Udinese vs Napoli Prediction & Match Preview

Udinese vs Napoli
Italy – Serie A
Date: Saturday, 7 December 2019
Kick-off at 17:00 UK / 18:00 CET
Venue: Stadio Friuli (Udine).

Napoli will be looking to end their dreadful when they take on out-of-sorts Udinese side.

Udinese vs Napoli: Head-to-head (h2h)

• Overall Stats (36 games): Udinese 9 wins, Napoli 16 wins, 11 Draws.
• On average 2.7 goals have been scored per game in their encounters at Stadio Friuli over the course of history.
• Three or more goals have been scored in six of the last eight H2H meetings.
• Napoli have netted at least two goals in four of the last six outings vs Zebrette.
• The Parthenopeans are on a seven-game winning streak against Udinese.

Udinese vs Napoli: Predicted Starting Lineups

Udinese (3-5-2): Musso – Nuytinck, Troost-Ekong, Becao – Larsen, Opoku, Jajalo, D. Paul, Mandragora – Okaka, Nestorovski.

Napoli (4-4-2): Meret – M.Rui, D.Lorenzo, Manolas, Koulibaly – F.Ruiz, Callejon, Zielinski, Elmas – Lozano, Insigne.

Udinese vs Napoli: Prediction

The Zebrette’s ‘relegation form’ continued as they suffered their second defeat in a row, fourth in the last six league outings. Luca Gotti’s boys were no match for an in-form Lazio team and the game at Stadio Olimpico was basically done and dusted after 45 minutes.

Sitting at 16th place in standings, four points above the dropping zone, Udinese are set to host an underachieving Napoli team.

Udinese have logged three wins, one draw and three defeats in their own backyard, netting measly 0.57 goals per games and conceding 1.14 per tie. They played out a goalless draw vs SPAL in their most recent game at home.

Everyone bar Sema are fit to play. There are no suspension in the team.

Gli Azzurri are officially in full-blown crisis following a 1-2 home defeat to Bologna in the previous round. In order to get their act together, Carlo Ancelotti has decided put his team in a training retreat ahead of Saturday’s clash in Udine.

The Parthenopeans, currently 6th on the ladder, 5pts behind fifth-placed Atalanta and 17pts off of top spot, will be hoping to snap their six-game winless streak at Friuli.

Napoli have recorded two wins, three draws and two losses on their Serie A travels so far. They have an average of 2 goals scored per bout, whilst shipping 1.71 .

Malcuit is surely out for the visiting side, Milik, Ghoulam,Tonelli and Allan will be evaluated.

In a match between two out-of-form teams, I am inclined to back the guests to claim three points on Saturday and end their dreadful run.

There is a substantial gap in quality and Napoli have won last seven head-to-head meetings vs Zebrette. In addition to that, the Azzurri have scored more than 60% of their goals away from home.

With a 0-2 hunch, I’ll take Ancelotti’s men to bag at least two.

Udinese vs Napoli: Betting Tips

• Napoli to Win @ 1.75

• Napoli to score over 1.5 goals @ 1.80.