Udinese vs Spezia Serie A Match Preview or Key Statistics ⚽️📊
This will be the first match between Udinese and Spezia in Serie A. In the 12 fixtures in Serie B (each of these between 1930 and 1950), there has been just one draw, while Spezia lead with seven wins against four. In the last Serie A campaign,
Udinese won only one of their six matches against newly promoted teams: 1-0 on the road against Lecce (D3 L2).
After a streak of five consecutive home wins against newly promoted teams in Serie A, Udinese have won only one of their last seven matches against these sides in Friuli (D3 L3).
Udinese have won only one of their last nine Serie A matches at Dacia Arena: 2-1 against Juventus in July (D4 L4).
In the 21st century only one of the previous eight teams have won their first ever Serie A match on the road: Chievo in 2001.
The other seven sides registered one draw and six defeats. Despite attempting 22 shots against Verona in the last match, Udinese failed to find the net.
Only in two previous seasons have they failed to score in each of their first two seasonal games in Serie A: in 1981/82 and in 1985/86.
Spezia are the team with the lowest possession in Serie A in 2020/21 (34.4%). 31 of Udinese's Kevin Lasagna 33 goals in Serie A have arrived in open play, including each of his last 14.
Udinese's goalkeeper Juan Musso has kept the joint-most clean sheets in Serie A in 2020: nine, alongside Gianluigi Donnarumma. Spezia's Diego Farias scored a goal against Udinese in Serie A, in November 2016 with Cagliari.
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