Napoli vs Udinese Prediction

This Sunday’s Serie A action sees Udinese make the trip to face Napoli at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona. This is a crucial match for the home sides as they are only three points away from their closest title rivals who have a game in hand on them.

Key Stats

• Napoli have scored 11 goals in their last 5 games whereas Udinese have scored 5 goals in their last 5 games
• Napoli haven’t lost to Udinese in their last 18 meetings (15W-3D)
• Napoli have kept the most clean sheets in the Serie A (12)

Team Previews, Form and Standout Players

Napoli are in great form heading into this game, unbeaten in their last eight matches and winning seven of them. Udinese on the other hand have been a bit hit and miss with their one win, one loss and three draws across their last five matches. This Saturday looks set up to add another win in the Napoli column as they have just looked magnificent this season.

Napoli Preview

Formation: 4-3-3

Predicted Line-Up: Alex Meret; Leonardo Spinazzola, Juan Jesus, Amir Rrahmani, Giovanni Di Lorenzo (c); Scott McTominay, Stanislav Lobotka, Frank Anguissa; David Neres, Romelu Lukaku, Matteo Politano

Napoli are having a phenomenal start to the season, finding themselves in a race to lift the Scudetto come the end of the campaign. After 23 games they sit in first place with 17 wins, three losses and three draws. Those matches have left them with 54 points, three points clear of their closest title rivals in Inter Milan but unfortunately for Napoli, they have a game in hand. Stepping up this season for Gli Azzurri has been Romelu Lukaku. The Belgian has put up 13 goal contributions this season, split into seven goals and six assists. Antonio Conte will be devastated now that Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has moved onto Paris St-Germain but he might be cheered up knowing that Frank Anguissa has matched the goal contribution tally that he had before leaving. It might come down to the back line to make this difference this Sunday as Napoli statistically have the best defence in the Serie A, keeping the most clean sheets in the competition with 12. Paring that up with the efforts of Lukaku and Anguissa, Napoli look set to take all three points come the final whistle.

Udinese Preview

Formation: 4-4-2

Predicted Line-Up: Răzvan Sava; Hassane Kamara, Oumar Solet, Jaka Bijol, Thomas Kristensen; Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Sandi Lovrić, Martín Payero, Florian Thauvin (c); Lorenzo Lucca, Alexis Sánchez

Udinese are having a decent first half of the season, finding themselves just inside the top half of the table. After 23 games they sit in 10th place with eight wins, 10 losses and five draws. Those matches have left them with 27 points with a win and results going their way across the Serie A and they could leapfrog Roma as they sit two points behind them. In the goals for I Bianconeri has been striker Lorenzo Lucca. The 24 year old has provided nine goals in the 22 matches he has featured in. Udinese captain Florian Thauvin has also had a good season so far, amassing eight goal contributions, split into five goals and three assists. The pair of them will be leading the attacking front from striker and winger this Sunday so they have the best chance to add to their tallies and try to make the difference against Napoli.

Head To Head Stats: Napoli vs Udinese

The last five faceoffs have been split in the favour of Napoli, winning three times and drawing with Udinese twice. It looks like another Napoli victory this Sunday with Udinese in such poor form and the Napoli have been such a dominant side as of late.

14th December 2024 – Udinese 1-3 Napoli – Serie A

6th May 2024 – Udinese 1-1 Napoli – Serie A

27th September 2023 – Napoli 4-1 Udinese – Serie A

4th May 2023 – Udinese 1-1 Napoli – Serie A

12th November 2022 – Napoli 3-2 Udinese – Serie A

Betting Tips For Napoli vs Udinese

Napoli have been phenomenal this season and they have managed to maintain their great form. They have gone unbeaten in the last eight games, winning seven of them when Udinese have only won once in their last five in comparison.

For that reason, our betting experts have gone with Napoli To Win as our best value tip for this game.

Odds of 5/11 mean that a £10 bet has the potential to return up to £14.55 in this match.

(odds subject to change)

Final Prediction: Napoli vs Udinese

Napoli 2-0 Udinese