Empoli vs Udinese Prediction: Who will be stronger in the battle?

The first match on Saturday in the 27th round of the Italian championship will be a match between Empoli and Udinese. Who will be stronger in the battle?

The Blues, who started 2023 without a defeat in five games, have managed to score points in only one round of the last four, and the meeting with Udinese comes with two losses in a row. First, the team, like almost all teams in the Italian championship, lost on the home field to Napoli (0:2) and then failed to cope on the road with Monza (1:2). Before that, Empoli had conceded only 29 goals in 23 games, showing one of the best defenses this season. In the Serie A table, however, the Blues are currently high, in 14th place and 10 points ahead of the relegation zone, so they can afford to lose without the risk of tournament problems.

On the previous matchday, the team met with Atalanta, and, contrary to the statistics of their head-to-head encounters with Bergamas, they had a very poor 0:0 draw. And while the opponents created dangerous chances and were close to scoring at least once, Udinese completely abandoned their attacking game and seemed to take a possible draw as a blessing from the very beginning of the game. Udine is still steadily scoring points but still can't win. They have only one win in the last 15 rounds.

Empoli in this championship shows a quality balanced football and, in particular, lost only four matches of the 12 on their field - Napoli, Atalanta, AC Milan, and Roma, that is, the recognized giants of Serie A. Udinese is not one of them, in addition, as already mentioned, Andrei Sottil's team hardly ever wins. Although it should be noted that, in general, Udine also shows good football and, for example, according to advanced statistics, should have more points than they have in their assets. So we will not be surprised if Udine does not lose in the upcoming match, contrary to the statistics of away meetings with Empoli in recent years. Moreover, the Stripes have lost only five away games out of 13. Also, we assume that the match will not be very productive - only four of the 12 matches in Empoli and six of the 13 away matches of Udinese in the current championship were recorded TO (2.5).

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