Always obdurate opponents at the Dacia Arena, Udinese will not make life easy for their capital-city counterparts, but injuries have diminished the hosts' attacking threat. Lazio must surely snap out of their malaise before Milan make up more ground and jeopardise their top-four placing - and victory on Sunday should help them do so.
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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 40.34%. A win for Lazio had a probability of 32.44% and a draw had a probability of 27.2%.
The most likely scoreline for a Udinese win was 1-0 with a probability of 11.28%. The next most likely scorelines for that outcome were 2-1 (8.43%) and 2-0 (7.38%). The likeliest Lazio win was 0-1 (9.87%), while for a drawn scoreline it was 1-1 (12.89%). The actual scoreline of 0-1 was predicted with a 9.9% likelihood. Our team at Sports Mole correctly predicted a 0-1 win for Lazio in this match.