Juventus vs Udinese prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-05-17 18:45.
[p]Despite registering back-to-back draws with their rivals for UEFA Champions League (UCL) places, Juventus enter this round in fourth place, level on points with fifth-place Lazio. With their destiny firmly in their own hands, Igor Tudor will perhaps be glad to see Udinese visit, a side Juventus have beaten in 12 of the last 15 Serie A H2Hs (D2, L1). [/p]
[p]Seven wins from eight home league matches in 2025 (D1) should only serve to reinforce belief, with each of their three under Tudor ending in victory. Only two managers have won each of their first four Serie A home games whilst in charge of the Bianconeri in the last 55 years (Massimiliano Allegri in 2014 and Maurizio Sarri in 2019), and adding to their league-high ten home clean sheets this term could certainly help Tudor join illustrious company. [/p]
[p]Udinese suffered a humiliating 2-1 defeat last Sunday against an already-relegated Monza. That was their sixth defeat across their last eight league matches (W1, D1) and has all but put paid to their chances of securing a first top-half finish in Serie A since 2012/13, as Kosta Runjaić’s men trail tenth-place Como by four points, which seems like an insurmountable gap based on their current form.[/p]
[p]The visitors at least recently broke a run of three successive away losses with a win at Cagliari, but that served as just their second victory on the road since the start of 2025 (D3, L4). Positive omens are few and far between for Udinese, but they did win 1-0 on this ground last season, and considering none of the 28 Serie A H2Hs on Juve turf since 1994/95 have been drawn (UDI: W6, L22), this game also looks likely to be decided one way or another. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: Randal Kolo Muani has now scored in two of Juve’s last three matches, with all of his seven goals for the Bianconeri arriving after the opening 30 minutes. Lorenzo Lucca celebrated his return to Udinese’s squad after being sidelined through injury for three matches by scoring against Monza, taking his tally to 11 Serie A goals this season, opening the scoring with three of the last four.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Udinese have lost a league-high four Serie A games that they led at half-time this season.[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]