Both Udinese and Sampdoria will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when lock horns at Stadio Friuli in their Serie A matchday 28 fixture on Saturday evening with kickoff at 17:00.
Both sides have made inconsistent campaigns in Serie A this season with Udinese recording five wins, 11 draws and nine defeats from their 25 matches to claim 26 points, which have them sitting 14th in the standings, while Sampdoria have recorded seven victories, five draws and 15 defeats from their 27 matches and sit in 15th level on points with their Saturday hosts.
Both continued their struggles in the top-flight last time out, although Udinese did well their match as they held Milan to a 1-1 draw, while their visitors, Sampdoria, fell to a humiliating 4-0 defeat to Atalanta at away last Monday.
Udinese have now won just one of their last seven Serie A matches, picking three draws while suffering three defeats in the run, whereas Sampdoria have won just two of their last 10 league matches picking up two draws while suffering six defeats in the process.
With just four points keep them both out of the relegation zone they will both be looking to bounce back to winning ways as they aim at increasing the gap between themselves and the relegation zone. Indeed this will be a close match that could most likely end in a share of the spoils. Although Sampdoria could fancy their chances as they have not lost to Udinese in their last six encounters.
Udinese vs Sampdoria head to head
Both sides have met in 49 encounters since 1993 with Sampdoria claiming 22 victories while Udinese have claimed 12 victories and there have been 15 draws.
- Sampdoria 3-3 Udinese 03/10/21
- Udinese 0-1 Sampdoria 16/05/21
- Sampdoria 2-1 Udinese 16/01/21
- Udinese 1-3 Sampdoria 12/07/20
- Sampdoria 2-1 Udinese 24/11/19
Home
- Milan 1-1 Udinese
- Udinese 1-1 Lazio
- Verona 4-0 Udinese
- Udinese 2-0 Torino
- Genoa 0-0 Udinese
Away
- Atalanta 4-0 Sampdoria
- Sampdoria 2-0 Empoli
- Milan 1-0 Sampdoria
- Sampdoria 4-0 Sassuolo
- Spezia 1-0 Sampdoria
Udinese team news
Udinese will be without Bram Nuytinck due to injury.
Sampdoria team news
Sampdoria will be without Mikkel Damsgaard, Manolo Gabbadini and Kristoffer Askildsen due to injuries, while Morten Thorsby will miss due suspension and Stefano Sensi and Fabio Quagliarella are doubts.
Prediction and odds
- Draw
- Goals under 2.5
- Home win
