The home boss Sottil expects to whip up Udinese victory against Spezia

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Sun 26.February
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

Udinese have accomplished 3 home wins up until now, Spezia have won 2 away. Who upgrades their standings after this one?

Insights:
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A

This ground has grass, which is not Spezia's normal surface at their own field. When playing on grass Spezia have performed like this: Played 37 matches producing 6 wins, 6 draws and 25 defeats with the goal data 33-83 (scored/conceded).

Both sides have had ample time to rest since their previous game. Let's look for an active game!

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Udinese form and stats

3-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the Serie A numbers at home for Udinese so far this season. With seven home Serie A games in a row without a win, the Udinese fans could feel they are not getting value for their money.

Udinese lost their last game at Inter (placed 2nd) after a 1-3 scoreline. Lovrić (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.31/10. Lovrić scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.

Preceding that game was the home draw versus Sassuolo that ended 2-2.

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 2 defeats (from 6 games).

Udinese have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Dacia Arena with 17 goals in 11 league matches. Udinese have conceded 12 in these home matches.

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Spezia form and stats

There's been little loot from Spezia's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 11 away games in the Serie A. Spezia only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 1 draw.

Home advantage was not enough for Spezia in their previous game as they lost hosting Juventus, 0-2. Ampadu was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.44. The defender Ampadu won 4 of 7 duels.

Before that, Spezia travelled to Empoli and returned home with a draw after the game finished 2-2.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Spezia when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 4 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 0 and winning 1 game.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Spezia as they have only managed to score 6 times from 11 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 3 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Spezia have conceded 20 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

This isn't the first time these two sides meet on the pitch this season, as the fixture list show this recent game: Spezia - Udinese 1-1. Udinese-Spezia H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Udinese two wins, Spezia three wins, one draw. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5). The games between these clubs have sometimes been hostile, having seen 3 sending-offs from the last six duels.

Top Goalscorers

SpeziaM. N'Zola
M. N'Zola
9 goals
UdineseN. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
N. Bercique Gomes Betuncal
7 goals
UdineseL. Samardžić
L. Samardžić
4 goals

Udinese missing players

Spezia missing players

Udinese Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
23 11 4 Played P 5 11 23
7 3 1 Won W 1 2 4
9 6 3 Drew D 1 1 7
7 2 0 Lost L 3 8 12
31 17 4 Scored S 3 6 19
28 12 3 Conceded C 8 20 39
87% 91% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
70% 82% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 73% 78%
52% 55% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 20% 45% 52%
35% 36% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 20% 18% 26%
9% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 0%
65% 73% 50% BTTS BTTS 20% 27% 43%
26% 27% 50% Clean Sheets C S 20% 9% 13%
22% 9% 25% Failed to Score F T 60% 64% 48%
 
5.5 6.5 8.2 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 5.2 5.1
5.1 4.6 6.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.8 5.5 5.1
2.1 1.9 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.7 2.7
1 1 1 Red cards R C 1 1 3
 
15.1 17.5 18 Shots (avg) S ( 10 11 11.6
4.2 4.7 5.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.2 3.5 3.8
32% 33% 19% Goal Efficiency G E 19% 15% 22%
 
11.9 11.4 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 16 18.5 17.5
3.4 3 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.6 6.1 5.4
Key stats in Serie A this season:
  • Spezia have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Spezia have the most conceded goals in the second half (23) in Serie A
  • Spezia haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Udinese have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Udinese have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Spezia have scored away.
  • Udinese have the most points from losing position (17) in Serie A

  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 23 20 2 1 56 15 11 10 1 0 31 8 12 10 1 1 25 7 41 62
2 Inter 23 15 2 6 44 27 12 10 0 2 25 6 11 5 2 4 19 21 17 47
3 Roma 23 13 5 5 30 19 11 7 1 3 13 5 12 6 4 2 17 14 11 44
4 Milan 23 13 5 5 39 30 11 8 1 2 25 16 12 5 4 3 14 14 9 44
5 Lazio 23 12 6 5 39 19 12 6 3 3 21 12 11 6 3 2 18 7 20 42
6 Atalanta 23 12 5 6 42 26 11 5 2 4 22 15 12 7 3 2 20 11 16 41
7 Juventus 23 14 5 4 36 17 12 8 3 1 25 8 11 6 2 3 11 9 19 32
8 Bologna 23 9 5 9 30 33 12 5 4 3 16 10 11 4 1 6 14 23 -3 32
9 Udinese 23 7 9 7 31 28 11 3 6 2 17 12 12 4 3 5 14 16 3 30
10 Torino 22 8 6 8 22 23 10 4 3 3 8 6 12 4 3 5 14 17 -1 30
11 Monza 23 8 5 10 28 31 12 4 3 5 16 14 11 4 2 5 12 17 -3 29
12 Empoli 23 6 10 7 22 29 11 4 4 3 12 12 12 2 6 4 10 17 -7 28
13 Lecce 23 6 9 8 24 26 11 2 6 3 13 14 12 4 3 5 11 12 -2 27
14 Fiorentina 23 6 7 10 24 30 12 4 4 4 16 18 11 2 3 6 8 12 -6 25
15 Sassuolo 23 6 6 11 26 35 11 4 2 5 13 13 12 2 4 6 13 22 -9 24
16 Salernitana 23 5 6 12 25 44 12 3 3 6 14 18 11 2 3 6 11 26 -19 21
17 Spezia 23 4 7 12 19 39 12 2 6 4 13 19 11 2 1 8 6 20 -20 19
18 Hellas Verona 23 4 5 14 20 34 12 4 1 7 14 18 11 0 4 7 6 16 -14 17
19 Sampdoria 23 2 5 16 11 38 12 0 3 9 3 18 11 2 2 7 8 20 -27 11
20 Cremonese 22 0 8 14 15 40 11 0 3 8 5 19 11 0 5 6 10 21 -25 8

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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.