Monza vs Udinese prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2023-10-28 14:00.
It was a disappointing Sunday afternoon for Monza as their five-game unbeaten run (W2, D3) in Serie A (SA) ended when they were reduced to ten men en route to a 1-0 defeat at Roma. As a consequence, the Lombardy outfit will be without the experience of defender Danilo D'Ambrosio for this, but with a 100% win-rate against sides beginning the round in the bottom half this season, a visit from lowly Udinese should not faze the hosts.
Monza are one of only two teams, along with AC Milan, to boast such a record ahead of the round and each of their three victories against bottom-half sides was accompanied by a clean sheet. Repeating that outcome may not be too much to ask of Monza, especially as they’ve lost just once across the previous six home league H2Hs in Italy’s top two divisions (W3, D2).
Looking certain to face a relegation battle, Udinese are currently enduring the longest ongoing winless run in SA (D6, L7), which is a rotten streak made worse by the fact they opened the scoring on three occasions. That was the case in Udinese’s 1-1 draw against Lecce last weekend, taking the lead via a penalty early in the second half before ultimately failing to see the result out, a result which cost Andrea Sottil his job.
Gabriele Cioffi takes over for a second spell in charge of the club after Udinese failed to win any of their opening nine games of a top-flight season for the first time ever and have also set a new club record for the fewest points accumulated at this stage in the three points for a win era (six). A trip to Lombardy will hardly ignite much hope in the away camp either, with the visitors failing to win 18 of their last 19 SA away games against Lombardian opposition (W1, D7, L11).
Players to watch: Andrea Colpani has played a large part in Monza’s early season success by bagging half of their league goals so far (G4), a record which includes three team openers. His total is only one fewer than Udinese have managed as a team (G5), although Lazar Samardžić is their only player to score more than once, with both efforts coming away from home.
Hot stat: Just one of Udinese’s five league goals this season came before half-time.