Udinese take on the visitors Bologna in the round 34 match of Italian Serie A. The match will be played on Monday, April 28th at Bluenergy Stadium - Stadio Friuli (Udine).
Udinese have long since stopped being mid-table contenders and have instead settled into a pattern of merely collecting a few more points than the relegation candidates. It was the same last year, when they finished 15th with 37 points. During the summer, Costja Runjaic arrived in Friuli and started the campaign quite well. However, Udinese have a history of strong starts followed by steep declines, and under him, they have once again drifted toward an early summer break, losing any real shot at European football long ago. Perhaps that is why the players began losing match after match in April — in Serie A, it's usually the more motivated teams that prevail, and that certainly doesn’t describe this current Udinese side. In the last round, they also suffered a 0-2 defeat away to Torino. They have now gone five consecutive games without a win, scoring only twice in that span. Their defensive frailty has also been exposed, conceding an average of two goals per match over the past month.
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Bologna are somehow managing to maintain the level achieved under Thiago Motta. The Rossoblù stunned everyone last season when the perennial mid-table side secured a remarkable 5th-place finish. After that success, the Italo-Brazilian manager moved on to a disastrous stint at Juventus, while his successor, Vincenzo Italiano, took charge and made his Champions League debut with the new squad. Their European campaign, however, ended poorly, as they failed to make it out of the group stage despite some improvements after January. Yet the club found success in the domestic cup, reaching the final after decisively beating Empoli 3-0 away in the semifinal first leg. In Serie A, instead of regressing as many predicted, Bologna stayed strong and even pushed for a top-four finish. They drew with Napoli in April and narrowly lost to Atalanta but secured a crucial win over Inter with a single goal. This resilience has kept them firmly in the Champions League race, defying pre-season expectations. Moreover, Bologna have won four of their last six matches, showing strong form when it matters most.
Both encounters in 2024 ended in identical 1-1 draws. There’s no need to overcomplicate it — the visitors are stronger and highly motivated, so we back them to claim another important victory here.
Prediction for the match: Bologna to win.
