Udinese vs Internazionale Competition – Serie A Stadium – Bluenergy Stadium Date: 8th April 2024 Kick-off time – 19:45 GMT
Inter Milan will renew their quest for the Serie A title this Monday when they travel to the Bluenergy Stadium to face Udinese. The hosts are one of the teams battling for survival this season and their 1-1 draw against Sassuolo last matchday left them still dangling precariously above the Serie A relegation zone. With only two top-flight wins to their name in matches played this calendar year (D5, L5), Udinese’s prospects are looking bleak, especially with four of their next five games set against the current top-eight teams. The first team in that tricky sequence is the toughest of the lot against runaway league leaders Inter Milan, a team that has defeated the Bianconeri in five of the last six league H2Hs (L1). Even playing in Udine isn’t likely to be a massive boost either as Udinese have failed to win their last six home matches (D3, L3). However, if they can upset the odds, the hosts would secure consecutive top-flight home H2H wins for the first time since 2000, having won 3-1 here in September 2022. Meanwhile, Inter Milan bounced back from a disappointing run of form with a 2-0 win over Empoli last Monday. That win was their 25th league victory of the campaign keeping them 14 points at the top of the Serie A table. With only 24 points left to play for this season, the Nerazzurri’s lead is already looking title-clinching, especially as just one Serie A club could defeat them this season. Not only are teams struggling to get the better of Simon Inzaghi’s side in terms of results but many clubs are also finding it tough to even breach their defence. Their 19 clean sheets are the visiting team’s joint-highest record at this stage of a top-flight season. They will fancy their chances of securing another shutout here as they have kept eight clean sheets across their last 12 top-flight H2Hs. The visitors have been rampant on the road of late, too, with five consecutive league wins by a 15-3 aggregate score underlining their supremacy. This game gets underway at 19:45 BST. Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:
May 17, 2024
Fiorentina
19:45
SSC Napoli
May 18, 2024
Lecce
17:00
Atalanta
Torino
19:45
AC Milan
May 19, 2024
Sassuolo
11:30
Cagliari
Monza
14:00
Frosinone
Udinese
14:00
Empoli
Inter Milan
17:00
Lazio
Roma
19:45
Genoa
May 20, 2024
Salernitana
17:30
Verona
Bologna
19:45
Juventus
May 26, 2024
Juventus
01:00
Monza
SSC Napoli
01:00
Lecce
AC Milan
01:00
Salernitana
Lazio
01:00
Sassuolo
Atalanta
01:00
Torino
Verona
01:00
Inter Milan
Genoa
01:00
Bologna
Frosinone
01:00
Udinese
Empoli
01:00
Roma
Cagliari
01:00
Fiorentina
Serie A Table
#
Team
MP
W
D
L
F
A
G
P
1
Inter Milan
36
29
5
2
86
19
+67
92
2
AC Milan
36
22
8
6
72
43
+29
74
3
Bologna
36
18
13
5
51
27
+24
67
4
Juventus
36
18
13
5
49
28
+21
67
5
Atalanta
35
19
6
10
65
39
+26
63
6
Roma
36
17
9
10
63
44
+19
60
7
Lazio
36
18
5
13
47
37
+10
59
8
Fiorentina
35
15
8
12
53
40
+13
53
9
SSC Napoli
36
13
12
11
53
46
+7
51
10
Torino
36
12
14
10
33
32
+1
50
11
Genoa
36
11
13
12
43
44
-1
46
12
Monza
36
11
12
13
39
48
-9
45
13
Lecce
36
8
13
15
32
52
-20
37
14
Verona
36
8
10
18
34
48
-14
34
15
Udinese
36
5
18
13
35
52
-17
33
16
Cagliari
36
7
12
17
38
65
-27
33
17
Frosinone
36
7
11
18
43
68
-25
32
18
Empoli
36
8
8
20
26
52
-26
32
19
Sassuolo
36
7
8
21
42
72
-30
29
20
Salernitana
36
2
10
24
28
76
-48
16
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