The Serie A Matchday 24 clash between Lecce and Udinese will take place on february 8 at the Via del Mare stadium. Lecce vs Udinese: prediction, betting odds and statistics.
Lecce
The team lost 0:1 away to Torino in the previous round. As a result, Lecce’s winless run in the league has reached eight matches (2 draws, 6 defeats). Eusebio Di Francesco’s side also failed to score for a fourth consecutive game in this competition. What is more, the club has not found the net in 6 of the last 8 Serie A matches. With 13 goals scored, Lecce are the lowest-scoring team, although in the overall standings things are slightly better — the club sit fourth from bottom.
- No more than two goals were scored in 6 of the team’s last 7 Serie A matches.
- At home, Lecce have failed to win 10 of their last 12 league games (4 draws, 6 defeats).
- In 5 of the last 7 matches in this competition, the club have conceded no more than one goal.
Potential Lecce Lineup (4-4-2)*
Wladimiro Falcone – Danilo Veiga, Thiago Gabriel, Antonino Gallo, Jamil Siebert – Omri Gandelman, Lassana Coulibaly, Ylber Ramadani, Santiago Pierotti – Walid Cheddira, Riccardo Sottil.
Forward Francesco Camarda is injured.
Udinese
The team were somewhat surprisingly too strong for Roma in the last round (1:0). It is worth noting that Udinese have lost only one of their last five league matches (3 wins, 1 draw). In addition, Costa Runjaić’s side kept a clean sheet for the first time in eight previous Serie A games. In total, the club have five clean sheets, and only four opponents have a worse figure. In the standings, Udinese sit ninth.
- Udinese have scored in 9 of their last 11 Serie A games.
- Away from home, the team have gone seven league matches without a draw (3 wins, 4 defeats).
- In 4 of the last 5 away matches in this competition, the club have conceded no more than one goal.
Potential Udinese Lineup (3-5-2)*
Maduka Okoye – Thomas Kristensen, Umar Soule, Nicola Bertola – Kingsley Ehizibue, Arthur Atta, Jesper Karlström, Jordan Zemura, Lennom Miller – Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Keinan Davis.
Midfielder Jakub Petrovsky, as well as forwards Keinan Davis and Adam Buksa, will miss out through injury.
Referee
Antonio Rapuano (Italy)
Matches – 17 (Serie A, 2024/25 - 2025/26);
Yellow cards shown (including second yellows) – 80;
Average yellow cards per match – 4.7;
Red cards shown – 4;
Fouls per match on average – 28;
Penalties – 18%.
Lecce vs Udinese: Match Prediction
In the reverse fixture, the opponents produced an uncharacteristic goal fest for them, which ended in a 3:2 win for Udinese. For Eusebio Di Francesco’s side, that match remains one of only two in the current league campaign in which the team managed to score more than two goals. The other such game came in Matchday 22, but the opponent was Verona, who have conceded more than anyone. Udinese themselves look solid defensively, having conceded more than one goal in just 1 of their last 7 Serie A games.
Lecce have failed to score in more than half of their matches in the current league season. In the last round, the team were unable to break down Torino’s defence, despite Torino being among the three worst sides for goals conceded. Even home advantage does not help the club score regularly: across the last five home matches, Costa Runjaić’s side have scored just two goals. At the same time, Lecce have not conceded more than one goal in four straight matches.
Prediction: Under 2.5 goals
* For each team, the starting lineup from its previous match in this competition is listed.