Lazio vs Udinese Preview

Lazio have become one of the toughest sides in Italy this season.

Helped by former Liverpool stars, Lucas Leiva and Luis Alberto, they are on course to qualify for the Champions League.

Inter Milan’s draw with AS Roma at the weekend has made them sit comfortably inside the top four.

Lazio have won their last few games by a combined score of 9-1 but they face a huge challenge here because Udinese have not lost any of their last 5 away games.

Udinese have scored in 90% of their league games this season and they have netted 3 goals per game this season on average.

Since their new manager Massimo Oddo took charge, Udinese have only lost to Napoli in the league and he has managed to take 17 points from his first 8 games in charge.

That run of form has taken them to 9^th in the league table and if they keep up their performance, a place in Europe could be theirs by the end of the season.

Udinese’s attack has been the most improved – they started Oddo’s reign with an 8-3 win over Perugia and they have scored 10 goals in their last 5 games, including 3 away at Inter Milan.

Results of each team’s last 5 matches across all leagues and competitions

Lazio

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
W	SPAL		2-5		Lazio	6 Jan, 2018	Italian Serie A
D	Internazionale		0-0		Lazio	30 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
W	Lazio		1-0		Fiorentina	26 Dec, 2017	Italian Coppa Italia
W	Lazio		4-0		Crotone	23 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
D	Atalanta		3-3		Lazio	17 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A

Udinese

LAST FIVE GAMES						DATE	COMPETITION
D	Chievo Verona		1-1		Udinese	5 Jan, 2018	Italian Serie A
W	Bologna		1-2		Udinese	30 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
W	Udinese		4-0		Hellas Verona	23 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A
L	Napoli		1-0		Udinese	19 Dec, 2017	Italian Coppa Italia
W	Internazionale		1-3		Udinese	16 Dec, 2017	Italian Serie A

H2H

LAST FIVE GAMES					DATE	COMPETITION
Lazio		1-0		Udinese	26 Feb, 2017	Italian Serie A
Udinese		0-3		Lazio	1 Oct, 2016	Italian Serie A
Udinese		0-0		Lazio	31 Jan, 2016	Italian Serie A
Lazio		2-1		Udinese	17 Dec, 2015	Italian Coppa Italia
Lazio		2-0		Udinese	13 Sep, 2015	Italian Serie A

Other fixtures taking place this week in Serie A:

Serie A Table

Serie A Results