Udinese vs. Atalanta Prediction, Tips & Odds – Oct. 09, 2022, 15:00 CET
On Sunday at 15:00 at the Friuli stadium, the third-placed Udinese will play against the second-placed Atalanta in one of the derbies of the 9th round of the Italian Serie A. If the home team can inflict the first defeat of the season on the team from Bergamo, stay tuned and find out.
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Udinese Team News
Udinese is playing phenomenally this season. With 19 points won from 8 matches played, they are in the 3rd place in the table in Serie A with only one point behind the leaders Napoli and Atalanta. In the next match, on Sunday in a direct clash with Atalanta, they will have the opportunity to take another step towards the top of the table if they win the team with the best defense in the league in front of their fans.
Udinese has already made a historic success. The win against Verona in the last round was the sixth win in the 8 rounds. This is the first time that they have opened the season so convincingly in the Italian championship.
After win against the runner-up Inter from Milan at their stadium in the 7th round, when they managed to make a turnaround with the goals of Jak Bijol in the 84th and Tolgay Arslan in the 93rd minute, coach Andrea Sottila’s team once again showed that they play well at the end of the matches.
This time, in the match of the 8th round of Serie A, Verona went into halftime with a score of 1:0. Beto scored first goal for Udinese in the 70th minute after the break, and Jaka Bijol with his goal in the penalty shootout made up for the final score of 1-2. Udinese won three new points, which is the biggest surprise of the championship so far.
Atalanta Team News
Atalanta finished last season in 8th place in the table, and there were rumors that the 64-year-old Gasperini would leave the team in the summer. However, instead of leaving, the experienced expert made Atalanta a top team again. After 8 rounds Atalanta haven’t lost any match yet. They are in 2nd place in Serie A with the same number of points as the leading Napoli.
The team from Bergamo has so far conceded only three goals in Serie A. They have the best defense in the Italian championship. Only Milan, Torino and Cremonese managed to score a goal against Atalanta. Gasperini’s attack is working well this season, scoring 12 goals and more importantly they have managed to score a goal in every game since the start of the season.
In the last round at their Gewiss stadium, they were better than Fiorentina, in a not overly interesting match. The victory for Atalanta was brought by Nigerian representative Ademola Lookman with a goal in the 59th minute, which proved to be enough for three new points.
H2H
In 28 matches between these two teams, Atalanta has a slight advantage. The team from Bergamo has 10 wins, while Udinese won 8 times, 10 matches ended in a draw.
Expected lineups
Udinese (3-5-2): Marco Silvestri – Rodrigo Becao – Jaka Bijol – Nehuen Perez – Roberto Pereyra – Sendi Lovrić – Walace – Victor Makengo – Destiny Udogie – Beto – Gerard Delofueo
Atalanta (3-4-1-2): Marco Sportiello – Giorgio Scalvini – Merih Demiral – Caleb Okoli – Hans Hateboer – Marten de Roon – Teun Koopmeiners – Brandon Sloppy – Ederson – Ademola Lookman – Luis Muriel
Udinese vs. Atalanta Prediction
Since the beginning of the season, Udinese have not scored a goal in only one match, Atalanta managed to score a goal in all 8 matches played.
The last 6 matches between Udinese and Atalanta have ended with scored goals for both sides, so our combination for this match is for both teams to score.
Kick-off time: Sunday, 09.10.2022. 15:00 CET
Prediction: Both Teams to Score (BTTS)
Odds: 1.66
Bookmaker: 22bet
