⚪️⚫️ Udinese vs Como ⚪️🔵

Udinese and Como are gearing up for a Serie A match, rekindling a rivalry that hasn't seen action in over 20 years since their last meeting on April 19, 2003. Back then, Udinese claimed a 3-2 victory at home, with Luciano Spalletti leading the team. The goals for the Friulians were scored by Marek Jankulovski, Giampiero Pinzi, and Vincenzo Iaquinta, while Como's efforts came from Fabio Pecchia and Vedin Music.

Udinese have won their last two Serie A matches against Como; only once have the Friulians collected three consecutive wins in the tournament against the Como team: between March 1981 and April 1982, under the management of Enzo Ferrari.

Como have never defeated Udinese in any of their nine Serie A matches - three draws and six defeats - only against Napoli, the Como side have played more away games (11) without a win, than against Udinese (nine).

Como and Udinese have received six yellow cards in this start of Serie A, only Torino have more yellow cards (eight).

After three defeats in a row, Udinese have not lost any of their last seven league games (3W, 4D); the Friulians have not recorded a longer streak of consecutive games without defeat in Serie A since August-October 2022 (nine in that case), while they have not won two matches in a row in the tournament since March 2023 (against Empoli and Milan).

Udinese have lost only one of their last nine home games (3W, 5D) played against newly promoted teams in Serie A (the 0-1, against Salernitana, in April 2022); However, the Bianconeri have drawn five of their last six home games against these opponents (1W), including all of their last three in the competition.

After the draw against Cagliari, Como could remain unbeaten in two consecutive Serie A matches for the first time since March 2003 (a win against Piacenza and a draw against Brescia, in that case with Eugenio Fascetti at the helm).

Como have lost 131 of their 215 away games in Serie A, or 61%; among the teams taking part in this championship, only Venezia have recorded a higher percentage of away defeats on the total number of games played in the competition: 67%, or 147 out of 221.

✅ Lorenzo Lucca has had a hand in three goals in his last five league games (two goals, one assist): as many participations as those counted by the Udinese class of 2000 in all of his previous 16 Serie A matches in 2024 (one goal and two assists).

✅ Andrea Belotti has been involved in 11 goals against Udinese in Serie A (seven goals and four assists); only against Sassuolo (12) and Cagliari (13) has the new Como striker been involved in more goals than against the Friulian team in the tournament.