Udinese vs Napoli prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-12-13 14:00.
[p]Defending Serie A champions Napoli are looking for an immediate reaction to their midweek European defeat as they face an Udinese side in the midst of a poor run of form.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]After starting this campaign with only two defeats in their opening eight Serie A matches (W3, D3), Udinese have lost four of their following six league outings, most disappointingly going down 2-1 to relegation-threatened Genoa on Monday. It’s a run that’s dropped Kosta Runjaic’s men out of the top half, but as they start the round closer to the European places than the drop zone, panic shouldn’t be spreading just yet. This fixture looks unlikely to be the end of Udinese’s slump though, as they’ve won just one of their last ten Serie A home games against sides who start the day in the top two (D5, L4).[/p]
[p]Napoli have reignited their defence of the Scudetto with three successive league wins, all of which came against sides who finished last season in the top five! The Partenopei start the round level on points with league leaders AC Milan, but arrive in Udine bruised after a 2-0 defeat against Benfica in the UEFA Champions League on Wednesday. That ended a five-game winning streak across all competitions and Napoli will be wary of suffering their second set of successive defeats this season given that five of their seven league losses under Antonio Conte have come on the road.[/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Napoli have dominated this fixture recently, going unbeaten in the last 18 league H2Hs (W14, D4). Another positive result here would equal their second-longest top-flight unbeaten run against one opponent in club history.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]No side have conceded more than Udinese’s four goals inside the opening 15 minutes ahead of this round.[/p]
[p]Udinese have conceded first in a pre-round joint-league high nine matches ahead of the weekend.[/p]
[p]Napoli have won six of their seven league matches against teams starting this round in the bottom half (L1).[/p]
[p]Only two of Napoli’s last ten away league matches saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Six of Keinan Davis’ eight scoring appearances for Udinese have ended in victory (D1, L1), while just two of those eight strikes came before half-time. Napoli’s David Neres has contributed to four goals in his last three league matches (G3, A1), opening the scoring in each of his previous three scoring Serie A outings.[/p]
[p]Arthur Atta and Jordan Zemura are doubtful for Udinese, whilst Napoli don’t seem to have sustained any fresh injuries during their midweek trip to Lisbon. [/p]
[p]For all the latest team news, please check the Flashscore match centre.[/p]
[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Napoli’s strong H2H record and traditionally strong support in these parts of Italy, we suggest betting on a Napoli clean sheet victory here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]