Having drawn the majority of their last seven league games, Udinese are set for another stalemate on Sunday, as their inability to score the goals required to kill off matches will haunt them again.
After working with his squad for a couple of weeks, Andriy Shevchenko should now be getting his ideas across, and can help his side steal a scrappy point at the Dacia Arena.
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Data Analysis
Our analysis of all available data, including recent performances and player stats up until an hour before kickoff, suggested the most likely outcome of this match was a Udinese win with a probability of 43.95%. A win for Genoa had a probability of 29.13% and a draw had a probability of 26.9%.
The most likely scoreline for a Udinese win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.9%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.79%) and 2-0 (8.21%). The likeliest Genoa win was 0-1 (9.23%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.74%). The actual scoreline of 0-0 was predicted with an 8.6% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a draw in this match.