Udinese vs Napoli Predictions and Match Preview Italian Serie A at 20th October 2018

Udinese vs Napoli

Italian Serie A.

Date: Saturday 20 October 2018

Kick-Off: 19:45 UK,

Venue: Dacia Arena (Udine).

Udinese Calcio

Julio Velazquez's team were beaten at home by champions Juventus in their last Serie A fixture. They were completely outclassed by the Turin based club and barely offered any threat in a disappointing 2-0 defeat.

The Udine based club have endured a torrid campaign having claimed just two wins in eight matches this season. They have suffered four defeats in that run and are slowly being dragged into the bottom three.

Midfielder Rodrigo de Paul has been Udinese's most dangerous player this season having scored four goals in eight matches. The Argentine should start on Saturday while Kevin Lasgana is expected to continue as the lone man up front despite only finding the net once so far.

SSC Napoli

Partenopei secured a 2-0 victory over Sassuolo in their previous Serie A fixture before the international break. Adam Ounas opened the scoring in the third minute while Lorenzo Insigne added a second after the break.

Carlo Ancelotti's men have made a fine start to the season having claimed six wins and suffering two defeats from their opening eight matches. They are however still playing catch-up to Juventus as they currently sit second in the standings, six points behind the league leaders.

Lorenzo Insigne is Napoli’s top scorer with six goals and the forward is expected to continue in attack on Wednesday. The 27-year-old could be joined up front by Arkadiusz Milik who sat out the win over Sassuolo last time out.

Udinese vs Napoli: Head-to-head statistics

Napoli have won 8 of their last 10 matches

The Partenopei have won their last 5 matches against Udinese in all competitions

Udinese vs Napoli: Prediction

Udinese have won just one of their last seven games, while Napoli have won six of their last eight and eight of their last ten overall.

In addition, the visitors have won their last five meetings against Udinese in all comps and the Zebrette failed to beat any of teams who placed in the top five last term.

So, whilst they could nick a goal, they will naturally be the big underdogs here for this clash although Napoli could rotate their squad with the Champions League coming up next week.