Both Udinese and Lazio will be looking to bounce back to winning ways when they lock horns in Serie A Matchday 26 at Stadio Friuli on Saturday night with kickoff at 22:45.
Udinese have struggled this season with the club recording five wins, nine draws and nine defeats from their 23 matches to collect 24 points, which have left them sitting in the 15th spot with three points off the relegation zone.
Their inconsistency continued in their previous Serie A match as they fell to humiliating 4-0 at the hand of Verona at away last Sunday. Udinese have now won just one of their last six matches across all competitions, picking up a draw while suffering four defeats in the process including the 1-0 defeat to Lazio in the last-16 of the Coppa Italia.
A defeat for the hosts on Saturday could potentially leave them relegation zone something Gabriele Cioffi will not want and thus we believe Udinese will put up a hard fight for the three points.
Meanwhile Lazio have made an impressive campaign this season with the side recording 12 wins, six draws and seven defeats to collect 42 points which have left them sitting in the sixth-place with four points of the Champions League places.
They claimed a comfortable 3-0 victory against Bologna in their previous league fixture with Mattia Zaccagni netting brace while Ciro Immobile also got his name on the scoresheet from the spot in the 13th minute. The win saw them claiming their third league victory in their last four matches a run that has been responsible for their upward trajectory in the table.
However, Lazio suffered a 2-1 defeat in the Europa League against Porto in the midweek and Maurizio Sarri’s men will have a point to prove on Sunday.
Udinese vs Lazio head to head
Both sides have met in 57 encounters since 1993 with Lazio claiming 32 victories while Udinese have claimed 13 victories and there have been 12 draws.
- Lazio 1-0 Udinese 18/01/22
- Lazio 4-4 Udinese 02/12/21
- Udinese 0-1 Lazio 21/03/21
- Lazio 1-3 Udinese 29/11/20
- Udinese 0-0 Lazio 15/0720
Home
- Verona 4-0 Udinese
- Udinese 2-0 Torino
- Genoa 0-0 Udinese
- Lazio 1-0 Udinese
- Juventus 2-0 Udinese
Away
- Porto 2-1 Lazio
- Lazio 3-0 Bologna
- Milan 4-0 Lazio
- Fiorentina 0-3 Lazio
- Lazio 0-0 Atalanta
Udinese team news
Udinese will be without Iyenoma Destiny Udogie due to injury while Bram Nuytinck is a doubt.
Lazio team news
Lazio will be without Francesco Acerbi and Manuel Lazzari due to injuries while both Luis Alberto and Lucas Leiva are suspended through accumulation of yellow cards.
Prediction and odds
- Lazio win
- Both sides to score
- Goals over 2.5
