Udinese vs Parma prediction: ITALY: Serie A betting tips on match 2025-02-28 19:45.
[p]Udinese celebrated their third victory from their last four Serie A matches (D1) when beating Lecce 1-0, a result which strengthened their standing in the top half of the table and continued their pursuit of a first European place since playing in the Europa League playoff qualifiers in 2013/14. Udinese won last round thanks to a penalty, preceded by a five-way argument between their players over who was going to take it, with Lorenzo Lucca being substituted just three minutes later for ignoring team ‘hierarchies’ despite converting it.[/p]
[p]Manager Kosta Runjaić insists there’s no lasting disharmony within the squad, who return in pursuit of a third consecutive victory – after beating Venezia and Empoli – for the first time since September. The arrival of relegation-threatened Parma should help as Udinese have won each of their five home matches against teams starting this round 13th or worse, keeping a clean sheet in four.[/p]
[p]Parma scored twice in the reverse H2H (L 3-2) and more recently ended a run of four straight defeats with a surprising 2-0 victory over European hopefuls Bologna, which lifted them out of the relegation zone and marked their first Serie A win of the calendar year. It was a perfect start for their new coach Cristian Chivu, who became only the third manager in Parma’s history to win on his Serie A debut after Pietro Carmignani and Carlo Ancelotti.[/p]
[p]Having won just once on the road this league season (D5, L6), Parma aren’t exactly imposing travellers, particularly as their only victory came against fellow relegation contenders Venezia. Their six trips to current top-half sides resulted in four defeats (D2), with Parma conceding at least twice in five of those. This could easily turn into another goal-heavy encounter, as six of the last seven H2Hs held here produced at least four goals![/p]
[p]Players to watch: Despite being the main protagonist of the argument in the match against Lecce, Lucca should start here for Udinese – he opened the scoring with five of his last seven Serie A goals. Also converting a first-half penalty, Parma’s Ange-Yoan Bonny scored his fifth league goal this term against Bologna, with four arriving before the break.[/p]
[p]Hot stat: A league-low 35% of Parma’s 2024/25 Serie A games were won by the pre-match favourite (W9, D8, L9).[/p]
[p][i]Written by Tomáš Vlasák[/i][/p]