📏 Form Guide

Udinese

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Udinese won’t want a repeat of their last result here following the 1-2 Serie A loss in their previous game against Inter Milan.

In that game, Udinese managed 23% possession and 3 attempts on goal with 1 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Udinese was Lazar Samardžić (40'). For their opponents, Inter Milan got 23 attempts on goal with 6 on target. Hakan Çalhanoğlu (55') and Davide Frattesi (95') scored for Inter Milan.

It has been seldom in recent games where Udinese have kept a clean sheet. The facts show that Udinese have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 6 of their previous 6 matches, letting in 9 goals during that time.

Pre-game facts show that Udinese:

• have left without a victory over Roma in their previous 2 league matches.
• have not won at home in their last 7 league matches. Their supporters are understandably frustrated.

Roma

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Roma head into the encounter following a 0-1 Europa League win as they beat AC Milan in their previous match.

In that match, Roma managed 47% possession and 10 attempts at goal with 3 on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Roma was Gianluca Mancini (17'). On the other side, AC Milan got 25 attempts on goal with 5 of them on target.

In 5 of the previous 6 clashes involving Roma, a relatively low number of goals have been hit between them and their opponents. The overall average number of goals per game in that period comes out as a meagre 1.33, with the number of goals averaged by i Giallorossi standing at 0.83. We will just have to find out whether or not that trend will be continued on here.

Looking at their past form shows that Roma:

• have not beaten Udinese in away games against them for the last 2 league matches.
• haven't been defeated in their previous 5 away league matches.
• are without a win away from home in their last 2 league games.

↔️ Head to head

Inspecting their most recent head to head meetings dating back to 14/02/2021 tells us that Udinese have won 1 of them and Roma 4, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 1.

A total of 17 goals were scored between the two sides in this period, with 6 for Bianconeri Friuliani and 11 belonging to i Giallorossi. That is an average goals per game value of 2.83.

The previous league game featuring these clubs was Serie A match day 13 on 26/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Roma 3-1 Udinese.

On that day, Roma managed 64% possession and 12 shots at goal with 5 on target. The goals were scored by Gianluca Mancini (20'), Paulo Dybala (81') and Stephan El Shaarawy (90').

At the other end, Udinese had 6 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Florian Thauvin (57') scored.

The referee was Luca Massimi.

🗞️ Team News: Udinese

Gerard Deulofeu (Knee surgery), Enzo Ebosse (Cruciate ligament tear) and Sandi Lovric (Hamstring injury) won’t be able to feature for Udinese boss Gabriele Cioffi.

It seems likely that Bianconeri Friuliani look set to use the 3-5-1-1 formation for the game, handing starts to Maduka Okoye, Nehuen Perez, Jaka Bijol, Thomas Kristensen, Joao Ferreira, Oier Zarraga, Walace, Lazar Samardzic, Hassane Kamara, Roberto Pereyra and Lorenzo Lucca.

ℹ️ Team News: Roma

From a largely available group, there’s only the lone fitness problem for the Roma gaffer Daniele De Rossi to be concerned about. Sardar Azmoun (Knee injury) misses out for this game.

It’s our belief that i Giallorossi could decide to elect for a 4-3-3 system by sending out Mile Svilar, Rick Karsdorp, Gianluca Mancini, Evan N'Dicka, Angelino, Edoardo Bove, Leandro Paredes, Houssem Aouar, Tommaso Baldanzi, Romelu Lukaku and Stephan El Shaarawy.

💭 Prediction

We feel that Udinese will need to put in a solid display to breach the defence of this Roma team who we think will get the vital goal that wins it.

We’ve gone for a good battle with a 0-1 win for Roma after 90 minutes.

Let’s see.

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Lucas Pereira, 15:08 14/04/2024