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

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Competition: Italy Serie A
Competition: Wed 30.September
Match begins: 16:00 (UTC)
Venue: Dacia Arena (25000 seats)

It's game two of the Serie A season and everything to play for. Read our full preview of Udinese-Spezia!

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

One slightly interesting match fact is that this game is played on grass and that the visiting Spezia have a different surface at their stadium (artifical turf). The impact of this is hard to measure exactly, but the visitors stats on grass is 13-10-21 (win-draw-loss) from 44 matches.

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Udinese form and stats

Udinese lost their last game at Hellas Verona (placed 2nd) after a 0-1 scoreline. A strong away win before that one, visiting Sassuolo and winning 1-0.

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 zero wins, one draw and zero defeats (from one game).

There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Udinese, as the Serie A home game vs Roma is only three days away.

Last season, Udinese's league statistics were 12 wins, 9 draws and 17 losses, resulting in a 14th position in the Serie A. Over these 38 matches they scored 37 goals and conceded 51. Playing at home last season Udinese managed 6-6-7 (win-draw-lost) with 18 goals and 23 conceded.

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Spezia form and stats

Home advantage was not enough for Spezia in their previous game, as they lost their Serie A-match, hosting Sassuolo, 1-4. Preceding that game was the away Serie B victory against Frosinone with the score of 1-0.

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 Spezia playing away, we found five games. Results were two away wins, one draw and two home wins.

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Serie A trip to Milan.

Let's have a look at how Spezia performed last season in the Serie B: They landed a 3rd position in the league table after playing out 17 victories, 10 draws and 11 defeats. In total they scored 54 and conceded 40 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 7 - drew 6 and lost 6 with 24/22 goals scored/conceded.

Head 2 Head

Udinese missing players

Spezia missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Udinese Spezia
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid 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
0 0 0 Scored S 0 0 1
1 0 0 Conceded C 0 0 4
100% 0% 0% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 100%
0% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 0%
100% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 0% 0%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
0 0 0 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0 2
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
21 0 0 Total Shots T S 0 0 10
3 0 0 Shots on Target S O 0 0 4
0% 0% 0% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 25%
Udinese Last season Spezia
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
38 19   Played P   21 42
12 6   Won W   8 19
9 6   Drew D   6 10
17 7   Lost L   7 13
37 18   Scored S   25 58
51 23   Conceded C   24 44
87% 79%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   86% 88%
61% 58%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   71% 69%
45% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   52% 48%
24% 26%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   19% 24%
8% 5%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   5% 10%
42% 42%   BTTS BTTS   52% 50%
37% 42%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 36%
34% 37%   Failed to Score F T   29% 26%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.7 2.4
3 0   Red cards R C   5 6
 
476 253   Total Shots T S   253 546
149 79   Shots on Target S O   72 165
25% 23%   Goal Efficiency G E   35% 35%

