinese 18 6 3 9 14 28 9 4 2 3 7 10 9 2 1 6 7 18 -14 21
14 Sassuolo 18 5 4 9 30 31 9 3 1 5 19 18 9 2 3 4 11 13 -1 19
15 Fiorentina 18 4 6 8 22 29 9 2 3 4 10 14 9 2 3 4 12 15 -7 18
16 Sampdoria 18 4 4 10 14 27 9 2 3 4 6 11 9 2 1 6 8 16 -13 16
17 Lecce 18 3 6 9 22 36 9 0 4 5 10 17 9 3 2 4 12 19 -14 15
18 Brescia 18 4 2 12 16 31 9 1 1 7 9 19 9 3 1 5 7 12 -15 14
19 Genoa 18 3 5 10 19 36 9 3 1 5 10 12 9 0 4 5 9 24 -17 14
20 SPAL 18 3 3 12 12 28 9 2 2 5 8 13 9 1 1 7 4 15 -16 12

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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.