Udinese vs Napoli Match Analysis and Prediction

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Udinese and Napoli are two Serie A teams that are in good form and will put their perfect starts on the line when they go head to head for their fourth league round at the Stadio Friuli on Monday with kickoff at 21:45.

Udinese have made an impressive start to their new campaign recording two wins and a draw in their opening three matches which leaves them at the sixth spot with seven points in the Serie A standings, with six goals while their have only conceded twice.

The hosts head into the match of the back of a 1-0 win at Spezia courtesy of a superb late winner from the substitute Lazar Samardzic and prior to the win Udinese were coming of an impressive 3-0 win against Venezia and 2-2 draw against Serie A giants Juventus in their opening match.

They also head into the in a good form as they only lost two of their last six matches across all competitions and will be confident that they can at least salvage a point or points in this match. However, they face Napoli who they last won against in 2016 and they have lost nine of their last 10 meetings against the Monday opponents.

Meanwhile Napoli have also made a strong start to their new Serie A campaign winning all their three opening matches and they currently sit in the fourth spot with nine points in the league standings.

In their last Serie A fixture Napoli came from behind to beat Juventus 2-1 at home last weekend with Matteo Politano and Kalidou Koulibaly getting on the score sheet. Prior to their big scalp win the Neapolitans beat Venezia 2-0 at away home before defeating Genoa 2-1 at away and will head into the match confident of continuing their 100% start to the league as they scored seven goals against their Monday hosts last term.

Udinese vs Napoli head to head

Both sides have met in 40 encounters since 1993 with Napoli being the better side with 19 victories whereas Udinese have nine victories and there have been 12 draws.