Napoli vs Udinese prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-08 19:45.
[p]A late equaliser conceded at Roma (D 1-1) last Sunday saw Napoli’s seven-game winning streak come to an end, with Antonio Conte’s men missing the chance to extend their lead at the Serie A summit. Having won 16 more points than at this stage last season, the Partenopei remain on the right path, whilst also boasting the league’s best defence (GA 16) which has already accumulated 12 clean sheets![/p]
[p]Three of those clean sheets came during Napoli’s last five home matches (W4, L1) and head-to-head history leaves them placed to continue their success. You’d have to go back to 2013 to find the last match in which they didn’t beat Udinese at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona in a league H2H, having won the last ten such encounters! We may see a more close-fought game on this occasion, as nine teams had scored more home goals than Napoli’s 17 at the start of this round.[/p]
[p]The visitors are travelling south after finally ending a five-game winless streak (D3, L2) with a 3-2 victory over Venezia last weekend. Their chances of establishing winning consistency don’t appear great as the last time Kosta Runjaić’s men registered back-to-back victories was in early September, while never before have Udinese beaten an Antonio Conte-managed side (D2, L10).[/p]
[p]After a run of four straight away defeats, Udinese have lost just once across their last five Serie A matches on the road (W2, D2), with three of the last four such outings witnessing a quick opener inside the first ten minutes. Better starts won’t hurt as only two teams had conceded more than their four away goals inside the first 15 minutes ahead of this round. [/p]
[p]Players to watch: After scoring against his former employers last weekend, Leonardo Spinazzola has netted his side’s first goal with each of his last eight competitive strikes, opening the scoring five times. Lorenzo Lucca also opened the scoring last weekend with his 11th competitive goal of this season, with five of the last six coming between the 35th and 50th minutes.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: Napoli scored at least three goals in five of their last seven home matches against Udinese (W7).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]