Both Spezia and Udinese will be looking to return to winning ways in Serie A when they lock horns at the Stadio Alberto Picco in their Matchday 14 tie on Tuesday night.
Spezia are coming off a 2-1 defeat to AC Milan at away in their previous league fixture. They have now failed to win any of their last six league matches, suffering five defeats in the run with three of those coming in the last consecutive games.
With nine points from 13 games, Spezia are currently hovering above the relegation zone with one place and three points separating them and the bottom three. They need to quickly turn around their fortunes if they are to avoid slipping into the danger zone.
Meanwhile, Udinese picked up a 1-1 draw at home against Lecce last time out and have now failed to win in any of their last five league matches, picking up four draws and one defeat in the run.
The run has seen Udinese drop from top four places to eighth-place now in the standings, two points outside the European places. They will be looking to end their current slump as they seek to avoid further drop in the league standings.
Andrea Sottil’s side have won in their last two visits to Stadio Alberto Picco and will be keen to draw confidence from that as they look to get their campaign back on track.
Spezia vs Udinese head to head
Both sides have met in five encounters since 2016 with Spezia claiming three victories, while Udinese have claimed two victories.
- Udinese 2-3 Spezia 14/05/22
- Spezia 0-1 Udinese 12/09/21
- Spezia 0-1 Udinese 31/01/21
- Udinese 0-2 Spezia 30/09/20
- Udinese 2-3 Spezia 13/08/16
Home
- Milan 2-1 Spezia
- Spezia 1-2 Fiorentina
- Salernitana 1-0 Spezia
- Spezia 3-1 Brescia
- Spezia 2-2 Cremonese
Away
- Udinese 1-1 Lecce
- Cremonese 0-0 Udinese
- Udinese 1-2 Torino
- Udinese 2-3 Monza
- Lazio 0-0 Udinese
Spezia team news
Spezia will be without Simone Bastoni and Viktor Kovalenko due to injuries.
Udinese team news
Udinese will be without Adam Masina, Rodrigo Becao and Sandi Lovric due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance (2, X)
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
