Lazio vs Udinese prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2024-03-10 19:45.
[p]Lazio’s hopes of playing European football next season may well rest on winning the Coppa Italia, unless they can quickly turn their league form around. The Eagles, who are through to the semi-finals of the domestic cup, were dumped out of the UEFA Champions League in midweek, with a 3-0 defeat in Germany which consigned them to a 3-1 aggregate loss against Bayern Munich.[/p]
[p]That result means Maurizio Sarri’s side have now lost four of their last five matches across all competitions (W1), while slipping six points off Serie A’s top six ahead of this round, but with 11 league games still remaining in the season, that gap is far from insurmountable. However, recent form would hint they’ll struggle to close it, with reversals to Bologna and AC Milan meaning Lazio are at risk of losing three successive home games for the first time since September 2009.[/p]
[p]Opponents Udinese will be hoping they can make that happen, although they have a shocking recent H2H record, winning just one of the last 20 meetings (D5, L14). That means supporters may be full of trepidation as they make the journey south to Rome, even more so when considering their side have still only picked up one victory in Serie A in 2024 (D4, L4).[/p]
[p]That success did come against high-flying Juventus, but has been followed by three winless fixtures (D2, L1), leaving the Zebras very much at risk of losing the top-flight status they have held since 1995. They are only one point above the bottom three ahead of this round, piling the pressure on manager Gabriele Cioffi, who took charge in October but has overseen only three league wins to date (D9, L6).[/p]
[p]Players to watch: Lazio captain Ciro Immobile averages an impressive 0.75 goals per game against Udinese, having scored 12 times in 16 H2Hs (W11, D4, L1). Lorenzo Luccas is likely to lead the line for the Zebras, and he has not lost any of the last nine matches in which he has netted (W4, D5), with eight of those games featuring 3+ goals.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: A league-high of 15 of Udinese’s Serie A games this season ended level.[/p]