Udinese vs Verona prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-03-14 14:00.
[p]An impressive 1-1 draw against top-four hopefuls Lazio on Monday evening saw Udinese stretch their current unbeaten run in Serie A to six matches (W4, D2), but a ten-point deficit to top six at the end of the round suggests a late push for Europe will be a step too far this season. That doesn’t change the fact that their 40 points after the opening 28 rounds remains their best tally at this stage since 2012/13.[/p]
[p]After winning each of their last three home matches, Udinese can now collect four consecutive league victories here for the first time since 2019. Having won each of their six home league matches against current bottom-eight sides, confidence should be high as Hellas Verona visit, especially as five of those six outings saw Kosta Runjaić’s men keep a clean sheet. [/p]
[p]Verona suffered a joint-league-high 18th defeat across the opening 28 rounds when falling 2-1 to Bologna in their last outing, but their gap to the relegation zone remained unchanged at four points. That’s largely down to Verona having won eight Serie A matches this term, with a league-low two of their league contests this term finishing all square.[/p]
[p]Adding to that low draw tally would probably represent a good result here, not least because they’ve lost four of their last five league matches (W1). Six losses in their seven trips to current top-half sides (W1) suggests things may get worse here as Verona have also failed to score in nine of their 17 league matches anywhere against such opposition this term, including the reverse fixture (D 0-0).[/p]
[p]Key battle: In-form Florian Thauvin has scored three goals across Udinese’s last four matches, including back-to-back first-half strikes. One of goalkeeper Lorenzo Montipò’s five league clean sheets for Verona this term came in the reverse fixture, which was his fourth in nine personal meetings with Udinese (W3, D4, L2).[/p]
[p]Hot stat: A league-high nine (32%) of Verona’s 28 Serie A matches this term have seen at least five match goals scored.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]