Udinese vs Cagliari prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-10-04 10:30.
[p]After making identical starts to the Serie A season, Udinese and Cagliari are separated by only goal difference ahead of this matchday six encounter.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Udinese’s positive start across the first three Serie A rounds (W2, D1) has been undone somewhat by back-to-back league defeats, the latest of which came at the hands of Sassuolo last weekend. Despite their recent downturn in form, the Bianconeri are still just two points adrift of the top five ahead of this round, but need to regain momentum quickly if they’re to avoid losing more early ground. Playing at the Bluenergy Stadium won’t necessarily help their cause, as Kosta Runjaić’s men are winless across their last seven home top-flight games (D2, L5), last enduring a longer such run under a single manager in February 2023.[/p]
[p]Cagliari are also bidding to bounce back from a defeat, after a 2-0 loss to Inter Milan last weekend ended a run of three successive wins in all competitions. Two of those victories came in the league, and Fabio Pisacane’s side can lay claim to being among the best defensive units (GA5) this season, with only six sides conceding fewer goals across the first five rounds. The Islanders will hope their defensive solidity can help them win back-to-back top-flight away games for the first time since September 2019 after they beat Lecce 2-1 on their last league trip.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Udinese have won 29 top-flight games against Cagliari (D17, L12), more victories than they’ve managed against any other team in the competition, winning eight of the last 12 Serie A H2Hs (D3, L1).[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Udinese haven’t scored a goal after the hour mark in Serie A this season.[/p]
[p]Across the first five Serie A rounds, only Inter Milan’s matches (2) have averaged more first-half goals than Udinese’s (1.4).[/p]
[p]Only four of Cagliari’s last 11 Serie A away games saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]No side has won more points after conceding first than Cagliari (W1, D1, L2) after five rounds this season.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Keinan Davis needs just one more Serie A strike this season to register his best-ever scoring season in this league – four of his five Italian top-flight strikes have come in the second half. Cagliari may strangely hope to keep Sebastiano Esposito off the scoresheet given that he’s won on none of his last four scoring club appearances (D1, L3).[/p]
[p]Adam Buksa and Vakoun Bayo remain Udinese’s main injury absentees, while Cagliari will be without Andrea Belotti long term.[/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]With neither of these teams proving to be prolific this season, backing under 2.5 goals looks a shrewd pick.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Sridhar Bhamidi[/i][/p]