Ace Football previews the Serie A round 12 match between Atalanta and Udinese and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
Struggling Udinese are in for a tough assignment, when going up against Atalanta on Sunday at Gewiss Stadium. With a string of mediocre performances, at best, it would be astounding to see the former take anything from this encounter.
Atalanta are third in the Serie A standings after collecting 22 points from their initial 11 encounters. Udinese trail them on 16 points after 11 rounds, leaving them as number 8 in the table.
Form: Atalanta vs Udinese
Atalanta Form
Atalanta are enjoying their football currently with three wins on the bounce, and it began with a 2-0 win against Monza. They went on to beat SSC Napoli by 0-3, before also getting the better of VfB Stuttgart in a 0-2 victory. Atalanta managed a strong return of four wins from their previous six matches on home soil in the Serie A. They drew none though, while losing twice in this series. They scored 20 goals and conceded ten times.
Udinese Form
In their last three matches, Udinese won 2-0 win against Cagliari, lost 3-2 against Venezia and lost 0-2 against Juventus. Udinese claimed two wins against one draw and three defeats in their last six away matches in the Serie A. The scoreline from these matches reads ten goals conceded and seven scored.
Betting stats for Atalanta and Udinese
Here are some stats and facts that might be useful for betting on the upcoming match between Atalanta and Udinese. The facts are based on the data from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all competitions.
- In 11 of the last 13 Atalanta home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 5 of the last 6 Atalanta home matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was over 4.5
- Atalanta have won the last 5 matches in a row in the Serie A while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Atalanta have won 6 of the last 7 matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- Atalanta have won 7 of the last 9 home matches in the Serie A while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 13 of the last 15 Udinese away matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 12 of the last 14 Udinese away matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Udinese matches the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Udinese matches in the Serie A, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 4 of the last 5 Udinese matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
In-form players: Atalanta vs Udinese
It has been a superb season for Mateo Retegui so far as he managed to score impressive 11 goals across all tournaments during the current campaign. He appears to be in great form currently, as he hit the target seven times in his last six games, and Atalanta rely on his abilities against Udinese. Siding with him to find the back of the net this coming Sunday seems like a decent punt.
Popular markets: Atalanta vs Udinese
Full-time result
In their last 10 matches at Gewiss Stadium across all tournaments Atalanta won six times, drew two and lost two times. Udinese claimed three wins, two draw and five defeats in their last 10 games away. Atalanta won their last 5 matches. Atalanta have not lost to Udinese in 13 consecutive meetings.
Both teams to score
Atalanta scored the first goal of the game an impressive eight times out of the last ten games. Udinese got the opening goal in four out of their last ten away games. Of the previous 10 outings, Udinese scored the opening goal five times, whereas Atalanta were first on target in eight of their last 10 games.
Total goals
Over 2.5 goals came out five times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Atalanta, who scored an average of 2.6 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals came up in five of Udinese’s previous ten matches across all tournaments. They managed to score an average of 1.4 goals in these matches. Atalanta scored at least once in their previous 8 matches.
Betting prediction: Atalanta vs Udinese
To sum up, the upcoming match between Atalanta and Udinese seems to be a good betting opportunity. Considering the above statements, we have come up with a betting prediction for this Serie A game.