The second of just two Serie A games taking place on Saturday sees AC Milan travel away from home to take on Udinese. The away side are in the top four, battling at the top, while Udinese are down near the bottom, currently outside of the relegation zone, but in a tight battle, just one point clear of the drop zone right now.
Udinese Form GuideUdinese have had a very strange season, and come here with a draw in more than half of the games they have played so far, which is highly unusual. They've won just two though, and that is worrying, something they need to fix otherwise they'll be dropping further, and any more would see them in the relegation zone.
12 of the 20 Serie A games played by Udinese have ended in a draw, and that includes their most recent game, which was a 2-2 tie away at Fiorentina. Before that, they lost 2-1 at home to Lazio but in the game before that, we saw something very good, a 3-0 home success against Bologna at the end of December, we need to see more of that.
AC Milan Form GuideAC Milan are nine points off their rivals Inter Milan at the top of the table, can they get involved in the title race? It would take a lot, but they're in third, and they come here on the back of three league wins in a row, a run that has kept them close to the top two, and they are now eight points ahead of Fiorentina in fourth.
They won 3-1 at home to Roma last weekend, before that in the league, they won 3-0 away at Empoli and 1-0 at home to Sassuolo, concending just one goal in their three games is another positive. But we do need to see more, this run needs to continue, if they want to really be involved in the title race.
Match PredictionI am going to side with AC Milan to win this game. They need wins to get in the title race, and come here on the back of three. Udinese are struggling for them, so I am going with an AC Milan win here on Saturday.