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Serie A05/24/2026, 04:00 PM

Napoli – Udinese1 : 0

Why the model thinks so

Napoli
1.59
Total xG
2.69
Udinese
1.11
Expected goals from our model, before kickoff

How the model gets there: each factor adds goals to or takes goals from one team's expected goals.

FactorNapoliUdinese
Rising form (2.2 vs 1.6 season average)+0.20
3 clean sheets in last 5 matches−0.15
Defensive weakness (1.3 conceded vs 1.1 league avg)+0.14
Standings disadvantage (pos 10 vs 2, 8 places gap)−0.10
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.8 goals/match)+0.07
Standings advantage (pos 2 vs 10, 8 places gap)+0.06
3 of last 5 matches with 2+ goals (1.4 goals/match)+0.04
Kevin De Bruyne  on the bench (5 goals, 1 assists)
Sam Beukema on the bench (2 goals, 0 assists)
Nicolò Zaniolo not in squad (5 goals, 6 assists)
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp not in squad (5 goals, 3 assists)
Adam Buksa on the bench (3 goals, 0 assists)
Hassane Kamara not in squad (0 goals, 2 assists)

Key factors

  • The mathematical analysis favors Napoli with a 47% home win probability
  • Napoli shows a solid defensive performance at home, conceding an average of 0.86 goals per home game
  • Napoli dominated in their last 5 games with an average of 59% possession, while recording an average of 4.2 shots on target

Risks

  • Napoli lost 2 of their last 5 home games, indicating some inconsistency
  • Udinese won the last head-to-head encounter against Napoli with a score of 0:1

All probabilities

Result
Napoli47%
Draw28%
Udinese25%
Goals
Over 1.577%
Under 1.523%
Over 2.550%
Under 2.550%
Over 3.528%
Under 3.572%
Double chance
Napoli or draw75%
Udinese or draw53%
No draw72%
Both teams score
Yes55%
No45%

Most likely scores

1:1
13%
2:1
9%
2:0
9%
1:2
7%
2:2
5%
1:0
Final score

The Lab

Patterns our system found in the data.

  1. Napoli with Eljif Elmas: 6.3 goals/90 min. Without: 0.5 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)
  2. Udinese: first goal in 5 of 7 games (71%)
  3. Udinese with Jesper Karlström: 1.1 goals/90 min. Without: 2.4 goals/90 min (6 of 8 games)

Lineups

Napoli 3-4-3 · Udinese 3-4-2-1

Napoli
  • 1 A. Meret
  • 22 G. Di Lorenzo
  • 13 A. Rrahmani
  • 17 M. Olivera Miramontes
  • 21 M. Politano
  • 68 S. Lobotka
  • 8 S. McTominay
  • 3 M. Gutiérrez Ortega
  • 20 E. Elmas
  • 19 R. Højlund
  • 27 A. de Almeida Santos
Udinese
  • 40 M. Okoye
  • 31 T. Kristensen
  • 27 C. Kabasele
  • 28 O. Solet Bomawoko
  • 19 K. Ehizibue
  • 8 J. Karlström
  • 38 L. Miller
  • 33 J. Zemura
  • 24 J. Piotrowski
  • 14 A. Atta
  • 9 K. Davis
Substitutes
  • 32 V. Milinković Savić
  • 14 N. Contini Baranovsky
  • 31 S. Beukema
  • 5 J. Nunes Jesus
  • 6 B. Gilmour
  • 26 A. Vergara
  • 99 A. Zambo Anguissa
  • 30 P. Mazzocchi
  • 11 K. De Bruyne
  • 23 G. Santana do Nascimento
  • 22 B. Mlacic
  • 7 I. Gueye
  • 18 A. Buksa
  • 1 A. Nunziante
  • 15 V. Bayo
  • 29 A. Camara
  • 6 O. Zarraga Egaña
  • 90 R. Sava
  • 93 D. Padelli
  • 13 N. Bertola

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