Italy - Serie AStarWelcome to the Turboscores match preview of the upcoming match between Udinese and Spezia, taking place on Sunday, 26 February 2023, at Dacia Arena in Udine.
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Udinese, Recent FormThe Udinese squad will be suffering from a feeling of disappointment after falling to a 3-1 away defeat against Inter Milan, which saw them drop all three points and come away from the game empty-handed. They achieved 41% possession in that match and had 9 strikes at goal, with 1 hitting the target, up against Inter Milan's tally of 19 efforts at goal, 7 of which were on target.
It seems pretty certain that Andrea Sottil will be quite pleased with his squad's ability to score goals in recent matches, having managed 6 goals in their past 6 outings. In contrast, however, he will be concerned that their defensive qualities look a little more fragile, with 9 goals conceded in those matches and some crucial points dropped. He will be concerned about his leaky defence after they have failed to keep a clean sheet at home for 8 games in a row. It's been rare for their fans not to have had something to shout about this season, with their team scoring in 10 out of 11 home games.
They've drawn their last 2 league games at Dacia Arena, but their search for a home win in the league extends even further having gone 7 consecutive games without grabbing all 3 points.
Spezia, Recent FormFailing to acquire any points in their 2-0 home defeat by Juventus will have left the Spezia squad feeling a little deflated. They came away from that fixture with a 58% share of the possession and clocked up 18 attempts on goal with 7 on target, in comparison to Juventus, who managed 15 attempts on goal, 3 of which were on target.
Having conceded 11 goals and scored just 3 in their last 6 games, they have been very fortunate to pick up 4 points. There are concerning signs for them, having failed to score in 4 of their last 6 league games. Having conceded at least 1 goal in 10 out of 11 away games this season, they are not making it easy for themselves to pick up valuable points on their travels.
It's been a bad run of form of late for them, having racked up 4 losses and only a single victory in their last 6 league matches, so they'll need to turn things around if they want to start climbing the table.
On an individual basis, M'Bala Nzola will be looking to get on the scoresheet again having scored 4 goals in Spezia's last 6 league games.
In the most recent meeting between these teams, they both managed to find the net, but the game finished in a 1-1 draw.
In each of the previous 4 matches against Udinese, Spezia have let in at least one goal.
Udinese has a poor track record in the league when they host Spezia, losing in their last 2 home games.
There is only really one injury concern for the Udinese manager Andrea Sottil ahead of this clash, with Gerard Deulofeu (Knee) missing out, which gives Sottil a strong squad to pick his starting eleven from.
Fabrizio Lorieri has a number of injury concerns in his Spezia squad to contend with: Simone Bastoni (Meniscus), Emil Holm (Tendon), João Moutinho (Muscle), Jacopo Sala (Muscle), Jeroen Zoet (Ligament) and Szymon Żurkowski (Hamstring)
Udinese Playing at home | Spezia Playing away from home | |
|---|---|---|
| 1.5 | Goals scored | 0.5 |
| 1.1 | Goals conceded | 1.8 |
| 31' | Time first goal scored | 41' |
| 20' | Time first goal conceded | 38' |
| 2 | Yellow cards | 2.7 |
| 0.1 | Red cards | 0.1 |
| 4.5 | Subs used | 4.5 |
| 4-0 | Biggest victory | 2-1 |
| 2-1 | Biggest defeat | 4-0 |
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