📏 Form Guide

Udinese

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Udinese are hoping to win again after their last result, the 1-2 Serie A success over Cagliari.

In that game, Udinese had 55% possession and 11 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. For Udinese, goals were scored by Oier Zarraga (27') and Thomas Kristensen (67'). At the other end, Cagliari got 8 attempts on goal with 2 on target. Nadir Zortea (35') was the scorer for Cagliari.

Udinese have really been misfiring of late. Their goals record stands at just 3 vs opposing sides over their previous six fixtures. In those meetings, Udinese have also seen the tally of goals scored against them come to 10. We shall soon find out whether or not that trend will end up being sustained in this game.

Heading into this fixture, Udinese are without a home win in the past 3 league games.

Monza

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Following on from a loss in their previous game against Atalanta in Serie A action, Monza and their travelling fans will hope for a better result here.

In that match, Monza managed 52% possession and 13 attempts on goal with 7 of them on target. At the other end, Atalanta had 15 attempts on goal with 5 on target. Charles De Ketelaere (12', 23'), Ademola Lookman (47') and Marco Brescianini (88') scored for Atalanta.

It has become apparent that Monza have failed to get amongst the goals over their last 6 encounters, contributing the poor return of only 1. In those fixtures, Brianzoli have also seen the overall goal aggregate of opposing teams equal 14.

Ahead of this meeting, Monza have not won away from home in their last 13 league matches. They clearly need to do something about it.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A look at their most recent head to head clashes going back to 26/08/2022 shows that Udinese have won 2 of these and Monza 1, with the number of draws being 3.

An aggregate of 17 goals were yielded between them throughout the course of those matches, with 9 of them for Bianconeri Friuliani and 8 being from Brianzoli. The average number of goals per game works out to 2.83.

The last league fixture featuring these sides was Serie A match day 15 on 09/12/2024 when the final score was Monza 1-2 Udinese.

That day, Monza managed 67% possession and 28 attempts on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Giorgos Kyriakopoulos (47').

On the other side, Udinese got 10 attempts on goal with 3 of them on target. Lorenzo Lucca (6') and Jaka Bijol (70') scored.

The match was refereed by Gianluca Manganiello.

📋 Team News: Udinese

It’s a low absenteeism rate, with just one fitness concern for the Udinese boss Kosta Runjaić to be concerned with thanks to an otherwise robust set of players. Isaak Touré (Cruciate ligament surgery) will miss out.

It looks as if Bianconeri Friuliani could make use of the 3-5-1-1 formation for this one and select Maduka Okoye, Thomas Kristensen, Jaka Bijol, Oumar Solet, Rui Modesto, Sandi Lovric, Jesper Karlstroem, Oier Zarraga, Hassane Kamara, Arthur Atta and Lorenzo Lucca.

📰 Team News: Monza

Monza manager Alessandro Nesta has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Armando Izzo (Adductor injury), Roberto Gagliardini (unknown injury), Silvere Ganvoula (unknown injury) and Matteo Pessina (surgery) will not be playing here.

It’s our belief that Brianzoli seem most likely to make use of a 3-5-2 system, giving starts to Semuel Pizzignacco, Pedro Pereira, Luca Caldirola, Tomas Palacios, Samuele Birindelli, Gaetano Castrovilli, Alessandro Bianco, J. Akpa-Akpro, G. Kyriakopoulos, Andrea Petagna and Gianluca Caprari.

🧠 Prediction

We believe that Udinese can and should be able to create a decent number of chances and shots on target.

At the other end, Monza may well struggle to make a breakthrough although we do think it’s probable that they will be converting at least once.

We’re therefore expecting to see a decent 3-1 winning score for Udinese come full-time.

Lucas Pereira, 10:21 11/05/2025