Matchday 16 in Serie A will feature Udinese vs. Napoli on December 14 at the Stadio Friuli. Udinese vs. Napoli: prediction, betting odds, and statistics.
Referee: Daniele Doveri (Italy)
Matches – 5 (Serie A, 2024/25);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 12;
Average yellow cards per match – 2.4;
Red cards shown – 1;
Average fouls per match – 24;
Penalties – 0%.
Predicted lineups for Udinese vs. Napoli
Udinese (4-3-3): Maduka Okoye – Razvan Sava, Kingsley Ehizibue, Lautaro Giannetti, Jaka Bijol – Sandi Lovric, Jesper Karlstrom, Oier Zarraga – Florian Thauvin, Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Lorenzo Lucca.
Napoli (4-3-3): Alex Meret – Amir Rrahmani, Alessandro Buongiorno, Giovanni Di Lorenzo, Mathias Olivera – Stanislav Lobotka, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa, Scott McTominay – Matteo Politano, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Romelu Lukaku.
Each team's starting lineup from their last match in this tournament is listed.
Udinese
The team ended a five-match winless streak in Serie A (1 draw, 4 losses) by defeating Monza 2-1 in the last round. However, Udinese failed to break their streak of conceding goals in the Italian league, which has now extended to six matches. Despite the win against Monza, the club remains in 9th place in the Serie A standings but has reduced the gap to the European competition spots to 7 points. It's also worth noting that the team has a negative goal difference in the current championship – 18:22.
- The club has scored in 17 of their last 21 Serie A matches.
- The team's uncompromising home run in the Italian league includes 8 matches (6 wins, 2 losses).
- At least one opponent failed to score in 8 of Udinese's last 10 home matches in the top Italian league.
Napoli
Napoli suffered a 0-1 defeat at home to Lazio in their previous Serie A match, losing their top spot in the standings and dropping to 2nd place. Atalanta now leads the championship, two points ahead of Napoli. However, Antonio Conte's side shares the title of the most reliable defensive team in the tournament with Fiorentina and Juventus, having conceded 10 goals. Additionally, Napoli's unbeaten away streak in Serie A continues, now at 6 matches (4 clean-sheet wins and 2 draws).
Forward Khvicha Kvaratskhelia will be out for about a month due to injury.
- No more than 2 goals have been scored in 7 of the club's last 8 Serie A matches.
- Napoli has won 7 of their last 10 matches in this tournament (1 draw, 2 losses).
- The team has kept a clean sheet in 5 of their last 6 away matches in the championship.
Udinese vs. Napoli: Match Prediction
Napoli not only lost their lead in the championship due to the defeat against Lazio but also lost their attacking leader, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, who was injured in that match and will miss the upcoming games. Napoli has not been shining in attack, failing to score more than one goal in their last five Serie A matches. However, thanks to their solid defense, the team has picked up points in three of these games. Away from home, Napoli plays carefully at the back, not conceding in 5 of their last 6 championship matches.
Moreover, Antonio Conte's team has not lost away in six consecutive Serie A matches. I do not believe that Udinese, who only ended their winless streak in the last round, will manage to deal with one of the tournament leaders. Nor do I expect them to score much against Napoli's solid defense. I believe the visitors will continue their unbeaten away run in the championship, and the match should once again be low-scoring.
Even before losing Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, matches involving Napoli were not high-scoring. Their last five Serie A games were low-scoring. Similarly, Udinese's matches rarely feature goal fests. In the club's last five league matches, no more than three goals were scored. Therefore, my prediction is Double chance X2 + Total under 3.5 goals
