Udinese vs Fiorentina prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-24 18:45.
[p]A 2-0 defeat against Juventus on Sunday provided further confirmation that Udinese are ending the campaign exactly how you’d expect of a side who’ve been safe in mid-table for some time. Udinese have lost seven of their nine Serie A matches (W1, D1), with no team in the division suffering more defeats or picking up fewer points in that period, form which has held them back from making a serious play at the European places.[/p]
[p]Their dismal end to the campaign is perfectly encapsulated by a surprising 2-1 defeat to an already-relegated Monza in their last home match. Three scoring blanks from their last four home games (D1, L3) suggest returning home will provide little respite, so the arrival of Fiorentina is probably the last thing they wanted to see having lost five of their nine home matches against top-half sides (W2, D2) this term.[/p]
[p]After beating the newly-crowned Coppa Italia champions, Bologna, 3-2 in their last Serie A outing, Fiorentina trail sixth place by three points and could still qualify for Europe if they win here and Lazio lose given their superior H2H record. There is one positive omen for La Viola, who currently have 62 points, as they have qualified for European competition in each of the last seven seasons in which they surpassed that points tally at the end of the campaign.[/p]
[p]Facing bottom-half opposition may seem favourable on paper then, but Fiorentina have won just four of their nine (D2, L3) away league matches against such opponents this term. Three competitive defeats in a row on the road make for grim reading ahead of their latest trip, but having kept five clean sheets in their last eight competitive visits here, winning four of those encounters (D2, L2), there are certainly reasons for optimism.[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lorenzo Lucca is the only Udinese player to score across their last four home matches, with seven of his 11 Serie A goals this season coming on home soil. Fiorentina’s top league scorer of the season, Moise Kean has recorded 12 of his 18 goals before the break, with five arriving in the opening ten minutes![/p]
[p]Hot stat: Fiorentina have conceded a league-low one goal during the opening 15 minutes this Serie A season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]