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Lazio vs Udinese

Competition – Serie A

Stadium – Stadio Olimpico

Date: 24th January 2018

Kick-off time – 17:30 GMT

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 9th 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:

October 26, 2024
Bologna 16:00 AC Milan
December 1, 2024
Fiorentina 18:00 Inter Milan
December 22, 2024
Monza 20:45 Juventus
December 23, 2024
Fiorentina 18:30 Udinese
Inter Milan 20:45 Como
December 28, 2024
Empoli 15:00 Genoa
Parma 15:00 Monza
Cagliari 18:00 Inter Milan
Lazio 20:45 Atalanta
December 29, 2024
Udinese 12:30 Torino
SSC Napoli 15:00 Venezia
Juventus 18:00 Fiorentina
AC Milan 20:45 Roma
December 30, 2024
Como 18:30 Lecce
Bologna 20:45 Verona
January 4, 2025
Venezia 15:00 Empoli
Fiorentina 18:00 SSC Napoli
Verona 20:45 Udinese

Serie A Table

# Team MP W D L F A G P
1 Atalanta 17 13 1 3 42 19 +23 40
2 SSC Napoli 17 12 2 3 26 12 +14 38
3 Inter Milan 15 10 4 1 40 15 +25 34
4 Lazio 17 11 1 5 32 24 +8 34
5 Fiorentina 15 9 4 2 28 11 +17 31
6 Juventus 16 6 10 0 26 12 +14 28
7 Bologna 16 7 7 2 23 18 +5 28
8 AC Milan 16 7 5 4 25 16 +9 26
9 Udinese 16 6 2 8 19 25 -6 20
10 Roma 17 5 4 8 23 23 +0 19
11 Empoli 17 4 7 6 16 19 -3 19
12 Torino 17 5 4 8 17 22 -5 19
13 Genoa 17 3 7 7 14 26 -12 16
14 Lecce 17 4 4 9 11 29 -18 16
15 Como 16 3 6 7 18 28 -10 15
16 Parma 17 3 6 8 23 33 -10 15
17 Verona 17 5 0 12 21 40 -19 15
18 Cagliari 17 3 5 9 16 28 -12 14
19 Venezia 17 3 4 10 17 30 -13 13
20 Monza 16 1 7 8 14 21 -7 10

Serie A Results

December 22, 2024
Atalanta 3 - 2 Empoli
Venezia 2 - 1 Cagliari
Roma 5 - 0 Parma
December 21, 2024
Lecce 1 - 2 Lazio
Genoa 1 - 2 SSC Napoli
Torino 0 - 2 Bologna
December 20, 2024
Verona 0 - 1 AC Milan
December 16, 2024
Lazio 0 - 6 Inter Milan
December 15, 2024
AC Milan 0 - 0 Genoa
Como 2 - 0 Roma
Parma 2 - 3 Verona
Bologna 1 - 0 Fiorentina
Lecce 2 - 1 Monza
December 14, 2024
Juventus 2 - 2 Venezia
Udinese 1 - 3 SSC Napoli
Cagliari 0 - 1 Atalanta
December 13, 2024
Empoli 0 - 1 Torino
December 9, 2024
Monza 1 - 2 Udinese

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