Key Match Preview: Udinese vs. Juventus in Turin – Don't Miss This Superb Encounter!
Serie A Preview: Udinese vs Juventus – Team News, Lineups & Prediction Saturday’s Serie A program closes out at the Bluenergy Stadium as perennial mid-table strugglers Udinese entertain top-four hopefuls Juventus. While the outcome of this fixture won’t change much for the home side, it could prove decisive for the visitors. Udinese spurned a two-goal lead in a gut-wrenching 2-2 draw at Atalanta last weekend, wasting a golden opportunity to register back-to-back league wins for only the third time this season.
Despite that heartbreaking stalemate in Bergamo, Kosta Runjaic’s men trail 10th-placed Lazio by a single point, as they bid to secure a top-half finish for the first time in over a decade. Indeed, Udinese last finished in the upper half of the Serie A table in the 2012/13 season, with their best league finish since then being 11th. With eighth-placed Bologna only three points away, this feels like the best chance for the Friulians to finally break into the top half and end a decade-long wait for a stronger league finish.
Juventus’ upcoming visit to Udine is likely to put Udinese’s top-half credentials to the test, with the Bianconeri fighting tooth and nail to avoid the ignominy of finishing outside the top four for only the second time since the 2011/12 campaign. Sitting a point adrift of fourth-placed Como, Luciano Spalletti can ill-afford a slip-up at the Bluenergy Stadium, especially considering the Lariani will face fifth-placed Roma tomorrow. The record-time Italian champions should take this trip in high spirits after battering relegation-threatened Pisa at home last weekend.
Despite a scoreless halftime score, the Turin giants hammered the Nerazzurri 4-0 at the Allianz Stadium, snapping an underwhelming four-game winless league streak (D2, L2). Match Preview Udinese Udinese may have dropped two valuable points at the Gewiss Stadium last Saturday, but they can still go three consecutive Serie A games without losing for the first time since October. However, that could prove easier said than done, given that they’ve suffered nine defeats in 15 league clashes against sides starting this round in the top half (W4, D2).
On a more positive note, the Friulians have emerged victorious from three of their five home matches against the current top seven this term (L2), keeping a clean sheet in each victory. Another standout result will require Udinese to maintain their focus after the break, as 13 of their 18 home league goals conceded this season came in the second half. Nevertheless, they’ve recently been fun to watch, with four of their last five Serie A outings producing over 2.
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