Udinese vs Atalanta Prediction

Form check: two different trajectories

Udinese's last 20 matches read 5 wins, 5 draws and 10 losses, with 23 scored and 35 conceded. That defensive record stands out, and their most recent league games include a 2-5 home defeat to Roma and a 0-3 loss to Lecce, either side of a goalless draw with Parma.

Udinese: 20 completed matches; Atalanta: 20 completed matches.

Udinese

20 matches

Win

25% 5 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

50% 10 / 20

Scored

23

Conceded

35

Difference

-12

Atalanta

20 matches

Win

40% 8 / 20

Draw

20% 4 / 20

Loss

40% 8 / 20

Scored

29

Conceded

29

Difference

0

Atalanta's equivalent sample is healthier: 9 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, with 32 scored and 28 conceded. Their recent games have been high-scoring affairs too, including a 4-4 draw with Frosinone and a 2-2 draw at Fiorentina, alongside wins over Venezia, Pafos, Juventus and Bologna.

Atalanta's underlying form looks more solid than Udinese's right now, particularly in attack.

Comparative Team Statistics: Udinese vs Atalanta

A long rivalry with some lopsided scorelines

These two have met regularly in Serie A going back to 2016, and Atalanta have had the better of several of those meetings, including a 7-1 win and a 2-6 away victory. There have also been some heavier Atalanta wins in between, like the 1-3 and 2-0 results.

The more recent meetings have been tighter though, with a 2-2 draw, a 0-0, and a narrow 1-0 Atalanta away win over the last couple of seasons. That suggests the gap between them has narrowed compared to some of the older results in this set.

History favours Atalanta overall, but the freshest meetings have been much closer than the record as a whole suggests.

What we know about the attacking names

The player data available here only covers Udinese's side. V. Bayo has scored 2 goals in a single match, and K. Davis has 1 goal and 1 assist across 2 appearances in the sample provided.

Udinese:

Best scorers:

V. Bayo - 2

K. Davis - 1

Best assist providers:

K. Davis - 1

That's a limited snapshot rather than a full scoring list or confirmed lineup, and there's no equivalent information here for Atalanta's players, so it's hard to draw firm conclusions about personnel for either side.

An open game on recent evidence

Both teams have leaked goals in their last several matches, and several of those games have finished with plenty on the scoreboard, think 4-4, 2-5, and 2-2 among the recent results for each side. That pattern doesn't guarantee a repeat here, but it does hint that chances could be shared rather than one team dominating.

It's worth remembering this is a Coppa Italia fixture a month out from the observation date here, so team selection and approach on the night remain open questions rather than something we can assume from league form alone.