  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 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 6
2 Hellas Verona 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
3 Milan 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Sassuolo 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
5 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
7 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
11 Genoa 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -3 3
12 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
13 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
17 Spezia 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Roma 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Sampdoria 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
20 Crotone 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 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 Juventus 38 26 5 7 76 43 19 16 2 1 46 17 19 10 3 6 30 26 33 83
2 Inter 38 24 10 4 81 36 19 11 6 2 40 17 19 13 4 2 41 19 45 82
3 Atalanta 38 23 9 6 98 48 19 12 2 5 51 26 19 11 7 1 47 22 50 78
4 Lazio 38 24 6 8 79 42 19 14 3 2 46 17 19 10 3 6 33 25 37 78
5 Roma 38 21 7 10 77 51 19 10 4 5 36 27 19 11 3 5 41 24 26 70
6 Milan 38 19 9 10 63 46 19 9 6 4 31 20 19 10 3 6 32 26 17 66
7 Napoli 38 18 8 12 61 50 19 10 3 6 31 24 19 8 5 6 30 26 11 62
8 Sassuolo 38 14 9 15 69 63 19 8 3 8 44 33 19 6 6 7 25 30 6 51
9 Fiorentina 38 12 13 13 51 48 19 5 8 6 22 22 19 7 5 7 29 26 3 49
10 Parma 38 14 7 17 56 57 19 7 2 10 26 24 19 7 5 7 30 33 -1 49
11 Hellas Verona 38 12 13 13 47 51 19 9 5 5 29 25 19 3 8 8 18 26 -4 49
12 Bologna 38 12 11 15 52 65 19 5 8 6 25 29 19 7 3 9 27 36 -13 47
13 Cagliari 38 11 12 15 52 56 19 7 4 8 32 28 19 4 8 7 20 28 -4 45
14 Udinese 38 12 9 17 37 51 19 6 6 7 18 23 19 6 3 10 19 28 -14 45
15 Sampdoria 38 12 6 20 48 65 19 6 4 9 25 30 19 6 2 11 23 35 -17 42
16 Torino 38 11 7 20 46 68 19 7 4 8 23 30 19 4 3 12 23 38 -22 40
17 Genoa 38 10 9 19 47 73 19 7 1 11 24 31 19 3 8 8 23 42 -26 39
18 Lecce 38 9 8 21 52 85 19 4 5 10 30 41 19 5 3 11 22 44 -33 35
19 Brescia 38 6 7 25 35 79 19 3 5 11 21 34 19 3 2 14 14 45 -44 25
20 SPAL 38 5 5 28 27 77 19 2 4 13 16 40 19 3 1 15 11 37 -50 20
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 Benevento 38 26 8 4 67 27 19 14 4 1 39 9 19 12 4 3 28 18 40 86
2 Crotone 38 20 8 10 63 40 19 12 5 2 33 14 19 8 3 8 30 26 23 68
3 Spezia 38 17 10 11 54 40 19 10 4 5 30 18 19 7 6 6 24 22 14 61
4 Pordenone 38 16 10 12 48 46 19 11 5 3 25 12 19 5 5 9 23 34 2 58
5 Cittadella 38 17 7 14 49 49 19 7 4 8 23 26 19 10 3 6 26 23 0 58
6 Chievo 38 14 14 10 48 38 19 10 4 5 29 18 19 4 10 5 19 20 10 56
7 Pisa 38 14 12 12 49 45 19 10 5 4 28 20 19 4 7 8 21 25 4 54
8 Frosinone 38 14 12 12 41 38 19 10 5 4 29 18 19 4 7 8 12 20 3 54
9 Empoli 38 14 12 12 47 48 19 7 8 4 26 23 19 7 4 8 21 25 -1 54
10 Salernitana 38 14 10 14 53 50 19 10 6 3 35 23 19 4 4 11 18 27 3 52
11 Venezia 38 12 14 12 37 40 19 5 6 8 18 24 19 7 8 4 19 16 -3 50
12 Cremonese 38 12 13 13 42 43 19 7 6 6 22 19 19 5 7 7 20 24 -1 49
13 Virtus Entella 38 12 12 14 46 50 19 8 6 5 21 18 19 4 6 9 25 32 -4 48
14 Cosenza 38 12 10 16 50 49 19 6 5 8 21 22 19 6 5 8 29 27 1 46
15 Ascoli 38 13 7 18 50 58 19 9 5 5 29 24 19 4 2 13 21 34 -8 46
16 Pescara 38 12 9 17 48 55 19 7 8 4 31 23 19 5 1 13 17 32 -7 45
17 Perugia 38 12 9 17 38 49 19 7 5 7 19 19 19 5 4 10 19 30 -11 45
18 Trapani 38 11 13 14 48 60 19 8 6 5 27 20 19 3 7 9 21 40 -12 44
19 Juve Stabia 38 11 8 19 47 63 19 9 3 7 30 29 19 2 5 12 17 34 -16 41
20 Livorno 38 5 6 27 30 67 19 3 2 14 19 42 19 2 4 13 11 25 -37 21

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 Napoli 2 2 0 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 8 6
2 Hellas Verona 2 2 0 0 4 0 2 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 6
3 Milan 2 2 0 0 4 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 4 6
4 Sassuolo 2 1 1 0 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4 1 3 4
5 Juventus 1 1 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3
6 Atalanta 1 1 0 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
7 Lazio 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 2 3
8 Inter 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
9 Benevento 1 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 3
10 Fiorentina 2 1 0 1 4 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 3 4 0 3
11 Genoa 2 1 0 1 4 7 1 1 0 0 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 6 -3 3
12 Cagliari 2 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 -2 1
13 Udinese 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0
14 Bologna 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2 0
15 Parma 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0
16 Torino 2 0 0 2 2 5 1 0 0 1 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 -3 0
17 Spezia 1 0 0 1 1 4 1 0 0 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 -3 0
18 Roma 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
19 Sampdoria 2 0 0 2 2 6 1 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 0
20 Crotone 2 0 0 2 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 1 4 -5 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.