Second takes on third in Serie A this weekend as Atalanta travel to Stadio Friuli to take on Udinese in their Matchday Nine tie on Sunday.
Both sides have made bright starts to their Serie A campaigns this season and seem to be the only ones who can keep up with Napoli at the moment in the title race.
Atalanta remains unbeaten after eight matches and sit level on 20 points Napoli at the summit of the table, while Udinese have only lost once this season and sit third just one point behind both Atalanta and Napoli.
The two sides have strung together good runs now in the league ahead of their fixture, with a 2-1 win over Verena for Udinese extending their league winning streak to six games now, while a 1-0 win over Fiorentina made their fifth league win in their last six fixtures.
Therefore both sides are buzzing with confidence and the possibility of either side climbing to the top of the table in case of a win makes this encounter more crucial and interesting. The two sides are evenly matched and we are expecting a closely-contested encounter that could end in a share of the spoils, although, Atalanta have had the edge in this fixture recently and they could fancy their chances.
Udinese vs Atalanta head to head
Both sides have met in 51 encounters since 1993 with Udinese claiming 18 victories, while Atalanta have claimed 17 victories and there have been 16 draws.
- Udinese 2-6 Atalanta 09/01/22
- Atalanta 1-1 Udinese 24/10/21
- Atalanta 3-2 Udinese 03/04/21
- Udinese 1-1 Atalanta 20/01/21
- Udinese 2-3 Atalanta 28/06/20
Home
- Verona 1-2 Udinese
- Udinese 3-1 Inter
- Sassuolo 1-3 Udinese
- Udinese 4-0 Roma
- Udinese1-0 Fiorentina
Away
- Atalanta 1-0 Fiorentina
- Roma 0-1 Atalanta
- Atalanta 1-1 Cremonese
- Monza 0-2 Atalanta
- Atalanta 3-1 Torino
Udinese team news
Udinese will be without Leonardo Buta and Adam Masina due to injury.
Atalanta team news
Atalanta will be without Berat Djimsiti, Duvan Zapata, Davide Zappacosta and Juan Musso due to injuries, while Giorgio Scalvini are diubts.
Prediction and odds
- Double chance (2, X)
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
