Udinese vs Sassuolo
After losing in series with Roma and Lazio away 1-0 and 2-0 respectively, Igor Tudor’s Udinese must return to make a home result against Roberto De Zerbi’s Sassuolo who in the last round drew 0 -0 on his field against Parma bringing to three (2 draws and 1 win) the consecutive useful results.
Badu hit a crossbar, De Paul missed yet another penalty and so Udinese lost as expected last Wednesday (2-0 in the recovery with Lazio). Tudor was unbeaten until last week, that is before the other defeat at the Olimpico (1-0 against Roma). Now Udinese is not at all calm (+3 on the third last) and in the next 2 games it will face Atalanta and Inter. Here is why the importance of this meeting. Making points in this challenge is mandatory for the Tudor boys, otherwise the relegation could be seriously threatened. Out in the Udinese the various Barak, Behrami, Pussetto and Ter Avest while Opoku is to be evaluated.
Sassuolo unbeaten from 3 consecutive games. Last Sunday he drew 0-0 in the Emilia derby against Parma. In the standings the neroverdi are in eleventh place at 37 points, with an advantage of 8 points from the third to last. They don’t perform well on the road. They are back from 2 draws and 3 defeats in the last 5 away games played. In the neroverdi mister De Zerbi could raise Babacar in the middle of the attack, so Matri would slip on the bench. In the middle space again to Duncan and Sensi. Marlon and Adjapong are not available.
Precedents: the first leg in Reggio Emilia ended with a score of 0-0. However, Sassuolo won the last two clashes at the Dacia Arena for 1-2.
For this Serie A match, we suggest the double chance 1X, followed by the Goal. In the combo we opt for a draw at the end of the first half. The Udinese must necessarily get the 3 points but it will not be simple, because it will find against an opponent that in the previous ones has always given her a hard time. The last 2 direct matches saw the X prevail at the end of the first half.
Our Prediction: GG
Odds: 1.80