Udinese vs Genoa prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-09-30 13:00.
On the end of a 4-1 reverse against Napoli in midweek, things are looking bleak for a Udinese side still winless in Serie A (SA) this season (D3, L3). Boss Andrea Sottil claims their midweek game has already been âarchivedâ as he looks ahead to the visit of Genoa, a side for whom he spent a season of his playing career.
Thereâll be no sentiment here with Udinese desperate to get that first league win on the board, and given theyâre unbeaten in 12 SA H2Hs (W6, D6), it would be fair to say they should have belief it could arrive here. Five of those wins arrived âto nilâ, and a clean sheet again probably holds the key to success for Udinese, who have scored just two SA goals this term – the leagueâs joint-second lowest tally ahead of the round.
Genoa had no such scoring troubles in midweek, as they cruised to a 4-1 victory over Roma. Boss Alberto Gilardino labelled it a âsuper performanceâ, but following up their âheroicâ effort here may not be as straightforward as those midweek results would suggest, as youâd have to go back to early 2021 for the last time Genoa won back-to-back SA matches.
If Genoaâs recent record in Sunday-held SA games is anything to go by, then their wait for successive top-flight wins will roll on, with just two wins from their last 15 such games (D7, L6). Those matches havenât been a particularly great source of entertainment either as only three of them saw more than two total goals scored, while Genoa failed to score at all in eight of them!
Players to watch: Lazar SamardĆŸiÄ has grabbed both of Udineseâs SA goals this term, both of which arrived in the second half. Contrastingly, Albert GuĂ°mundsson scored after just four minutes and 20 seconds against Roma – Genoaâs fastest SA goal since December 2017!
Hot streak: Udinese have failed to score in five successive SA home games.